Sock Dorkdom

Remember these?  The sock blank and the two-at-a-time socks?

Ta dah, here they are all finished and ready for my clogs next fall.  They turned out to be quite subtle.  The merino blend sock blank was a good size.  I had about two inches left over.  The bright orange ones below are from Spinderella's Shop.  Oh, and these are both superwash which is now the only way to knit socks as far as I am concerning.
Coming soon:  an ultra bright pair from a crazy sock blank.

Collages, at Last!

I have been trying and trying to figure out how to make photo collages for here, Ravelry and Facebook.  Finally got a tip from a friend on Ravelry about Photobucket.  Photobucket is the ticket for sure and it's FREE.  You will be not be disappointed. 

Here you are seeing my hand-painted rovings of Gelatos and Heathers that I have done so far for Cordova Studios.  The heathers are dyed on corriedale/merino morrit (taupe) rovings I bought at the Kid 'n Ewe last November.  The Gelatos are dyed on lofty, dreamily soft superwash merino.  I am striving for paler, softer colors for summer.  What do you think?  Paler?  Too pale?

Oh, I have not figured out how to center this on the blog yet.

Retreat reprise

Fiber, fiber, fiber has been my focus since the Fancy Fibers retreat in early February. Gosh, that was a month ago. I have finished spinning the Easter Basket superwash merino roving I dyed in Mary's dye class.

It's actually a big, big bouncy skein that I think I will knit into a Trinket shawl (more on that pattern later).

Below is the finished Mermaid yarn spun from a handpainted roving and then embellished as I spun, with mohair locks, angelina and whatever ended up in my lap.

I have two huge skeins of this to play with. Now I think I need to get out in the world and see what's going on. I hear the Academy Awards are on tonight. I want to see what everyone is wearing.