Geoff

I thought you might like to meet Geoff

 The Guardian of the Arm Chair

 He was fun to knit using my homespun Gotland x shetland wool.

What's on the wheel?

RYELAND.

First Home Spun Project.

I've done lots of spinning since I treated myself to a spinning wheel and have approximately 3,117yds of plyed yarn ready to use. I've spun wool from Jacob, Shetland, Norwegian, Merino and Blue Faced Leicester  sheep. I've only used a small amount of it though and this is my first home spun project.




Spinning magenta merino

Two ply

Finished object.

A shawlette.

:o)

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IT'S A WOOL 'THING'.

It's all very exciting! I've been to 'Wingham Woolwork'.
 What a wonderful place it is - very welcoming and lots of knowledgable advice.
 I went with 'Dizzy Daughter' and my sister in law and we were all worse than children in a sweet shop. There were lots of, "Ooohs" and "Ahhhs" and  ahh mm, errm, spending.

I treated myself to this :-

And this :-

 Oh and a niddy noddy, but I forgot to take a photo of that.
Now I'm embarking on the journey of learning how to spin an even yarn and yesterday I sat spinning whilst listening to this:-

It certainly didn't forget to rain.
Now it's back to the wheel. Weeeeee! Yeahhhh!
I know, you have to have a 'thing' about wool and sheep to understand.

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All in a Spin.

I've always wanted to have a go and now 'Dizzy Daughter' has made a wish come true. She treated me to a spinning lesson.

That's me spinning.

Dizzy had a lesson as well.

My results were, errmm, variable.

Washed and hung out to dry.

The 'Old Grump' held the hank for me whilst I wound a ball.

Knit a line, purl a line. I wish I'd used a bigger needle.

What on earth am I going to do with this?

Interesting texture!
Can you guess what the latest addition to my wish list is?