The fibre is plotting against me.

I did little to no fibrecrafting over the summer, but I’ve been happily knitting away since the leaves started to change. I guess the fibre stash felt neglected, because when I opened the closet in my craft room last weekend, a braid of fibre flung itself from the top shelf directly onto my head. Other braids seem to have moved themselves perilously close to the edge, ready for flight, in case one alone wasn’t enough to convince me.

One was all it took, though, especially since the fibre in question was a lovely, butter-soft handpainted merino from FreckleFaceFibres.

I spun both bobbins of thick singles the same day; that’s likely business as usual for more experienced spinners, but rather an accomplishment for me since a) I’m a beginniner; b) I’m slower than cold molasses. I almost plied it later that evening, but decided to let my hands and the singles rest. Plied it later that week, instead.

After finishing, I had 140 yards of chunky-weight 2-ply; it’s currently on the needles, being knit into a pair of subtly-striping, ridiculously soft mitts. It’s not my most consistent skein of handspun, but definitely the squishiest. I really worked at keeping a light grip on the fibre and spinning the singles with less twist than usual. It seems to have made a big difference in how the yarn feels and how it behaves (namely: better, on both fronts), but my drafting suffered a bit for it.

As far as the knitting goes, I seem to be in sweater mode after three triangular scarves (one of which still needs to be bound off and blocked). I’m about half-done an improvised superchunky bolero, and I’ve also been gearing up to cast on for Chic Knits’ Twist. I’m planning on some pattern mods that should result in a cardi that’ll fit now and yet still be wearable when I’ve lost more weight.

… I never thought I’d be able to class a sweater as a stashbuster, but, well, the yarn I’m planning to use has been in my possession without a planned project for quite a while.

On a final (non-yarny) note, I’m not sure what’s up with my hosting services, but pages are taking an absolute eternity to load on this site. I won’t even mention how long it took to get to the update page, let alone to get through all the previewing and re-writing I tend to do with any entry I post.