Finally! This photo is the first of 2 skeins, before I set the twist. I lurve it. I can’t stop petting it. Or looking at it. This may be my most favorite handspun of all time.

Here’s the twins. The cake is the first skein off the bobbin, it is 3oz, 210 yds. The 2nd skein is also 3oz, but I haven’t measured out the yardage yet. I started with 6oz of Superwash Merino, and somehow, magically, I managed to get each skein to be 3oz on the nose. That makes me happy.
Dime for scale. I’m getting 15 wpi, so this about a sportweight yarn. I’ll be knitting my socks on 2.75mm (US2) needles.

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I feel very clever at this moment. Wanna know why? I just ordered yarn from an online shop, that was completely in German. I feel clever because I figured it out, and I don’t speak or read German. Yay me.

I found that shop though a link Stephanie gave us, it’s the link to the shop were you can find the yarn for the fantastic rainbow sweater she’s knitting now.

I ordered this. New Regia sock yarn, Canyon Colors. People I am a sucker for Regia. I love the stuff. Not all their stuff, nothing varigated, or stretchy, or cotton, or faux fairisle, but they do the self striping yarn so nicely, I love/want it all. I’ve been known to hunt it on ebay from time to time. I have a good supply of it in my sock yarn stash.

It was fun too! Shopping in a language differant from my own. Alot of it is universal, and easy to figure out. If you’ve ever bought yarn that had the yarn label info in several languages, you’ll get it. Wolle, is wool, sockenwolle, obviously, is sock wool. I know that 4-fach is 4ply (thinner sock weight) and that 6-fach is 6ply, more dk weight. Also, pictures of the yarn manufacturers logos help!

I did need help at check out time though! So I googled, and found this handy free translator. that *so* came in handy! So I figured that out to, and hopefully it all goes smoothly on their end. I’m sure there’s some out there that shop for yarn in 7 differant languages daily, but today, I did, and I think that’s pretty cool. Now I just won’t hold my breathe while it flies across the pond to me!

* stay tuned for photos of my fabulous handspun sock yarn! (p.s., it’s fabulous!)*

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Talk about a marathon spinning session! Last night and this afternoon I finished the last 3oz of Superwash, and it’s so ready to ply!

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I sew like I crochet. Not often. But. I’ve been desperatley wanting one of these forever. Now that my sewing machine is back from its tune up, I’m going to take it for a test drive.

These are just some fat quarters from Joanns. I have a small collection of them! The top square is for the outside, and the bottom one is for the lining. I couldn’t find a decent green in a 12″ zipper, so I went with the 14″ and will have to shorten it. No worries though, I have no fear of the zipper!

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Two weeks later, I’ve just started spinning the second bobbin, the second 3oz. I’ve been super busy latey. Which is very good. It just means I haven’t had much time for personal fiber stuff.

I did predraft the rest of the roving though, so that when I get a few minutes I can sit and spin a little bit at a time. I tell you what though, this superwash merino is awesome to spin. I’m really enjoying it. The lack of the fibery barb hair stuff really makes this have a totally differant feel when I draft. Nice stuff.

I can’t wait to finish this. I’m excited to ply it, and even more excited to start knitting my soon to be fabulous socks!!!

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60z Superwash Merino.
To be a 2 ply fingering/sport yarn for the baddest. ass. socks. evah.
Dye job inspired by the handspun socks on the cover of the Spring 07 SpinOff.

It will be awhile before I get the spinning finished. There seems to be no time to sit and work on my own projects right now. Summer = not wanting to be indoors. Um, that and the 5 differant socks I have on the needles right now, only two of which will complete pairs…….

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