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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Something Else I've Been Working On


For the last couple of weeks, I've been working on getting a gray Corriedale fleece carded. Yes, it really is a true silvery gray! I've found that I can flick open the locks in the evening in front of the TV and you can see a basket of the flicked locks in the chair behind the drum carder. Then, I can send the wool through the carder at random times during the day: while I'm on the phone, while I'm waiting for dinner to cook, while I'm waiting for Caleb to finish eating his dinner. At this point I'm just getting it carded up. Once I have it all in batts, I will sort the batts into light, medium, and dark gray's. Then I'll recard the lights and darks together and mix up the mediums a bit so I have a fairly even color. I've got enough for a sweater set aside to card up, but I'm not entirely sure of what kind of design I want - I've got a couple of ideas though.

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12 Comments:

Blogger Vanessa said...

Just Gorgeous! Love the soft grey color , light and airy!

7:37 AM  
Blogger Connie Peterson said...

WOW! I had a silver-grey one time, but it was darker ... that is an awesome color.

I like the idea of flicking in front of the TV ... I spend way too much time there as it is.

Blessings

8:02 AM  
Blogger Carrie said...

Oooooohh so pretty!

I had wondered what you had been up to, carding wise.

Did you get that a MDS&W?

8:02 AM  
Blogger Robin said...

OOOOOH How fluffy!!

8:32 AM  
Blogger Romi said...

Wow! Gorgeous fluff!!!

11:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW!!! - absolutely awesome. now feel the need to purchase some patterns and use the laceweight llingering in my stash!!!!. how do i buy 4 patterns at once?

howardeena
stitchesoftime@yahoo.ca

1:19 PM  
Blogger Rachel said...

Looks pretty, and gray goes with everything!

1:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wonderful!! How many ounces is each batt?

7:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any way I can get the Stole 2006 pattern? I bought the yarn last year and didnt download the pattern.

7:17 PM  
Blogger Kary said...

awesome, Melanie! Can't wait to see wait they will become ... WhEEE!

7:26 AM  
Blogger Theresa said...

That is gorgeous silver Corriedale. I can't wait to see what you knit with it!

4:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Man! You have been busy! Love the look of those batts all stacked up.

2:12 AM  

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