This week, I finished up several of my goals (which you can see in prior posts this week). I finished the Frostwork scarf, and the first 8 oz of spinning that I had been working on when the year started.
I started the next 4-oz braid of fiber for the sweater spin I’m working on. This is Pigeonroof Studio’s mixed BFL/silk (75/25% blend) in the colorway Dovecote, a pretty soft grayish teal. This is the first 2 oz of singles. Even though today (Sunday) is the end of the Tour de Fleece for this year, I’m going to try to stick with my 15 minutes a day and continue to chip away at the fiber stash.
I’ll also keep working on the Foss sweater (although I haven’t done anything else on it since my WIP Wednesday post this week) for the next week as my YOP focus piece. I’ve got a sock (not YOP) to finish up and then I will pick something else off the YOP list. I’m leaning towards a shawl, I think, but we’ll see what I feel like tackling once the sock is off the needles.
Finally, I hauled out the wool applique project (Vintage Campers Go Round – pattern is from Buttermilk Basin) and I worked on another of the motifs yesterday. I realized when we were on vacation and I had pulled out all the supplies for this that I was missing small white buttons (which were theoretically part of the kit) to attach on the trees on top of the campers. I also didn’t have the Sulky 12-wt cotton thread in black that I’m using for everything else, so when we got home I ordered thread and a button pack which should be here this week. The tires aren’t stitched down in the one camper motif I’ve gotten done but it will be a quick thing to add that once the thread is here. Otherwise, I’ve finished 2 of the trees and one of the campers, so maybe a third done on the embroidery on this. (Those are the three motifs at the bottom of the photo below – the finished trees have some metallic gold thread stitched on as ribbon on the presents.)
Knit One, Spin Too 
How big is your wool appliqué and what will you do with it when it’s finished. I love the fun design and how it goes round in a circle but wonder how it’s displayed and can’t work out if this is table cloth type size or bigger? It’s a fun project though.
It’s sort of centerpiece sized (18″/40.5 cm across). The center space is big enough for a large candle or vase to rest on it. I will either use it in the middle of the table over the holidays – I have a white Lenox vase I haul out to put greenery in – or I might use it as a wreath on the door of our camper. We’ve got a trip over the holidays planned to go to the gulf coast of Texas here in the States to bird-watch. It’s bigger than other ones I’ve got planned, which are more like 8-10″ (20-25 cm) across. I do have a couple of kits which would be more like table runner size but those will be for several years down the road after I get some smaller ones done, I think.
Oh much smaller than I’d been imagining and it sounds like a lovely thing to be part of a centrepiece of a table.
I can’t wait to see how this sweater spin turns out, should be amazing! And the applique looks like the perfect solution for creating a centerpiece.
Thanks! I’m hoping the sweater will be done in time for the holidays this year too!
I was going to ask how big the applique was but see Liz beat to it. 18″ is a nice sized motif and I can just imagine it with your white vase and greenery in it for the holidays. It would be stunning. Your spun fiber is such a pretty color. What weight will it be when completed?
She’s an early bird 🙂 The handspun will be a fingering/sock weight. It’s going to be part of the sweater lot I’m spinning for a Weekender Light.
Beautiful yarn – both in color, and your spinning looks exquisite. And what a fun wool applique project. Very cute! 🙂
Thanks very much! I’ve been enjoying working on all of these – and it feels great to work on some long-languishing crafts 🙂
Your spinning is fabulous and I adore that colour. I’ve also just noticed your banner – it looks so cosy and inviting and is basically how I want to spend my days!
Thank you – I do too! Anything with a gray tone to it and I’m on board. oh yay! That’s just what I was going for with the banner. All the things I love. 🙂
Love the trees and camper motifs! Tour de Fleece is over for me too, but now I want to spin all the brown I have so I can do some fairisle knitting with the natural I spun during the tour. I like your idea of 15 minutes a day. I can try that too!
It’s really amazing how much progress can happen over a month (or year) with those 15 minutes. It really doesn’t seem like much on a daily basis but it definitely adds up. Hope you enjoyed your Tour this year!
Your sweater spin is a beautiful color!! I can’t wait to see it used in a project!!
The idea of using the appliqué project as a centerpiece for the holidays sounds great!
Thank you so much! It’ll be a while before I get there but that’s okay. 🙂
I’m invested for the long haul!
I love the colour of your handspun, so subtle yet so vibrant. Can’t wait to see the actual sweater take shape.
Thank you! It’ll be a long term project but I’m looking forward to the sweater too!
Your applique is gorgeous, as is your spinning. Such a beautiful colour.
Thanks so much! I’m enjoying both of those projects 🙂