Oh well, I stuck it out as long as I could and that was far longer than I expected! And now I'm a sock knitter!!
But, right now, this sock knitter wants to look at lace.
This is a variant of the very popular pattern Ishbel, where the lace is started first thing instead of having a stockinette triangle. The variant is a free supplement to the actual Ishbel pattern, which needs to be purchased to make the shawl. Also,
Meanwhile, I've finished the first bobbin with half of my purple rain batts I started spinning the other day.
Back in August some areas near where I live were hit very hard by flooding from Hurricane Irene. Here in town we were fine, but some of the lower-lying areas of the city near the river were flooded and the nearby Schoharie Valley had historic flooding, destroying homes, farms, and businesses.
This morning I learned about a not-for-profit corporation called Schoharie Recovery, based right in Schoharie and working to match skills, volunteers, and donations with the people who need help. This weekend there is a fundraising event for Schoharie Recovery from a local spinning guild in conjunction with the Home for the Holidays weekend. There's more information over here.
As for me, as soon as I got off the phone with the organizer to say I'll be there Sunday for sure and probably part of Saturday too, I started spinning up this corriedale roving so I can donate it to sell.
Every little bit helps, right? Of course I want to help, but sometimes it's hard to figure out how to help. This time it was easy. Maybe I can get some holiday shopping done too!
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