4th of July, Three Fates Yarns and Tour De Fleece

My Daughter and Son-in-law invited me to come for a BBQ at their home on July 3rd. Sean went with me and we spent a great day with family and friends. We did a walking tour of their new neighborhood (a lovely place), the food was wonderful and we crafted the evening away. Alicia and I made sheep shaped stitch markers for the swap at Sock Summit at the end of the month. It was amazing to be in a large city as darkness fell during 4th of July weekend. It sounded like a war zone, bangs and pops and flashes of color in the sky, fireworks of all kinds everywhere.

My shawl knitting is on a slow down as Tour De Fleece has started. It is a month of spinning daily. So far I have spun and plyed 4 oz of BFL roving that I purchased from Three Fates Yarns. I LOVE BFL, it is so soft and feels so good as it slides through my fingers while I am spinning and I know that it will feel just as nice when I am knitting it later. I can't wait to get more roving from Three Fates Yarns, on the Three Fates site today I saw a roving called hedgerows that I would like to have. I was looking at some of her rovings at a potluck on the 2nd, I did not make a note of the colorway unfortunately but I will know it again when I see it.It was light blue and had black or navy or charcoal in it as well.  I liked the contrast of light and dark. One of my favorite colorways for the yarn is Horizon, I wonder if she ever does that colorway in roving???? hint hint,

Tour De Fleece Starts today

Today I attended a kick off potluck for TDF. My first project for this event is a 4oz braid of browns and greens I purchased a few months ago from three fates yarns. As I unbraided this roving today I discovered there are more than just browns and greens. It was an interesting spin and I can not wait to see how it looks when I turn it into a 2 ply. So far it has been a joy to spin, since it is BFL it is very soft and makes me smile as I spin. I hope to have enough to make a small shawl or scarf, perhaps the shawl like scarf Wendy Johnson just released yesterday and is as yet un-named. I like the pattern a lot and if this yarn is not too colorful might look well made up that way. I will keep my eyes open for just the right pattern.

I am over half through my newest Summer Flies shawl pattern. I think I will really like the pattern in this yarn. I have also discovered the fun of knitting baby socks. I found a pattern on Ravelry called "Leftovers" baby socks. they are baby socks you make from the leftover sock yarn from other projects. The yarn I picked to try the pattern was not quiet long enough and one sock has a different toe than the first one. That is OK because I made they to see if they are the right size. If they will fit or I can change the number of rows to make it fit then I will start the next pair using this pattern. If it just won't work for either of the babies then I will keep looking for just the right pattern.