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27.9.10

My Latest Spin

I've begun work on baby Dylan's second present. I'm hand spinning some special wool to knit up into the softest blanket imaginable (or close anyway).

Before:

Yarn For A Baby Blanket
Yarn For A Baby Blanket

After:
Yarn For A Baby Blanket
Yarn For A Baby Blanket

I'm about halfway done spinning the 8.5 ounces of Merino/Tencel blend.
This stuff is a dream to spin.
It spins up like butter.
It has gorgeous hints of baby blues, grays, and silver throughout the wool and spun up yarn. I'm excited to knit a swatch to see how it looks!

Now to on decide (again, because I keep changing my mind) which baby blanket pattern I will knit.

For those of you interested, I purchased the roving from Spincerely. I'm a repeat customer. She has excellent customer service and has always answered my hair-brained questions that I throw at her. What's most though is that her dyed rovings are ridiculously incredible. I dye my own wool typically, but when I splash out and buy something fancy I head her way.

xoxo
Talia Christine

3 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! He is going to be the most snuggled baby ever! :D I _love_ these blankets and am so grateful for him having such and amazing Auntie !!! we love you!!

    JaimeLynn

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  2. Aw, so sweet. Love that you're spinning it yourself.

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  3. WOW! This is gorgeous!! Is it really pricey to buy, dye, spin and knit your own things??

    I'm a knitter myself, but i tend to go for the cotton yarns or the acrylics - I'd never dream of spinning my own wool!! :)

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