The Purled Ewe: March Happenings and Contest Winner

Spring is here...wait...is it? 23 degrees this morning makes it feel like Spring has not yet Sprung here in the Miami Valley. I'm so ready for warmer days! Though I did enjoy a lovely 70 degree, sunny day on Friday! It was just too lovely to stay indoors, so I packed my hiking bag with some knitting and headed over to Cox Arboretum in Dayton. It was a perfect place to spend the afternoon. I hiked through the woods, sat by the pond and knitted for awhile, and then hiked some more.

I began working on Rill Scarf by Miriam L. Felton. I have wanted to do this scarf for a few months now, but wasn't sure what yarn to use for it. My stash was lacking in lace weight yarn, which is what this pattern calls for. After a lot of thought and perusing Etsy shops, I decided I wanted to buy some bare yarn, dye it myself, and use it for this scarf. I found some merino/silk lace weight yarn on Etsy that was perfect for this project. As for the color, I dyed it using Kool Aid and Wilton's Food coloring. It is actually more variegated than this picture shows. It has areas of lighter green and darker, mossy green. I absolutely love how it turned out! I named the yarn "Shamrock".

Feels good to be knitting again after taking a bit of a hiatus over the winter.

I finished spinning and plying some merino/silk fiber for a friend of mine. She had purchased the roving at a local auction and had me spin it on commission. The original roving reminded me a of a Tribble from Star Trek.

Here's the yarn I made from it...

2 ply, 494 yards, fingering weight yarn

This past week, I added some new hand dyed lovelies to my shop. This organic polwarth top was part of my colorway naming contest in my Ravelry group. The winning name is "Mermaid's Hair" which was suggested by Ravelry user DKBach.