I have finished the edging on the capelet that I am currently knitting. The capelet is my original design -- the Sierra Aspens Capelet, so . . . . I am hoping to complete the pattern and offer it for sale in my Etsy shop . . . some . . . time . . . soon. Of course, I've been saying this for quite a while. I figure I better write up the pattern or I just have to stop wearing the the various capelets I've made with my handspun yarns.
I am keeping very accurate records this time. The first skein I spun for this project was a combination of my "Cinco de Mayo" and "Northwoods" colorways. Both of those were BFL. This second skein for the body of the capelet is a combination (plied together) of "Cinco de Mayo" in BFL and an 80%/20% merino/cashmere blend in "Indian Paint Brush". I'm trying to keep one colorway -- "Cinco de Mayo" -- running through the entire project and plying that with other colorways. It's a fun project and it will be interesting to see how the colors play off of each other.
Knitting needles are poised and I've got the first season of "Call the Midwife" ready to go.
Oh, and BTW, I managed to score some Inglenook Fibers batts when Macrina did an update on Etsy last week. I couldn't believe it. The first few I bought were gone by the time I went to pay for them. Went right back to Inglenook's store and started clicking on batts. I felt like a little fishy in a tank full of sharks having a feeding frenzy. WOW! That's all I can say. But, of course, when they arrive in the mail, it's pretty obvious why they are so popular. They're just the best.
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