I motivated myself a little bit this afternoon to start a warp to practice checks, which is what my next project at Weaving School is supposed to be. What the heck was the cutesy name for it again? Oh yeah, cherryderry.

I will go out on a limb with my prediction here: 2022 will have both good things and bad things happen.

Below, my Wintery Colored Fair Isle Hat very much in the (over-) planning stages. Only the one color dyed so far. On the fence about whether to squeeze out another color this afternoon. Dyeing is quick, but the cleanup is a pain.

I found time to dye an ounce of yarn yesterday, after we did most of the goat herd hooves before lunch. I’ve had this idea lurking of making a fair isle hat using the colors of winter – blues and browns, evergreen & white. This is ProChem Wedgewood I had lying around. Haven’t used ProChem in years.

I got enough of this to allegedly make a sweater. It’s 42% “Superkid” Mohair, 40% Nylon, 18% Merino Wool “Extrafine”.

“Superkid” may or may not mean what we in the biz call “first clip.”

Or it may mean a kid like my baby Ramona, who is so super!

I just think start-to-finish photos are so much fun.

That one on the right is the one I hated when I started spinning it. But I’m glad I didn’t trash it. It’s not THAT bad. I’ll stay away from that gray in the future though.

Topic change. I always get embarrassed when someone asks me what I’m reading. I feel like I’m expected to name something they’d recognize. Instead of the truth. Which is basically always, “Some weird shit that interests me.”

& I get embarrassed when someone asks if we have cable or Netflix or what-have-you, and I have to say, “I don’t watch TV.” I don’t like that phrase. I always hear it in a snooty voice. But I don’t mean it that way. I used to watch TV. But lately it just doesn’t fit into my life.

Thought I’d try something different in the color-blending department. Something adventurous. Ugh, it’s awful.

Hat-to-be.

Finished knitting a hat… it’s Capricorn yarn from GMS, a bulky adult mohair-wool blend. It is not impossible that it could contain some of my goats. I bought it white and dyed it. I’m kind of a fan. I think I’ll get some more and dye some in different colors.

More pretty. The yarn you saw yesterday, and a hat I finished knitting the other day. It’s Malabrigo yarn, one of my favorite brands. I just wanted pretty and simple to work on during meetings.