No Spa Soles; Baby Sweater Instead

Eh, well. I started knitting with the yarn I spun after the Spa, but it proved to be thicker than it looked. So I unraveled it and started playing with it. I found I got a very nice-feeling 4 sts/inch on a size 8, which just happens to be a good gauge for one of my favorite designs, the Penobscot Bay Pullover:

I hand out this pattern for free on the Isaac H. Evans knitting cruises. Also if you happen to be in Unique One and want to buy the yarn to make it, you get a copy of the pattern thrown in free. I have a sample knit up in Christopher Sheep Farm yarn, but you really could use any heavy worsted weight.

Problem is, I only have about 6 1/2 ounces of the yarn, so I am going to make the smallest size, about a size 1. We will see how far I get with the handspun. I expect I will have to do the sleeves in something else, maybe Classic Elite's Lush or some other nice, soft yarn which comes in colors to compliment the yarn I spun. Running out of yarn just forces me to be creative and figure out some wonderful new design element to throw in to cover for the fact I've run out of yarn! Usually it ends up looking better than the original design.

I'll post pictures as soon as I get some.

Today I had fun spinning with the Midcoast Spinners in Union. Sharon showed me how to fold my S90 up, and then unfold it to spin on it. It's great! So all my spinning problems are solved now. (Except that time thing, as in not having any.)