Adventures in Spinning

The neapolitan socks are complete! Ends woven in... socks on feet! I've decided to start the famous Jaywalker pattern for my next pair of socks, and then ease my way into a simple lace pattern. I was thinking of knitting Pomatomus by Cookie A. If you get a chance, please look at the lace chart and tell me if you think it is a relatively straightforward choice.

In other knitting news.... this came in the mail today....

I'm wait-listed for the Playing With Multicolored Roving class at MS&W. I don't have a clue what the likelihood of getting into this class would be. Fingers crossed, however. My beginning spinning class at John C. Campbell Folk School has really energized my spinning. I brought three grocery store bags full (haha... three bags full... no pun intended) of Romney fleece to pick and hand-card before spinning. I want to knit a raglan cardigan similar to the Pinecone Cardigan knitted by SpiderWoman Knits (check it out on Ravelry.) I've had a pair of Ashford handcards since I was given my Suffolk sheep and have never known how to properly use them until now. I had so many bits of green wool stuck in the teeth from a previous attempt to card!

I have two skeins of handspun from my adventures in spinning at the folk school. One plied from gray/brown and white Romney (washed and hand-carded in the class) and the other is a prepared Fleece Artist roving in a purple colorway. I had to have some color! Our class unanimously voted to take a "field trip" to a local yarn store, owned by the course instructor's sister-in-law. I bought the Fleece Artist roving and a brilliant skein of Hand Maiden Casbah sock yarn. This sock yarn is a blend of merino, cashmere, and nylon and it's orange!... you can imagine how smitten I am. Enjoy some pics of my weekend at the folk school: