{"id":252,"date":"2009-11-16T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T19:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2009-11-16T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T19:48:25","slug":"fleece-to-cowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/fleece-to-cowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleece to Cowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long, long time ago I bought this from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theloopyewe.com\">the Loopy Ewe<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Fiber\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2454\/3726906909_4d5b9dd3cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During this summer&#8217;s TDF, it became this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Spun\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2591\/3727715454_58a188f63e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This weekend, I wound it into this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2798\/4104655514_3a9bcd22a3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And knit it into this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Cherry Garcia Cowl\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2648\/4107273053_ef561e17d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It took around an hour.\u00a0 The pattern is Cherry Garcia from Hello Yarn.\u00a0 I made several mods, including knitting it on size 13 needles and only completing 2 pattern repeats.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t find any of my size 11 needles, hence the 13s and I had only 80 yards, rather than over 100 of the yarn.\u00a0 I really love how cheerful the colors are and how the color sequence worked out.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Leslie and I went to spinning guild yesterday.\u00a0 This is how our wheels roll:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"wheels \" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2635\/4108044154_08e42825ec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leslie is spinning a lovely 8oz of fiber from CJ Kopek (I&#8217;ll let her tell you more about that since she&#8217;s doing all kinds of fancy things with it).\u00a0 I&#8217;m spinning 4 oz of BFL in the Earnest Hemingway colorway from Sanguine Griffin.\u00a0 LOVE this fiber.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a little better close up of my singles:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Singles\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2624\/4107276609_3d307383d7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I got home, I plyed it into a 2 ply that is a light sport weight.\u00a0 I plan on using it for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitspot.com\/knitting_pattern\/ivy-vines-p-168.html\">Ivy Vines<\/a> by Anne Hanson.\u00a0 I&#8217;m totally addicted to her patterns and have a binder just devoted to her (4 new ones may have joined the older ones there this past week).\u00a0 The skein (all 232 yards of it) is drying and I&#8217;m impatiently knitting on another <a href=\"http:\/\/helloknitty.net\/2009\/08\/13\/multnomah\/\">Mutnomah<\/a> while I wait for it.\u00a0 This Multnomah is out of some lovely Toasty in a toasty treat colorway.\u00a0 It is perfect as carry around knitting, although I do miss my stockinette socks.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for me today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long, long time ago I bought this from the Loopy Ewe: During this summer&#8217;s TDF, it became this: This weekend, I wound it into this: And knit it into this: It took around an hour.\u00a0 The pattern is Cherry &hellip; 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