What to do

I have decided that the only thing I can do with this Sweater is pull it out. It breaks my heart. I thought that maybe what I could do is put a stripe or two of some other colors in it, I would be able to stretch the remaining yarn for the sleeves. However when the Man saw it he inadvertently showed his dismay. “ Is that my sweater, your putting in stripes, hmm.... are you trying to make me look fat? “ Well, no I’m not trying to make you look fat. Which for him is not possible as he weighs all of 170 pounds on a 5' 10" frame. Make him look fat. Geese just when I thought that I had the whole issue taken care of. Well, I guess he’ll just get socks for Christmas.
What really gets me boiling is that I have to admit that he was right in the first place. He told me that I should spin the all of the wool first and then start knitting. All this from a man who has never, to my knowledge spun wool or knit in his life. I suppose that tells you that this is not the first time that I have made this mistake.
To be honest with you I really didn’t like the wool in the first place. That’s must be why I spun it so thick. Just to get it over. I sent the fleece off to a mini mill that really didn’t do that great of a job cleaning it. I have spent more time pulling V.M. out of it than spinning. Only to find that I have missed bits and pieces while knitting. I was doomed from the beginning with this wool. Truly a Hate, Hate relationship.
Well, those wheels never do stop turning up in my little brain. I think I will just start over by making him a heavy vest. It seems that necessity is the Mother of Invention.
I can’t wait to get started on that Icelandic Fleece though. I walk by it and take in a deep breath at how wonderful it looks. It still needs to be scoured and carded but even that doesn’t seem like such a tough task when I know that the out come will be beautiful. I already have a few ideas of what I want to do with it. A good friend of mine took pity on me as she knew that I would not be able to go to the New York Sheep and Wool Festival (Other wise known as Christmas for Lisa) and bought me some cocenil. Red, yes I think I will dye it Red. ( some of it anyway) I would also like to get some Logwood to dye some blue. I have enough onion skins for yellow. I was thinking of another sweater. This time I will make sure to spin and measure all of the wool first. None of this rushing to get it done.
Yesterday I went to the library to copy the pattern for the Infamous Icures Shawl. I will also have to spin some more lace weight for that. I have some now it is a two ply of merino and silk. Both are natural colored. The silk is very reflective and is just beautiful.
I promise to start putting pictures up just as soon as I get the chance.