A Few Sheep Shy of a Farm

St. Brigid

Like most of the things I try to get done, this process is happening rather slowly as my projects tend to come last on the list for the most part . . . so please bear with me as this is going to take a while to get though!

The colors to blend

So I’m using a postage scale to weigh these out to be sure that I have the same amount of each.  I was going to blend 5g of each color, but my scale doesn’t like the number 5 so I’m blending 6 g. of each color for a total of 18 g. in each batt.   The carder ends up pretty full but by blending them with 4 passes through the carder I am able to get a nice even final color.

blending

The carder is an Ashford and while it is on the small side; it is better than handcarders!

I’ve also had a little helper with one batch:

helping Mommy

This was a rare occasion when I actually took the carder out while she was awake; generally I only do things like card fiber when there are no children either home or awake to be involved.

Singles and fiber

The light was a bit bright so the color is a little off from how it looks in real life but its fairly close . . .  so far I’ve only managed to card something like 5 oz of fiber and I’ve spun about 2/3 of that . . . something like a bobbin and a half.   At this rate, it might be next year before I actually knit St. Brigid but I will get there eventually!

Must Have Cardi

Life has been getting in the way of my knitting time lately but I have managed a few rows here and there on the Must Have Cardi – the back of it is about 10 inches in so far . . . slow progress but I’ll take any little bit of progress I can get as I’d like t have this off the needles before the weather warms up!