Glorious Rain

-

Woke up this morning to rain, wonderful rain. We so needed it, hopefully it will rain all day.

Not able to leave spinning wheel alone broke out another bag (150 g) of wool and nylon from Smith and Ewe, in Sweet Violets colour. I thought I might be able to leave wheel alone until part two of the T d F starts  later in August but that wasn't to be.

I finished yesterday morning the mix of merino-silk (70 - 30), have enuff of some of the colours to do something else in the future. I spin a lot of yarn with no firm idea of what I will use it for but this wool-silk mix will be made into winter socks for me and maybe a couple of others. First pix is the fibre laid out ready to spin, started from left side and stayed with the same order thru both bobbins. Not much idea of what plied yarn will look like but however it will be soft and warm. After last winters stretch of almost 40 below zero (and only one pr of handspun socks) knew that before winter dropped again that I would have more.


Not much else new and exciting in my wild mountain valley this time of year. Haven't seen a bear since the last of June (altho see purple poops on my driveway), deer are everywhere, yesterday two does with 5 fawns between them.

Comments

  1. JulieAugust 21, 2020 at 3:12 PM

    Those bobbins are lovely, and will make some wonderful socks. I am so glad that you have rain. Since reading about fires in BC I have been worried about you. Do not want a repeat of last year! It is a gloomy, rainy day here in North Carolina today. We have been blessed with enough rain this summer to keep things green and growing (my yard, for instance), so I never complain when we have a day like this. Take care of yourself and keep safe.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sharon in SurreyAugust 21, 2020 at 8:34 PM

    Mmmmmm love the Sweet Violets fibre!!! I think that's one of my favorite colorways. All winter with only one pair of socks??? How awful. Hand knit, hand spun socks are a staple in the winter!!! Good luck to you in the rain - we got some of it too here on the coast & the air smells so much better. Take care of yourself.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. The sockladyAugust 21, 2020 at 9:29 PM

      Only one pair of hand spun, 20+ pair commercial sock yarn socks. Just need extra warmth for when it’s -40.

      Delete
    2. MaureenTakomaAugust 25, 2020 at 6:10 PM

      I'm looking forward to seeing how the Sweet Violets spin up. So pretty.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

More socks

-
Image
4 more pair on needles, work on each for at least 10 rows every other day before putting it down. Blue pair is farest along and have everything ready for sock #2. Blue pair will be identical all the others fraternal. A couple of nights ago bout 9pm saw a blue heron land in tree just south of the house, watched it preen for some time and when it was to dark for a pix 2 more landed in tree beside the first. Same day saw a kingfisher dive towards the river. Bear activity has cooled down, assume they are over at the Chilko River system fishing for salmon. Last black I saw was just its backside as it headed for the west fence got a quick pix but not worth posting. Nothing much happening in my wild mountain valley these days, some ranchers have finally been able to start cutting hay, and everyone else is hoping for rain. So many bad fires in BC again this season.
Read more

Friday Jan. 5

-
Image
Finally got myself to town Dec. 27-28. Prescriptions, haircut, groceries, and most important getting bank Visa problems straightened out. Tried dealing with bank via telephone and both times I connected got someone that wouldn't acknowledge that I was hard of hearing, heavy accents didn't help. Had 7 charges for Play Station almost $1000, since I've never even seen one, wasn't me . Because of all the weird charges they wouldn't activate the new Visa card. A good weather window opened so in I went, took almost an hour getting everything straightened out. Meanwhile when I did get to the grocery store almost filled my buggy with produce and fruit. Had help unloading the car when I got home Thursday 3 ish. Did bring a nasty bout of the local crud home with me, first time in several years that a cold hit me so hard.  One of the first pair of Koigu gloves I did were for me, but last winter I snagged middle finger on a nail on my handrail, brought them up front, cut off da
Read more

Grizzlies

-
Image
May 30th had a visiting grizzly complete with two yearling cubs, camera at hand got 3 pix before she and cubs wandered off. 2023 season off to a good start, 2 blacks and 3 griz in my yard. Sock knitting continues as always, pix of latest finished pair of Monstersocks. As soon aas they were finished started another pair using a midnight blue Hawthorne from Knit Picks, but instead of Monstersocks am going back to old standby fair-nordic patterns, dk blue will be main colour then orange, med gray, red and white for the patterns. Fairly conservative for my knitting. Went into town on Monday, oil change, checked in at Speedy Glass about a new windshield (come back in a week), picked up my new glasses, then a motel for the night. Tuesday had dentist appointment at 9 am, think its the last for a while, then renewed ICBC (license plate and insurance for another year), picked up some groceries and lastly Kal Tire where I finally got winter tires off my Subie (they go back on October 1).
Read more