W.A.W.O.W.

This has been What A Week Of Work thus the W.A.W.O.W. I have been busy all week. I haven't been out through the door. Now you may think that is terrible since the weather has turned milder. You might think its a chance to be lazy but for me it meant a week of catching up on my level 2 homework. I am not caught up, but I am making progress. I am not reading, and I am not watching T.V., (we don't have that anyway), I haven't been wasting my time on the internet. No, indeed, I've been spinning and I have pictures to prove it.

I started out the week with the very good intentions of getting the section of questions on mohair finished but then I got caught in another power outage. I couldn't weigh my blended fibre as I have an electric weigh scales and so I looked through my questions to see what I could work on that didn't require a blend. Ah ha! I found a question regarding needlework. The question said to spin a yarn (wool so no blending) appropriate for needlework and finish a small needlework sampler with your yarn. I began by reading what was considered a good yarn for needlework and decided on duplicating a three ply called Persian. I copied that as best I could in yellow, wine, and blue. I spun a ten yard skein in each colour to include as my samples along with enough to finish the sampler. Then I dug out a needle appropriate for needlework (not all of them are you know... go figure!) and began to investigate which stitches I would be using.

I had taken out a library book some time ago on the stitches used for needlework in which there are over 200. Sheesh! Deciding which stitches to use was not going to be easy. I started in on the stitching and what do you know..... I Iike needlework! I can see how this could become addictive. I am just about finished and as usual I can't wait to show it off.

Meanwhile once the lights came back on there was all the mohair I had been working on lying all over the living room. so in between finishing the yarn for the needlework and actually doing the needlework I have been carding, combing and spinning mohair and mohair blends. I also was trying to get everything that I had done in my book with labels and commentaries and everything that needed to be done to meet the requirements for my homework. I have accomplished a lot I think. Have a look.

This is llama spun and in my book with a 3"x3" sample for a vest.



This is a sample of a knitted shawl in alpaca.



These are yarn samples I have spun this week. The three top ones in wine, blue, and yellow are the samples for the needlework.



This is my needlework sample.



This last sample is a blend of mohair, wool, and silk which I will use for my mohair with texture sample. I can't wait to spin it!



So there you have it.... W.A.W.O.W.