How The West Was Spun: More Projects and Updates

Ok - so I've got a lot going on right now in the fiber world. I have finished the front and back, and one sleeve on my Plain and Simple/Te Rosado sweater. It's a very quick knit. I need to get the final sleeve done and then this needs a good blocking to make the ribbed lace pattern open up. No pictures on that as it looks .....well... basically the same as it did in my "Startitis" post.

Remember how I also mentioned I got my loom warped? I started and am about 5/6s of the way through saddle blanket #1 I have budgeted for this warp. I loosely designed it after the saddle blanket Robert Duval's horse uses in the TNT movie Broken Trail. (Anyone else watch that? Great scenery in that one.) Large forest green stripes broken with a band of wider white/narrower black stripes.

I finished spinning a 2-ounce skein of the lighter gray CVM roving I was working on. It was definitely neppy, but the larger ones picked out pretty easily, and the smaller ones didn't seem to affect the overall yarn size. It just wasn't as smooth as I like my yarn to be, but I suspect it will be just fine knit up.

Finally, we are off for a long weekend to the Pinedale/Bondurant area of Wyoming on Friday. We are taking the horses and staying in a cabin on a ranch where we can either ride their 2000 or so acres (which we will probably do Friday afternoon), or trailer up into one of the many trails that lead into the Jim Bridger Wilderness area or the Gros Ventre mountain ranges (our plan for Saturday). So, even though I am not an official Trek-Along member, I did start a very portable project out of Trekking sock yarn (color 109 for those of you keeping score) which Susan gifted me for my birthday last year.

These are the Retro Rib Socks from IK Winter 2004 issue. I love the colors and they will be great to work on in the truck.