It's a funny thing, I love to knit with solid or semi-solid yarns and large swathes of stockinette don't bore me a bit. From the comments I've seen in many people's ravelry projects, my taste for knitting is a veritable snoozefest for many. It's peculiar, then, that I can't say the same about spinning. As much as I love to knit solid yarns, spinning solid yarns takes me forever. Of course, I am more likely to then knit that final yarn but I drag my feet the whole way. Those crazy handpainted yarns in all their vivid colors are just so much more fun for me to spin (at least the singles are, I don't care what the fiber color, plying makes me yearn for the excitement of watching grass grow.)
But there's a compromise; solids that gently fade into other solids producing a gradual transition from one color to the next and one of my favorite dyers is serving up a beautiful assortment right now.
1. Rosa Rugossa Singles, 2. Rosa Rugossa Combed Top, 3. Rosa Rugossa Singles, 4. Rosa Rugossa Singles
The colorway is Rosa Rugossa and it's a soft blend of superwash merino, bamboo and nylon. The 4 ounces gave me about 792 yards of singles at about 24 wpi. I think it'll make a really lovely shawl one of these days.
I bought another 4 ounces in her Blueberry Campout colorway as well.
There's something about that shade of orange that just makes my heart go pitter-pat.
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Oh my - the rosa rugosa is just su-blinking-perb! I agree about the joys of spinning colours, it just keeps me happily occupied for ages. Such bliss!
Posted by Kari | December 2, 2010 3:23 AM
Posted on December 2, 2010 03:23
I love your designs on Ravelry because they are so well cut and the stockinette supports the elegance of your designs.
Whoever finds them "snoozy" totally misses the point!!!
Posted by love2stitch | November 30, 2010 1:22 PM
Posted on November 30, 2010 13:22
The colors are lovely and your spinning is beautiful, Marnie. I have the same issue with spinning vs knitting. I tend to "treat" myself with something fun after slogging through something rather boring.
Posted by Cookie | November 30, 2010 12:06 PM
Posted on November 30, 2010 12:06
Oh but some of us are more than happy to have large swaths of stockinette for garments!! Truly!
Posted by Abigail | November 30, 2010 10:03 AM
Posted on November 30, 2010 10:03