Bellwether

Bearing witness.

Finished the Noro Silk Garden Lite multidirectional scarf:

Ooooooh. Aaaaaaah. The recipient loves it, which is good. The yarn also softened up a LOT when I washed it, also good.
I also bought some fiber from Franquemont Fibers off of eBay:

Merino, bombyx silk, tussah silk, kid mohair, and angelina–and it’s spinning up wonderfully. [...]

Isn’t it divine? I’m absolutely loving knitting with my handspun, and I’m getting a huge kick out of seeing how the colors shift into each other. And you know, Feather and Fan is the easiest lace pattern ever and it still looks damned impressive.
I’ve also poked a bit a Serrano; I’m planning on [...]

Pattern: Kiri (PDF link), from All Tangled Up
Yarn: Sundara Yarn Sport Merino, 4 hanks in color 012
Needles: US 7, first half done on Addi Turbos, second half done on Lantern Moon Rosewoods. The Lantern Moons were much easier to work with.
Notes: I did 16 pattern repeats for a shawl that blocked to 90″ wide [...]

The wool/silk yarn is done!

790 yards and just under 8 ounces used; I have a small amount left in the unlikely event that I run out of yarn. I pretty much immediately cast on for a pretty basic feather and fan scarf, using US7 (4.5mm) needles just to see what sort of fabric I’d [...]