my how time flies (again)

hi.  remember me?  I'm whackadoodle coconut. this week (and actually the last few months) have been quite busy for us around ye olde household.  I've been working on getting the house straightened up, cleaned up and organized.  makes a girl feel better knowing everything is in it's place.  so this week with the heat and prepping for spinzilla, I've been practicing my spinning and finishing up a couple projects.

First - the evolution of the yarn I've had in my stash for over a year now.  I thought it was a nice mix of spring time colors, but I never really liked the way they looked together on my test spin.  then I had an idea, what if I blended the colors like I did with my sherbet yarn?  and voila!






and here it is.  the evolution of yarn!  it's a nice mix of bulky yarn.  I think it looks like cotton candy and my husband said it looked like yarn for a baby.  I'd agree with that.  it is fresh, pastel and squishy for a baby sweater or blanky.

 
 
next up is a second batch of yarn to finish up a small quantity of fiber I've had.  I decided to split it down the middle instead of drafting it in smaller 12 inch lengths (like usual).  I was curious if the colors would show better this way than the other method.
 


 
the overall product not so much, but the singles did show the colors better than my usual method.  I am pleased with the end product and it is more balanced than the cotton candy yarn.
 
now finally, I have finished the sweater I started back in early September.  the pattern is owls from kate oats.  this is the second time I have knit this sweater.  the previous one is now to big and to be frank, the yarn was kind of scratchy against my skin and it shed like crazy.
 

 
I will post a picture of me wearing the new sweater soon!
thank you for reading this latest update. I should resolve to post more often!

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