Hello again everyone. I’m surfacing for a while after finishing my third assignment for my spinning certificate. I’ll have to start the final one (YAY!) in a couple weeks.

I’m getting ready for a talk I’m giving at the end of February to my local spinning guild the Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners. I’m giving a presentation on spinning for socks.

I like making socks. I like making socks a lot! But I have never made a full pair with my own handspun. I’ve made small sample ones, but I’ve yet to spin enough for an entire pair.

Well, I figure that needs to change! So I’m going to spin and knit a pair for the talk.

The fibre in the picture above is what I’ll be spinning. I dyed the fibre with Elderberries back in 2008 or 2009. The fibres and the blend for the socks are:
Left – tussah silk (10%)
Middle – mohair/wool blend (20%)
Although the factors to be established sildenafil online canada appear self-evident in may cases, the USCIS and Immigration Judges look to the letter of the law and insist that all factors are met. But, how about situational driving? That generico levitra on line means, one can drive their way out in some quirky situations on the road, and other information that can prove handy while you’re driving. The use of generic cialis tadalafil to effectively treat erection-related problems such as erectile dysfunction or also known as impotence and is different from other men’s sexual health issues like premature ejaculation, lack of interest in getting romantically intimate or unable to ejaculate etc. Showing that even though these drugs have http://raindogscine.com/documental-caddies-finalizando-postproduccion/ viagra 25 mg been known to overcrowd the market that claim to offer erections in the natural manner but nonetheless beats Kamagra. Right – Blue Faced Leicester (70%)

I originally carded this fibre back in 2009. I had planned to make socks with it that summer, but it never happened. So the fibre has been waiting in a bin since then.

I’ve spent the last couple days re-carding it on my drum carder, to get it re-fluffed and to hopefully get rid of some of the nepps in it.The first time I carded it was on a course drum carder and it broke some of the fibres, making for a lot of nepps.

Re-carding it did get rid of most of the nepps. They all stayed on the surface of the batt and I was able to just pick them off as I saw them.

I started with almost 250g of fibre in the small batts. Recarding gave me 60g in waste / nepps, so I’m left with about 190g to spin the socks from.

I’m planning on making a 3-ply yarn, about 20-22 WPI. I should be able to knit this on a 2.25 or 2.5mm needle to get a nice fabric. I’ll be making toe up socks so I can make sure I use up as much of the yarn as possible.