Sometimes it takes a very long while to decide what to do with my hand spun yarn. Take this yarn below as an example. I spun it on my first Jonathan Bosworth spindle gifted to me by Pat Woods. On the very first braid of roving I bought from Cloudlover Fibers.
Through the many years it was destined to be a hat. I could never find the right pattern. I was also not good enough to design a hat of my own back then. Then it was gloves, but the yarn just did not feel like gloves to me. Then it sat without a pattern for years. Then I was going to weave it, but thought better of it
Then in my lastest de stash effort I came across a lonely hand spun yarn. Then I knew. It had to be a shawl. Not just any shawl, but one of my own designs. I choose Grandma’s Summer Shawl. It is available on both Raverly and Love Crafts dot com, or your local yarn store. If you do happen to purchase the pattern I split the sale price with the seller.
I have to say being about 40 rows in I know that I made the right choice. I am using US size 9 knitting needles. I will change to longer knitting needles tomorrow. It is tight enough to hold the hand spun yarn in place. Also it is loose enough to show some great definition in the hand spun yarn. It highlights the thick and thin of the yarn. It will also be soft next to my skin. The night time lighting does not do the colors Justice. Or it could just be my screen. My iPad is really old for tech. Over 10 years old.
