Kerry Not Blue

We are done:



Yes, perhaps we are color challenged, but Kerry Blue in Red is done. Here are the before, during and after blocking photos:


before blocking: soft and cuddly


stretched out on towels, on the bed, with TIG rods through all the points


done

The yarn is handspun Blue Faced Leicester, from top, purchased from Paradise Fibers, dyed (see here), before spinning, with a variety of Lanaset reds. Spinning was done during the rainy season last Spring, which seemed never ending (the rain, not the spinning). You can see the color gradations in the yarn, and if you could feel it, you'd know the yarn is bouncy and soft. We've come full circle to the end product, in under a year's time.

Time moves at a different rate, where spinning, dyeing, and knitting or weaving a project is concerned. It does not seem like a year between the purchase of the fiber, the dyeing and planning, spinning and knitting. It is all a pleasure, so the whole task takes on the time-frame of any fun activity: it is over too soon.

Planning for the next shawl is under way. In fact, spinning started several weeks ago, seeing the end of this shawl was near. Pattern research and actual swatching (gasp!) has begun. It's the only way I know to recover from the end-of-project doldrums: jump right back on that (proverbial) horse, and away again, for another fun ride.