Flu go away!!!

I just finished the legwarmers last Thursday when I started to feel sick again... I wish it was spring here... -10c doesn't feel much like spring and at night  it's getting to a blistering -18c and with the wind it's in fact feeling -28c.  Even the maples are not giving any sap to start the sugar season yet :(

Anyways here are the legwarmers...they fits perfectly with the tights I've knitted  last winter... winter and flu could just take a vacation or simply just go away!!!  I wouldn't mind waiting till next winter to wear those.

My fiber world been very quiet this week...

I didn't achieve much this week, between frogging and casting on and more frogging and more casting on, I finally found a legwarmer pattern  I like, I think it could provide enough warmth and still be feminine.

It is an easy knit with nice flowers on the ankle side, obviously I didn't have enough time to finish the first leg.  I'm using the magic loop it's looking good so far.

Maybe I'll have time to finish it next week...

This pattern is a free download on Ravelry,

Link to the pattern page

A prayer shawl/scarf

My sister been very sick... her lung capacity was down to 35%, she improved a little after a 3 months home rest up to 50%... she still can't walk or make any physical efforts, test after test they still don't know what is the cause.

The shawl is not fancy it is acrylic as she requested but I can't stand knitting acrylic so I opted to simple weave, she can wear it as shawl or fold on the length for scarf, It is washed and I still need to steam iron before delivery.

The last fleece from Ashford New Zealand...

White English Leicester from New Zealand, this was a gorgeous raw fleece... it was exported by Ashford, sadly they won't anymore.  I've kept this one for myself kind of a souvenir knowing I couldn't get more, I'm stretching it to the max by spinning fine.

Beautiful locks!!!

I've combed some and then used my hackle to dizz it...

And I've spinned...and spinned....

and plied for hours to make a 2 plies

just off the wheel...

800 yards of light fingering 17 wpi and very low twist so it is airy and soft with a nice sheen.  I got still enough to make another skein like this one and then it will be all gone and no way to get more. So this I should keep for myself and do a special project with.

The Pickwickflock sweater is finally washed...

I just couldn't stand waiting anymore, I washed it...

Blocking It does make a huge difference opening the lace and setting the cables and stitches, wasn't such a great idea for my finger tips, anyways the sweater is ready to wear even if I think later I might play a little more with it as I might dye/paint it... as with all the snow I might be in need of playing with colours.

Dahley fingerless mittens

Not the perfect week, the flu was around and the bug did caught me, turning my brain to mush, the only productive time been use to knit those fingerless mittens.

The snow keeps on piling...

and the wind keeps blowing it around...

The pattern is from Carol Feller, Contemporary Irish Knits.

Making a nice set with last week cowl.

The popcorn cowl

I used the wasted combed fibers to spin the popcorn skein and It turned out into the perfect cowl to wear with the pickwickflock sweater/jumper.

I haven't done much this past week, the cold still goes on and the my poor fingertips did not entirely healed from the eczema so none of the projects been washed yet.

This week I worked on this cowl, Dalkey pattern from Contemporary Irish Knits by Carol Feller,

it was a very nice to knit mixing cables and lace... 

Lovely pattern.

Lovely result.