Garnet Yarn

I think the best compliment of the evening was from Cindy when she said it looked like it was machine made yarn. I am very proud of how well this came out. I had noticed that I had gotten a pretty consistent single across the two that were done. I did end up with a little more of one than the other, but I didn't get a really scientific half of each part of the rope I separated.

So from 2.4 ounces of 80/20 merino/silk I got 348.83 yards of light fingering/lace weight yarn. Okay, I haven't done the wraps per inch check so don't know exactly the 'weight'.

I'm trying to decide if I want to do the Kernel Scarf again or if there's another scarf out there that would be perfect for this yarn. I've tried doing an Advanced Search in Ravelry using yardage and lace weight. I don't know, I'm not finding any that jump out at me - any suggestions?

Here's what the yarn looks like:

 

Tried taking a picture of the mitten in progress but while the color is okay, its blurry. Tried taking a picture of the new stuff being spun (Spinning Hill's Corriedale-Finn-Rambouillet in purples) and its blurry and dark. No good camera karma.

ETA: I had Ishbel in mind for the yarn but kept thinking that I had some other yarn that I had in my stash that I would use. I mean I bought the pattern last month with some other patterns purchased, but did I actually add it to my queue? Just checked and it wasn't there and the yardage for the small version is such that I can do this with this yarn!

A shawl is done

Unusual lately for me to dive in and use a new yarn. Recent yarn purchases have been in preparation for particular projects. Maybe that's why this one is different. It was traded yarn. Traded for a BMFA Knitter's Without Borders skein that I bought at the Yarn Harlot book signing but decided I didn't really love the color combination. So it sat in my trade/sell until someone else wanted it.

The Three Corner Scarf pattern is from Judith McKenzie-McCuin's Intentional Spinner book. Ruth Howell is the pattern designer. It's a nice pattern for handspun and this yarn while not spun by me, was a handspun. A thick and thin single of 50/50 wool and silk. The silk gives it a nice shimmer that I think at least one of the photos captures.

The colorway is Summer Heat, but I think this will go well with my harvest gold dress I plan to wear for Thanksgiving.

In its blocking wires (really loving these things - thanks again Cindy for offering them to me to buy!):

Closeup that kind of shows the silk shimmer:

Showing how long it is. Unblocked it was 24 inches deep, after blocking 30 inches:

Now the strange thing, nothing showing in Ravelry as an active project. Since I had a scratchy throat, figured out its allergies too late, I'll be off to start some mittens. I did finish up plying the Garnet as a nice two-ply. No details yet, since its resting overnight.