Not quite ready for their closeups
Thursday, September 15th, 2005The Manly Sweater (after a year of working on it, off and on) is done! But it’s still drying. I am gifting it to the DH for our anniversary, but again, _it’s still drying_. It was easy to knit, but I think the armholes are too small…
Look what else is drying… dyed Soy Silk! This stuff is weird. It looks like silk and acts like silk, but is kind of “crunchy” like cotton. I’m looking forward to seeing how it will spin!
And here’s more fibre that’s drying…
That’s Border Leicester roving that I bought in Salt Spring this summer. It’s soft, but not _soft like merino!_ soft. So I’m making…
… a Jayne Cobb hat! If you’ve seen Joss Whedon’s Firefly, you’ll know this is the hat that Jayne receives in the mail, handknit by his mom. I’m going to card (blending the red and yellow to make orange!) and spin up the yarn this weekend and knit it up next weekend when my friends and I get together for a Firefly marathon. All this is prep for the Serenity movie that comes out on September 30. If you want to make one too, this lovely gal has [written a pattern for it here...](http://dryope.typepad.com/superfly/jayne_cobb_hat/index.html)
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