KnitSteph

If you haven’t noticed by now, there is a new pattern listed on my sidebar. *points to the left*  I finished up the shrug on Friday evening, wore it out to eat on Friday night and then wore it to Dallas when I met up with a fellow Raveler and a couple of other friends. More on that later, on to the pattern!

This is the “In The Middle” Shrug. It’s called that because you start in the middle of the back. The pattern uses up two skeins of MMMMMalabrigo. I had about 6 inches of yarn leftover after binding off and weaving in the ends. If you want longer arms, you can add one more skein. It is made using an Open Twisted Rib stitch so it is very stretchy to accommodate multiple sizes. I’m in the photo and I’m a size 16. My daughter can also wear it and she’s a size 5.  The back length goes by your back measurement, so its easy to fit.

I hope you enjoy it! (it’s also on Ravelry)

Now..on to the meet up!

The manperson and I had to take a couple of friends to the airport in Dallas on Saturday, so I made arrangements to meet up with AMG . She is one of my fellow Ravelry Helpers/Soopers/Mods and I had told her that she could borrow my Babe wheel, because she is learning to spin. We met up at a little Cafe called Jay Jay’s and had lunch with her, her son and another couple that we know from the SCA. We had a great time visiting. After lunch, we went back to our friends’ house and we did fibery things and I showed her how to use the wheel. After that, we went to World Market, because I needed some Marzipan. Apparently, I also needed shortbread, scones mix..etc etc. because I came out with a bit more than marzipan. It was fun shopping though.  It was great to meet AMG and I’m sure that she’ll have lots of spinning to show off on her blog in the future. *hint hint*

While AMG and I were visiting with my friend, she brought out a wheel that needed a little TLC. It’s an Ashford Traveler and its one of the older models. We put lemon oil on it and messed with it a bit and I spun on it a while. Even though its missing the spring and correct string for the scotch tension, it spins really nicely. She let me bring it home to play with (and to make my other wheel jealous so that it will quit being persnikity).

I was going to post a photo here, but it seems to have been corrupted, so I’ll show you that one later. I did fill a bobbin and plied it last nigh, and it works fairly well considering the tension is fubared. I’m going to order a maintenance kit for it when I can and hopefully it will be even better!

More later!