Moorit merino doily

I decided to use my sample skein of that pretty moorit merino fleece on a small project; a lace doily. I got the pattern from A Gathering of Lace book. I wanted to make sure I was spinning the correct weight for (eventually) a lace shawl.



This exercise was actually very useful since I now know that I want to spin a little thinner yarn for the shawl and add a bit more twist to it. The yarn above is probably at the borderline between lace and fingering weight. Anyway, the doily was a quick and fun way to learn some more about spinning and how homespun knits up. I also wanted to see how this specific moorit color would look as a lacy product. I like the colors even more now!

Another thing I did some time ago was to knit up the multicolor merino/mohair (50/50) yarn. I made a sock. Sorry about the bad lighting in the pictures...





The yarn is kind of irregular. I was sort of careless about spinning it (actually, I was in a hurry to get it done in time to catch a plane!). I think 50% mohair might be a little too much for my taste. But the sock is nice and shiny from it. I still have to make the other sock, though I must confess that I don't really feel very excited about that.