January 30, 2006

The Magnificent Forty-six



I'm absolutely staggered. Just look at how many of you have unloved sock yarn to dump on an unwitting victim exchange:

Adelle
Alex
Ali
Allena
Amanda
Angie M.
Anna
Becky
Carry
Cassie
Christy
Cindy B.
Danielle
Donna
Donni
Helen
Janine
Jessica
Jill
Katt
Kim
Knitizen
Knitting Iris
Krazi Knitter
Lene
Lisa
Liz
Mamacate
Manise H.
Mary
Mary
Maryse
Maureen
Me! (of course I'm playing, too!)
Nicola
Paula
Polly
PumpkinMama
Rachel B.
Sandy
Sandy
Suzanne
Wanda
Wendi
Yvette C.
Yvonne T.

Thank you all so much for signing up. I thought I'd be lucky to have a dozen participants at most! I'll notify each of you about your pal sometime in the next day or two, and then the fun can begin.

If you've read this far, you get to see my very first skein of handspun:



It's only a few yards, and it's not exactly balanced, but I wasn't expecting it to be. It is what it is: the very first yarn I spun and plied. Laurie, aren't you proud?

13 comments:

Kate said...

Beth your handspun looks great! You should be so proud!

claudia said...

The first yarn, but hardly the last.

;-)

Spin and knit on.

Martita said...

Good job on the handspun! Congratulations!

Ina said...

Ohhh, I missed the official sign-up for the Unloved Sock Yarn Swap! :(

Well, have fun.

maryse said...

the first yarn is always special

Hockey Mom said...

Looks great. I plyed over the weekend too. More fun than I thought it would be. Always a little afraid of the unknown.

Looking forward to my victim, er I mean pal!

margene said...

I'm going to go for it this week. A class where I have help for 2 solid hours will surely help. Your skein looks fabulous!

Laurie said...

Yes, remarkably so! I'm also thrilled to share your pleasure in the creation. It looks really good!

Donni said...

Oh No! Your first skein can only lead to one thing - many many more! Well done.

Alex said...

Congrats! It's gorgeous! I've been afraid of plying but perhaps you'll inspire me... :)

mamacate said...

It's beeyooteeful! Congrats! I think we've got another convert....

Marcy, Blogless said...

Nice yarn, Beth! Wheeeeeeeee

Liza said...

Sabbatical or Hiatus

I've grown so fond of your podcast, Brenda, that I don't think a few weeks' absence would make any difference. Except that I'd miss it. And that's probably true for most of your listeners. I don't think you have to worry about your audience's abandoning you, especially those of us who have Itunes. It's just so easy to check for new episodes everytime I update my podcasts that I can't see that there'd be any difficulty learning that you'd resumed broadcasting.

Liza
NYC