Monday, February 25, 2013

Ten Years Later




This little sweater was started ten years ago when I bought (or was I given?) some roving.  I was just learning how to spin and I spun a nice big ball of yarn.  Then in 2007, on a trip to Chicago, I started knitting Elizabeth Zimmermann's February Baby Sweater with the yarn.  About two-thirds of the way in I ran out of yarn.  So I bought (this time I paid) more roving which sat in a basket for five years.  Then over this past holiday season, I got out my spinning wheel and spun the yarn.  You can see that it is a little different near the bottom.  It is very much handmade and I really love it.  I think I'll keep this one for a future grandchild.