The first book on shelf that I am going to start knitting from this month is Lisa Lloyd's 'a fine fleece'. It is a book dedicated to knitting with handspun yarn. I am going to make espresso, on page 58. I need to look in my stash and see if I have enough handspun for this, or if I will spin up the Blue faced Leicester lamb's fleece I just got back from the mill. Or if I will use up some of our home grown, mill spun yarn. Decisions.
It calls for a worsted weight yarn, which means I would have to spin a 3 ply in order to get it thick enough. My mill spun is worsted weight..............hmm. And size 3 and 5 needles. The gauge is 22 stitches and 28 rows=4" (10 cm). Guess I am going to have to knit a swatch.
You can get the book here- http://www.afinefleece.com/
here- http://www.amazon.com/Fine-Fleece-Knitting-Handspun-Yarns/dp/0307346838/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231847560&sr=1-1
or here- http://www.knitpicks.com/A+Fine+Fleece,+Knitting+with+Handspun+Yarns_BD31024.html
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