{"id":1697,"date":"2011-07-21T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2011-07-21T22:11:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:11:16","slug":"le-tour-de-fleece-2011-day-eighteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/21\/le-tour-de-fleece-2011-day-eighteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Tour de Fleece 2011: Day Eighteen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disappointingly I think I am coming down with a cold. I have been sniffy and stuffed up with a sore throat since last night. I am hoping that ignoring it will make it go away, not sure how successful that has been so far.<\/p>\n

Today has been a day of stocking up here, I went and did the supermarket shop this morning, so we are unlikely to starve for some time. This afternoon Paul had a half day holiday so he has made a big batch of chilli for the freezer, thus staving off even further the likelihood of starvation.<\/p>\n

Then while the chilli cooked we watched today’s stage of Le Tour and I washed and measured and weighed my first skein of alpaca\/merino. The racing was very exciting, I think it is going to be very close right up to the end.<\/p>\n

I am very pleased with how the yarn has come out:<\/p>\n

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This is 70% alpaca, 30% merino, in Cappuccino (a blend of natural colours of alpaca with white merino) from John Arbon<\/a>. It is a 2ply construction and about a DK weight in thickness. My first skein has 235g and 426m.<\/p>\n

I have been toying with using this for the Sleeves in Your Pi<\/a> pattern, which is sort of a cross between a shawl and a cardigan. The original pattern uses a slightly heavier yarn, but hopefully shouldn’t be too hard to adjust. However I am a bit concerned that I am not going to have enough yarn. I shall have to see how it goes once I have finished the plying.<\/p>\n

Today’s coin is a New Jersey state quarter. Paul worked there for a few months many years ago, so my first visit to the US was to NJ to see him.<\/p>\n

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