Wool season approaches

Consiously or unconsciously, I tend to knit with cotton during the warmer months. It's tough on my wrists and finger joints, so I'm glad to leave those projects behind for some wool. And I'm looking forward to wearing wool, too.

Since I follow Purl Soho on Instagram, I get exposed to lots of pattern ideas, including some from new-to-me sources. My latest "find" is Laine Publishing. I'm particularly interested in this sweater:

So I bit the bullet and ordered the issue that includes this pattern.

Dyeing: I wrapped up both the amaranth dyeing and the rudbeckia dyeing this past week; separate posts to follow.
Knitting: The daughter-in-law's socks are done but for the weaving of the ends and blocking. My son's have half a toe started.
Spinning: I'm back to spinning the Romulan Romney, having completed the last batch of plying; I'm getting tired of the white, but am in the final third of the roving.

This past week, my SO and I visited the Orchard Gallery to meet and listen to the featured artist. Dawn Gerardot's work is primarily what I will call "art quilts". (Alas, she has no online presence.) Her works and her talk were very inspiring and informative. Only one of my fiber friends came, but the local quilt guild showed up in force. That is another whole fiber-oriented area that I choose to avoid, but I did come away with some ideas.