Not that new a pattern to be honest, this was released back at the end of April but it is new to the blog.
Meet quite possibly the cutest pattern I’ve designed to date… the I Talk With The Moon Tea Cosy!
The pattern has a range of sizes, plus instructions on customising it further.
This was one of my Christmas gifts, a 3-month subscription to the HilltopCloud Handblended Fibre club – 200g of handblended yarn delivered to your door.
This was the first month’s fibre – a scrumptious blend of Merino, Bluefaced Leicester and Cotton.
I opted to spin this at my usual weight, aiming for a heavy fingering / light sportweight 2 ply. And I suceeded. 514m of fresh green yarny goodness. It was this fibre which got me thinking about the fibre:yield ratio blogged about previously (see here for the original post, and the related page on yields from the Fibre & Spinning section). Now I jsut need to decide what to knit with it.
Once I got the hang of the basics of the wheel, I decided to throw caution to the wind and just go for it. I’d been given some beautiful BFL Superwash from The Yarn Yard for my birthday as well.
And here is the result…
500 m / 549 yds of Light Fingering / Fingering Weight 2 Ply. It is going to become an Age of Brass and Steam I think.