So, I recently received some lovely handspun in the mail as a gift. It’s truly lovely. I mean gorgeous. It’s a great, super-soft blend of seacell and merino, with a nice, even twist, great color depth and gentle variations. I think it’s fabulous. For those of you interested, it was handspun by a fellow Raveler named capsforqueers, and her yarns are amazing. 
Anyways, this yarn is great but it has one little flaw. There isn’t much of it. At 98 yards, it’s only about 65 grams worth of yarn. This, obviously, doesn’t make many knitted items. I had a couple of appropriate “small skein” patterns picked out for it, but when the yarn arrived I realized that the patterns I had thought were so great for the yardage, they weren’t really appropriate for the handspun.
So I made up my own pattern! Well, to put it correctly, I am currently “making” up my own pattern. It’s not quite finished yet, and every once and a while I hit a roadblock and find myself scolding it quite ferociously. This yarn stands up to frogging and tinking quite well!
I’m pairing it with some lovely Reynold’s Rapture in a dark pink and the two together look amazing. The idea is to take two yarns that have very short yardages but complement each other and put them together to create a truly unique and “stinkin’ cute” design. Stay tuned for more news shortly!
Exchanging Fire 