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As promised, here is my spinning dilemma.  Please, if you can help or know someone who might have a vision for me– send it along!

Here is my first spinning.  It’s been hanging around waiting for me to make something of it.

Then, a while later I got some of this lovely wool from Cloverhill.  I believe it was from a sheep named Oreo.  I can’t remember much else, but have left a msg. for Chris to lend any memories she might have.  I spun a bit of it and fell out for a while.  I just returned to it and spun it all and plyed it.

I wanted to make this sweater from it.  It is from the book Spin To Knit.

Here’s the speedbump…

The pattern calls for 1500-2000 yd of yarn total divided up betwixt the yoke and body.  I have ( drumroll please) 1330 total.  370 of multicolor and roughly 960 of the grey/brown.  WAHHHHHH!  SO what’s a girl like me suposed to do with that??  There is no more Oreo at CH.   Has not been for a year or so.  I can see if C remembers where she got it.  Cripes. Do I try to find something similar and add it as a block?  The pattern is very “cowgirl-knitting” as I like to call it- almost Zimmermanian.  Should I just start knitting and see what happens.  I am throwing it out to the fiber-universe–Some wise spinner/knitter, please help me.