I am very, very proud of myself today. I completed my first start-to-finish project, from roving to knitted item.

Photo progression, from roving to yarn to headband:







The roving is a black-and-white striped mill end from The Sheep Shed Studio. It came as a "free gift" when I ordered two pounds of white roving. I'd guess it weighed about 4 ounces, give or take a few.

The yarn I've decided to call Moki, after one of the white tigers at Busch Gardens Tampa. I met him last week :3

Yarn stats:

• Woolen-spun (meaning the fibers go every which way instead of being combed to go in the same direction, resulting in a loftier, fuzzier yarn)
• 2 Ply
• Thick-and-thin and slubby (the thinnest parts are laceweight, thickest are super bulky. I'd say it's a bulky on average)
• 100% wool
• Spun on a drop spindle
• 38 yards per 4 oz
• Knits to 11 sts/4 inches on size 10 needles
• Ravelry page
  

I was so excited about the yarn (my first plied yarn so far) I couldn't wait to make something. There wasn't enough for a hat, which is what I really wanted, so I decided to settle on a nice wide ski headband (Yes, I know, a ski headband in July, I'm addicted to fresh powder).



Headband stats:

• 3" wide
• 20" long (stretches to fit my 24" head)
• Size 10 needles (OK, one 9 and one 10, I couldn't find a pair of either... you caught me.)
• Uses 27 yards
  
• Knit as a rectangle with two ends grafted together
• Slipped stitch edge
• Makes me lust for the mountains.
• Ravelry page

I am in love with this thing. It's warm, it's pretty, and it came out exactly how I wanted it to.

How many months until winter?