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Spinning

A collection of 154 issues

Crafting explosion

After a month of virtually no crafting, it seems to be Big Projects month. I finished a Little Waffles shawl/scarf with some handspun Organic Polwarth from Corgi Hill Farm. I'd spun a 3-ply sportweight and got 328yds that just kept on going. It got big when I

Sheep sampling

I've started making a Deco cardigan, from Scottish pattern designer Kate Davies, and I'll be working on it for a while. A long while. The rows for my size are 241 stitches long, and that takes some time to knit. There's no side seam

Spinning FO: Ginger baby camel/silk

I got two 2oz braids of this amazing fibre in November 2011, intending to make a two-ply skein of light fingering weight yarn. It came out a little thicker than I wanted but I have 296yds to play with. Fiber: Corgi Hill Farm baby camel/silk 50/50 blend in

Plans and Previews

I'm currently reading (and annotating the glitches in) my 2011 NaNoWriMo novel with a view to finishing the story. The last three chapters are missing and I need to tidy things up and put a pretty bow on them so I can put this project to bed. It&

2012 Tour de Fleece plans

I've done the Tour de Fleece in 2008, 2009, and 2011 and it's the biggest boost to my spinning productivity all year. This year the Tour goes from Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 22nd, and my goals are: Spin every weekday of the Tour de

Spinning FO: Chocolate cherry Finn

This fiber was dyed in Amy's kitchen back in December, using brown and red dyes with some patches left undyed. The Finn was a new wool to me, it's coarser than merino with a hairy feel like Wensleydale. It went through the microwave and the salad

Under the radar

Between the secret swap gift and some long-delayed half-finished projects, it's gone a bit quiet around here, but I have been working on a few things: There's some chocolate cherry Finn wool on my spinning wheel that is almost done, I need to spin another half-bobbin

Spinning FO: Corgi Hill Farm Polwarth Silk

This was my first fibre order from Corgi Hill Farm, a custom-dyed braid of polwarth/silk in Burnt Orange. I was a little afraid of how tightly the braid had been made, but the fibre was a dream to spin and not compressed at all. I was aiming for a

Looking back

In 2011 I knit: * 6 pairs of socks (all my own designs) * 3 neck-warmer scarves (one from unspun silk hankies) * 2 shawls (Larix and Citron) * 4 toys (two bats, a hedgehog and a bunny) * 2 lace scarves (both knitspot designs, Butternut and an unblocked Aria Delicata) * 2 tops (Eris, still

Back to what passes for normal

It was a long November. I haven't finished my novel, though at 58,000 words it's at the end of chapter nine, with three more chapters to go. I'm going to finish this one, read the first book, then this second book, and then

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