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Discoveries

Made an astonishing discovery this week: spinning when I get a little spare time makes it go a lot faster than saving it up for bi-monthly sessions. I started the project that's been taking up all the space in my fibre box, 8oz of Crown Mountain Farms superwash

Spinning FO: Water Nymph Merino/Silk

Spunky Eclectic's merino silk is great to spin, much easier pre-drafted though. It feels more solid than either merino or silk, and I was careful when I plied it. This skein is balanced, no excess twist here, that's a first. 276 yds of beautiful yarn, I&

Knit and spin

The first Panda Monkey sock is complete, second in progress. Really pleased with how the heel and toe turned out, I've never done a multicoloured sock before. The yarn splits horribly, but I think these will be good socks. Got a bobbin and a bit spun from 4oz

Maryland Sheep and Wool 2007

I had a fabulous time in Maryland with Rox and Eric! We found fossilised shark teeth on the beach, ate fish, and visited the Sheep and Wool Festival. There were sheep and rabbits and llamas and alpaca and goats There was more roving than I have ever seen in my

Impending sheep fest

Three firsts in one weekend: first solo plane trip, first visit to Maryland, and first Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival! My best friend Rox moved out to Maryland in September and neither of us have been to a fibre festival before. Both of us are knitters and spinners (although that&

Spinning FO: Burning Embers Silk

So that's what skein winders are for! This is 2 ply silk, looking suspiciously thin: 2oz hand-dyed tussah silk from Spunky Eclectic in Burning Embers 364 yds, wheel-spun 2 ply, fingering to laceweight. Three hundred and sixty four yards! Skeined this on a niddy noddy and it took

Spinnable plant fibres

Found a great thread on the Spinning Fiber LJ community, The voice of experience: "Share with us something you know now as an experienced spinner that you wished you knew when you were starting out." Excellent tips, most notably slow down and relax. I've spun wool,

Shiny!

Spinning silk is wonderful! I'm hoping this is going to turn out as fingering weight. There's no tension on my brake band and it's pulling in just enough. I'm using the middle ratio on the Louet most of the time. The unspun

Snapshot - March 2007

Reading: Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. Writing: A mystery short story, and editing my 2006 NaNoWriMo novel for Bristow. Listening to: Witching Hour by Ladytron. Knitting: Chiral socks (my own design) with Sweet Georgia Superwash Sock in Slayer from The Loopy Ewe. Spinning: 2oz hand-dyed tussah silk from Spunky Eclectic.

Handspun secret pal revealed

A parcel arrived yesterday from my handspun secret pal (whom I now know as Jenifer of cast on, cast off) and it was wonderful! I waited until I could photo this in daylight today. Beautiful stitch markers, a tape measure, a knitting playlist CD (with some interesting songs on it)

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