These were hard to take a photo of because they don't fit on my feet or on my sock blockers. I'm glad they fit my spouse and he is excited to start wearing them. This was one of those projects where I wasn't as concerned about the end product so much as learning something new.... Continue Reading →
I picked this project back up in the past few days and and getting closer to the finish line. The seaming felt like it took forever but now that it's done there's not much left to do. I picked up for the cuff on one slipper and might just finish it before I do the... Continue Reading →
I just finished spinning the first half of this fiber. I'm having a lot of feelings about this spin. The single is so fine that a 2-ply will only be a laceweight yarn. So in order to get a yarn that I'll be happy with I'm going to have to chain ply, or else spin... Continue Reading →
My spouse gave me a kit of Dharma acid dyes for xmas and I couldn't wait to try them out. I don't have any undyed yarn laying around so I pulled out some corriedale roving so I could experiment. This was my first time using commercial acid dyes instead of food coloring, and it was... Continue Reading →
I showed a sneak preview of this spin in my spinning catchup post, but I'm a little farther along now. This is the 100% merino that I dyed with food coloring. I have about 4 oz of it to work with. My initial plan was to make a 2-ply, but depending on how things go... Continue Reading →
I started these back in September and have been gradually making progress on them. I wanted a project where I could learn to steek with something bigger than a coffee cozy, but much smaller than an entire sweater. These slippers seemed just right for the job. I'm using up leftover yarn from my Saga's Sweater,... Continue Reading →
Now that I've moved from drop spindles to my Electric Eel, I've been going through roving much more quickly. Since I used up the first batch that I dyed, I decided to try another one. This time I used 100% merino wool. My goal was dark green and silvery blue. Unfortunately I'm still limited to... Continue Reading →
I have been having a blast with my spinning over the past few months. I was practicing with my drop spindles at least once a week all summer and slowly getting more comfortable. After a few purchases and some trial and error I discovered that I really prefer using a turkish spindle. The extra motion... Continue Reading →
This turned out pretty well! It ended up being about 25 yards worth of something mostly resembling a DK weight yarn. It still has thick and thin sections but overall it's way more consistent than my previous attempts. Most of the wildly different bits are right near the beginning when I was getting used to... Continue Reading →
I know it is general wisdom to let the single rest for a while before plying, but I just couldn't wait. I plied using the same spindle that I used for the spin, mostly because my heavier spindle is already partially full right now. I pulled from the inside and the outside of the ball... Continue Reading →
Last night I finished spinning up all of the fiber that came with this little spindle. I absolutely loved learning how to use this Turkish spindle. It is so much lighter than my first spindle and it let me play around with spinning a much finer single. I did learn that I probably should have... Continue Reading →
I picked up this Turkish spindle from a vendor at the MD Sheep & Wool Festival this weekend and I am in love. Not only is it extremely beautiful, it's much lighter than my first spindle and I am able to create a much finer single with it. This one also seems to want to... Continue Reading →
Daily Creative Thing 