knitting, spinning, knitting, spinning

Cardinal puppet, knit for my April moms swap partner. Spinning- Fiber Optic Honeysuckle Rose #2 merino/bamboo, Yarn Pirate Inky merino. Knitting- Big Herringbone Cowl. Knit in Malabrigo. Spinning- Lisa Souza Leaf Pile merino/silk Gestating- 36 weeks (That was 2 weeks ago!)

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Wrapping Up

In 2010: I knit 63 finished objects, apparently many of which did not make it to the blog. Designed 8 new things.  Some of which are still waiting to be released. I spun 18 3/4 skeins of yarn. It’s been a busy, but productive, year full of exciting things.  We joined a CSA, I got [...]

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Stash Enhancement

Yarn Pirate had a small shop update the other day, and I took the opportunity to grab a few things. First up- Neapolitan Woolies Kit.  Each mini-skein is 1oz.  Super cute! Next up- Inky roving.  It’s superwash merino. Culture Club roving (also superwash merino) Which soon became  320 yards of Culture Club yarn. And finally, [...]

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Tour De Fleece Wrap Up

The challenge was to spin every day July 3-25.  I did fairly well, only missing a few days here and there. I spun three different yarns, and had a finished yardage of 1202 yards. l to r: Crown Mountain Farms superwash merino roving 3 ply sock weight, targhee/merino 3 ply chunky weight, Wild Hare Fiber [...]

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Yarn acquisitions and Tour de Fleece

I was lucky enough to catch the last Wollmeise update at the Loopy Ewe.  I snagged a skein of Lila Ludmilla, which is a quite lovely purple. I’m also doing some spinning for the Tour de Fleece.  Here is my progress so far. This is a Crown Mountain Farms superwash merino roving.  Colorway is Aqualung!  [...]

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Roving, Roving, and a Rave

Roving- Crown Mountain Farms BFL- 4oz.  I dyed this myself using Paas dyes.  I slightly felted the roving when rinsing, but even so, it spun pretty nicely.  Sadly, you can’t make out how vibrant the orange center is in this picture.  To explain-  if cheetos and yarn made a baby that would be the color [...]

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Taking Care of (crafty) Business

I’ve been hard at work drafting up two new sock patterns. I’m very happy with the way both patterns are turning out, although I wish I had a bigger sock yarn stash (and the ability to knit while sleeping) to knit up several different versions of each sock.  From a pattern picker’s perspective, I like [...]

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Fraternal Socks

A quick little post, because I am so excited about my latest finished objects. This yarn didn’t sit long.  I had it up on my mantle (with the rest of my ever growing collection of handspun) and it kept whispering at me to cast on some socks.  One day it was too much, so I [...]

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Catching Up

Where does the time go?  Here are a few random catch up things: I finished spinning up the Orange Cranberry Tart roving from Tuscan Grove. Being a new spinner, I wasn’t sure that I’d love the look of a two ply, so I navajo plied the first bobbin.  I really liked the look of the [...]

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spinning catch up

Here’s what I’ve been spinning: Merino, I think, hand-dyed for my by Studio Avenue Six as a swap present. I’m not sure how much there was, but it spun up into 78 yards of light worsted. There is also a smaller skein that I tried to navajo ply. Tuscan Grove superwash merino in sweet grape [...]

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