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Coopworth Batwing

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019 ~ madgeface ~ 6 Comments

I knit a batwing in an attempt to knit a shawl using handspun Coopworth yarn. See? This is another project that I made from spinning the yarn all the way to FO, only I don't have pictures of the fiber or the spinning process. I'm not even sure when I spun the yarn; I know … Continue reading Coopworth Batwing

Peasant Cap: From Spinning Fiber to Finished Object

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 ~ madgeface ~ 2 Comments

I spun the yarn for my latest hat during Tour de Fleece 2018 and Spinzilla 2017 (the only Spinzilla I've done). Both started out life as 2 ply fractal spun yarns, but I ended up cable plying them both, which essentially means I made the 2 ply yarns into center pull balls and plied the … Continue reading Peasant Cap: From Spinning Fiber to Finished Object

My First Sweater Made With Hand Spun Yarn

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 ~ madgeface ~ 2 Comments

You would think I carefully planned my first hand spun (and first steeked) sweater but, dear reader, I did not. I just got lucky. I bought a brown merino x fleece at a local farm when my knitting group visited it in spring 2010. I had just started spinning the previous summer and this fleece … Continue reading My First Sweater Made With Hand Spun Yarn

Spinning: My Wheels

August 25, 2019 ~ madgeface ~ 5 Comments

I started researching spinning wheels in the summer of 2009 and ended up buying a 1970s-era Ashford Traditional that had 2 bobbins and a really bad stain job. Researching wheels and all the options available was really overwhelming; I had no idea what to look for or the advantage or use of one thing over … Continue reading Spinning: My Wheels

Spinning: How I Started

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 ~ madgeface ~ 4 Comments

In the fall of 2009, I joined a fairly new knitting group that met at a local Panera. As is often the case, many of them did more than knit and some crocheted. One woman was coming off a jag of cross stitching. A few had learned to spin and would bring their drop spindles … Continue reading Spinning: How I Started

Color Blending: The Circle

August 28, 2018 ~ madgeface ~ 6 Comments

A while ago, a wrote about learning how to make rolags on my drum carder this spring. After coming up with a few combinations of gifted roving, I made sets of gradients between two colors, starting with a bright green and an aqua. I've done this before - when I made my first Bohus cardigan. … Continue reading Color Blending: The Circle

The Future of The Yarn Office

June 14, 2018 ~ madgeface ~ 12 Comments

I know it's been a while; I think of writing (and things to write about) and then I put it off. But today I made an important decision: I'm letting all my etsy listings expire and am closing down The Yarn Office on etsy (my studio space at home will forever be The Yarn Office). … Continue reading The Future of The Yarn Office

Mending Jeans for (Social?) Justice

April 18, 2018April 19, 2018 ~ madgeface ~ 11 Comments

One of my favorite pairs of jeans developed a hole where the top of right back pocket attaches. I kept wearing them. The hole got a little bigger and I just wore longer shirts. Finally, I heard them rip one day as I was getting out of the car to go grocery shopping. Thankfully, it … Continue reading Mending Jeans for (Social?) Justice

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