I finished another knit hat with handspun this weekend. This time I used a skein of yarn that started as a bump of super wash merino from Pigeon Roof Studios, who is no longer dyeing. I’m so sad I didn’t discover her sooner; I love how her bumps have turned out when I spun them. … Continue reading Handspun Lifted
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Peasant Cap: From Spinning Fiber to Finished Object
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
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
Wordless Wednesday: Explosion Embroidery
Addendum to Tour of My Tour de Fleece
It's already been too long since TdF ended and I got my projects mixed up in my last post. I did just finish spinning a batt of merino naturally dyed with indigo and butterfly bush, but I started that after TdF. I forget about two other yarns that I spun between the last part of … Continue reading Addendum to Tour of My Tour de Fleece
Weaving? Weaving.
I've been intrigued but daunted by weaving since a few of my knitting & spinning friends started and I swore I wasn't going to add it to my repertoire. The cost of additional equipment also put me off, even starter rigid heddle looms range from around $100-$300. And floor looms, perhaps the ultimate in looms, … Continue reading Weaving? Weaving.
The Yarn Office, The Post Office, and Fleece Washing
Over the last week or so, I've been super-busy. My knitting friends have been encouraging me for a long time (trust me: for at least a year) to start a shop, if not a brick-and-mortar yarn shop, then a shop on etsy, or really, someplace online. A brick-and-mortar yarn shop seems like a pretty high … Continue reading The Yarn Office, The Post Office, and Fleece Washing
