Handspun Cowl

Hand spun yarn is precious...it seems to cost a lot...but really it has a lot of time and thought involved in it. I love making yarn...and using it...but even after it is down to the last few yards I feel so guilty just sticking it in my stash...for "one day". So this week I gathered up some of my small yardage of hand spun...mostly mine but a couple of Luna's and made an eclectic cowl with them.

More from 2011

2012 arrived...and I still had so much to blog for 2011...why did I stop? Life got complicated. Now looking back I wish that I had blogged more of my year :-(

Here are some items from last year that I still want to share:



Cowl made from Mountain Colors...crocheted--made it up as I went :-)




Polworth from New Zealand by Maude & Me
Spun by me...plied with a lot of help from a friend ;-)



knitted into a hat for me!


Crocheted a baby hat while visiting my friend.

Hat to match a sweater I knitted back in the Spring.

Christmas Weaving Workshop








Uncle Jims Christmas Scarf


Sweater for Ruth

Welcome Avalon!!

I started this hat as soon as Avalon "was arriving"....welcome Little Avalon!! The yarn is my second handspun :-) The pattern is based on Trendy Baby Hat.

Come On Avalon!!

I am behind on my posting a little...a lot more behind on my projects!! But here is a little hat that I made for Avalon before she arrived. The yarn is from Northern Bay Handspun...a lovely spinner that I found on Etsy. The pattern is Trendy Baby Hat.

Yarn for Sarah

Okay Sarah...I will be mailing your yarn tomorrow! I hope you enjoy knitting it as much as I did spinning it ;-)
skein #6
58 yards
3.5 oz

My First Homespun Project!

My first project using my own yarn spun by MOI!

On the spools:


Plied:


All three yarns I spun that day:


My first time knitting in the round:


Baby Gnome hat---now to find a fat little baby to wear it!!


Fiber:Frabjous Fibers Merino Roving
Hat pattern:Trendy Baby Hat by Bethany Patchin

Knitting wasn't enough.........

So I bought a spinning wheel.
And I am learning to spin.
Everyone asks me why....
My answer: It is like cooking from scratch.

My wheel:

An Ashford Joy...double peddle.

My first yarn:

My Second: