Monday, July 18, 2011

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
2011-07-14 20.31.09
2011-07-14 20.31.34
2011-07-14 21.52.38

2011-07-18 21.33.17

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

My First Homespun Project!

My first project using my own yarn spun by MOI!

On the spools:
2011-07-10 11.10.33

Plied:
2011-07-10 15.45.09

All three yarns I spun that day:

2011-07-11 11.19.04
My first time knitting in the round:
2011-07-11 22.30.55

Baby Gnome hat---now to find a fat little baby to wear it!!
2011-07-12 10.28.34

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

Monday, July 11, 2011

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:

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My Second:
2011-07-06 10.37.09

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Random Drop Stitch Scarf

2011-07-01 15.26.10

The beginning of a scarf that I made for Trish...a simple random drop stitch...but it showed the yarn changes so nicely :-)