Archive for the ‘Spinning’ Category
2009 Knitting Resolutions – Wrap up
2009 is over and gone, and I’m going to check through my list and see how I’ve done. 1. Clear the WIP queue from last year by the end of the month. There’s still one outstanding WIP from 2008 in my queue, but otherwise, I did pretty well on the clean-up! We’ll consider this one [...]
December Knitting Wrap-up
December (and all of 2009) is gone and it’s time to update on the knitting resolutions. 3. Knit one pair of socks per month Hanging Vines of Envy Pattern: Hanging Vines Designer: Kelly Porpiglia Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) Yarn: Sheepy Time Yarns Sheepy Feet in, “Green Eyed Monster,” from the Sheepy Time Knits December 2009 [...]
September Knitting Wrap-up
YES! September is already over – can you even believe it? The weather got cool so quickly, I feel like fall just came around and slapped me in the face with a wet trout. Or assaulted me with acorns. No wait, that was the squirrels. Anyway, on to the knitting! Just going back, again, to [...]
August Knitting Wrap-up
I’m actually on time! Back again to the Knitting Resolutions.. 3. Knit one pair of socks per month Handspun Wanida Pattern: Wanida Designer: Cookie A. Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) Yarn: My own Handspun -Ravelry Project Link- I’m fiercely proud of these. The handspun is a superwash BFL by Twisted Fiber Art that I spun as [...]
June and July Knitting Wrap-up
I guess this is becoming a bi-monthly thing instead of a monthly update. We’ll re-visit the Knitting Resolutions. 3. Knit one pair of socks per month Did it again. Seven pairs so far (well Eight if you count the ones I’ve already finished for August), and I can’t wait to get to December and post all [...]
April and May wrap-up
Hah, I knew at one point during the year, I’d miss a month or get lazy or even give up completely on the resolutions. So far, though, doing okay, and still chugging along. Going back in time to January again for the knitting resolutions.. 2. Knit two sweaters this year Started one. It’s tough knitting [...]
Today’s scores
Today was a *busy* day. I had to go into Philadelphia to drop off the husband’s entry for a homebrew competition so I figured I would take the train and walk around the city for the afternoon. After dropping off the homebrew, I went down to Spool. They have a bunch of super cute fabrics, [...]
Sunshine Surf Scarf
This is another one of those great spun-to-finished projects that I love doing. Roving The yarn is fingering weight and a three ply. I just divided the roving into three parts that weighed about the same. This is my first three ply since I got the SpinOlution lazy kate and put her to the [...]
SpinOlution Lazy Kate
I felt the need to post a little overview of how awesome the SpinOlution lazy kate is now that I’ve gotten a chance to give it a test run. I have the Mach 1 spinning wheel and LOVE the look of it as well as how effortless it is to treadle and spin. While the [...]
Thorped
There’s this great thread on Ravelry that shows a project from roving to spun yarn and the finished object. It’s without question my favorite thread on Ravelry and is really inspiring for a spinner to see what people spin with what fiber and what patterns they’ve adapted to their handspun. REALLY creative people there. Sometimes, [...]