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I want to bust out the dyes!
Posted on: May 5, 2011
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All this lovely weather and sunny skies has me jonesing to dye some fiber. Unfortunately work has kept me from the dye pots. But hopefully soon. My friend Kim even sent me some undyed Wensleydale to try out. I love spinning Wensleydale, but I have not dyed it before. I also haven’t managed to knit any yet.
Last weekend was a whirlwind of activity, including prom for the 16 year old—
I got some awesome socks from Megan in MN (I knit her a shawl-she knit me socks) They are made from Bugga in Breyer’s Scarab Beetle. Yes, it is yarn named after various bugs. But it is scrumptious. It has 20% cashmere, unlike the usual MCN’s that have 10% cashmere so it is cuddly soft and the colors are amazing.
Arbitrary house photo….my favorite part of the kitchen
Close-up of the Wollmeise lace in “Orient”-tons of stockinette stitch, but I think it will be a lovely cardigan at some point-
And my first spin of Jacob wool. This is some mixed Jacob, dyed by the talented and super nice David of in the April club colorway “Charred”. I enjoyed the spin, but Jacob is a bit scratchy for my tastes.
I need some fiber time!
Posted on: April 28, 2011
Seriously! This week has flown by and I have been busy with everything but fiber stuff. I did manage to start an eyelet yoke baby cardigan out of that gorgeous pink Madelinetosh Merino Lite
I also spun some yummy BFL/Silk from FatCatKnits This is the spin-a-long colorway Henry. On the bobbin:
And chain plied-356 yards of fingering weight
Storms headed this way
Posted on: April 15, 2011
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At least that is what weather.com says. It made me think of this yarn:
244 yards of superluscious merino/cashmere/silk in the “Tempest” colorway. It really needs to be knit…but into what?
Spinning is better than chores.
Posted on: April 13, 2011
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I had a ton of busy things to do today, but I managed to squeeze in some photos of my spinning efforts-
The Hedgehog Fibres superwash merino got plied. I nplied it into this gorgeous fingering weight.
I love Hedgehog Fibres in general. Her yarns are lush and gorgeous and her fibers are sublime. The superwash merino is so soft & shiny that it feels like merino/silk when spinning.
I also plied some Rogue Adventures merino with some The Plucky Knitter superwash merino. I have had both of these for awhile and finally realized that they matched each other perfectly. I used a single of each and chain plied with the 2 singles held together.
It makes a fat, bulky round yarn that is nice & light.
And I snagged this BFL/Silk braid that I dyed out of my shop (it hadn’t sold, so it got spun!)
I spun it in a color progression & nplied it for 372 yards of light fingering weight.
Hodgepodge
Posted on: April 12, 2011
Yesterday I went about photographing various knitting & spinning & crochet projects strewn about my house. I also took some photos of some of my favorite things in my house. Ergo, hodgepodge.
The Shetland singles becoming a shawl:
Dining room chair I re-covered
Sunspot Rico
Tin by front door that I desperately want to fill with something!
Love this plate, the Cabo vase & my witch ball from my first law office
Yoke of nearly finished preemie cardigan, complete with homemade yarn button
Go to socks on coffee table
Striped alpaca blanket on couch (I knit this in bulky alpaca yarn in a basketweave pattern and then slightly felted it-it is so soft, but no longer unbearably sheddy)
Crochet with leftover handspun yarns. I keep making these medallions and squares and strips thinking that one day they will become a scrap afghan
A bobbin of superwash merino singles (Hedgehog Fibres) resting on the bobbin before plying
Spinning lately
Posted on: April 11, 2011
Some of the latest spins and plans for them:
600 yards of Shetland singles from Southern Cross Fibre, Club fiber “Island Paradise”. Currently knitting into a Limeade Fizz Shawl-a new pattern by the Sexy Knitter.
This is 200 yards of fat squishy yumminess:
It is mixed merino from BeeMiceElf in the club colorway “Beloved Bard”. I spun it into a chain plied 6 ply by holding 2 singles together as I plied. It is a nifty trick for making thicker yarn with thin singles. I think it is probably destined to be a hat or some squishy mittens.
I have become enamored of true 3 plies lately too.
Like this one in Southern Cross Fibre, “Paua” in Falkland, 310 yards. Destined for socks.
Finally, check out this one-it’s a chain ply Polworth, but it is one of my own dye jobs:
Blog neglect ends NOW!
Posted on: October 17, 2010
I won’t bore you with how ridiculously busy I have been, rather I will just try to catch up.
The latest finished project? These awesome gloves from the latest Knitty.com issue. Ringwood Gloves. I knit them in handspun from JulieSpins 75/25 BFL/silk fiber. A truly luscious blend that is soft with a bit of shine. I have ridiculous love for these gloves and already have another handspun pair on the needles.
See? Pair #2-this time in Dripping Fiber Studios BFL/Silk
And continuing on the BFL/Silk bandwagon-here is the first finished skein of JulieSpins BFL/SILK in “Stained Glass.” I have four braids of this and it is earmarked for a “simple tunic sweater” for my mom. If I hope to finish it by Christmas (which may be very wishful thinking!) I thought I better get spinning.
I also finished this BeeMiceElf handspun sweater. This is the December 2009 club colorway “Around the Mulberry” in 80/20 merino/silk. I still need to spin the 3rd braid and fix the hem & neckline. It needs to be a bit longer with a non-rolling hem and the neckline is too wide, it falls off my shoulders.
I have been dyeing and the etsy shop (www.micamynx.etsy.com) is fairly well stocked with more to come. These are some favorites:
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I finally managed to dye some wool & like a good girl (well a good girl who needs fiber funds, anyway) I put almost all of it in the etsy shop (www.micamynx.etsy.com) There is some superwash merino:
Larceny- superwash merino
There was some merino/cashmere, but it got scooped up already. Still some Rambouillet:
Rambouillet-Prosecutor
and some 80% merino/20% silk:
Merino/Silk- "Not Guilty"
On the spinning front- I just finished this gorgeous AllSpunUp merino/silk for my friend Kim:
AllSpunUp merino/silk in pinks/browns/grays 430 yds fingering wht.
The grey Wurm
Posted on: May 5, 2010
I started knitting the adorable Wurm hat this weekend. I claimed the yarn in a swap. The luxurious 50/50 Alpaca Merino from Plucky Knitter in the colorway “Ilsa Lund”:
Yummy yarn
I followed some modifications suggested by another Raveler and made this:
Me wearing the Wurm!
I have also been a little busy dyeing fiber
Fiber drying on my poor topless gazebo
That is a photo of a pound of Finn (love Finn, can’t wait to spin it!) and 3/4 a pound of Rambouillet (my dyeing nemesis-it just makes everything rather pastel-like). It dried today and it now looks like this:
Braids of Finn & Rambouillet
Most of it will go up in the etsy shop (www.micamynx.etsy.com) soon. I have lots more to dye too!
I also managed to finish some spinning. This is the superfine merino from BeeMiceElf in the November 2009 club colorway-“Traditions”. BeeMiceElf fibers are always amazing to spin and the colors are gorgeous. This one is no exception.
364 yards, 2 ply, DK weight
Oh and did I mention that I named all the newly dyed fiber after criminal law terms? Victim and Trespass are already sold before I even got them in the shop! Maybe crime does pay!
Last, but not least, I finally got this nommy braid of merino/cashmere/silk from Limegreenjelly (www.limegreenjelly.etsy.com) onto the wheel
A beautiful heap of fiber
As can be expected, it is spinning up beautifully! I must acquire more!
So soft!
Bliss
Posted on: April 30, 2010
This is the aptly named Bliss fiber from Enchanted Knoll Farms (www.enchantedknoll.etsy.com). It is a heavenly blend of 65% merino/35% silk in lovely colorways. This colorway is Terra and it spun into this:
Laceweight 2 ply "Terra"
"Terra"
On a non-fiber note-here is what I found on the deck yesterday morning as I was hanging yarn out to dry:
I love his green-ness!
I also had to snap the goober boys under my desk:
I think they look kind of snotty.
Finally, the never ending saga of the handspun baby blanket Girasole continues. I ran out of yarn AGAIN! I still have 4 rows of the second repeat of the last chart AND the edging to do. sigh. Back to the wheel. But here is a progress photo:
Girasole in JulieSpins' Perfect Pastel handspun
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