Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Monday, November 23, 2009

Skirt

I never wore this skirt because the flower was pink. So I colored it black (looks purple) so that I would wear. Much cuter

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Single ply bfl

I dyed this up a couple days ago. The black and red I mixed up reacted to the wool, and would not wash out (washed and dried 4 times) I ended up hand combing those sections out. So my singles are not as even as I wanted, but passable. Should have it navajo plyed by tonight or mid tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Bath time

tag smells like skunk and sage is just plain pissed off

Monday, November 9, 2009

Handspun, hand dyed BFL

Not sure of the yardage. Between 900 and 1000 yards, 2-ply. Hand dyed with Wiltons. Superwash BFL.

1000 yard single ply fingering weight soy silk

It doesn't look like much yet

These are the knee high socks I'm working on. The yarn is my own handspun 2-ply merino/alpaca. I'd like to take credit for the color, but I bought the roving 2 yrs ago at canby. Its from the same person whose roving was turned into my husbands camo socks. Its a dream to knit with. I have over 1000 yards for this project. I'm also using my new signature needles for the first time. Love the stiletto tips, but wish they were more slippery (like my steel needles). I can't wait for circulars, since I can't totally see using them for knitting lace. Btw: thanks honey for the needles !

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Busy Weekend

Finished spinning and plying hand dyed BFL (two ply), spun up 1000 yards of soy silk and dyed up some new BFL - so it will be ready to spin later this week.

Will get pictures post soon.