Friday, January 28, 2011

Last Weekend

As you know by now our little group of local spinners gets together once a year for a retreat in Wareham. For me - it was a badly needed weekend away. I looked forward to it but at the same time I had been so busy that I couldn't even pack my stuff together until an hour before leaving. I guess that's why I needed it so badly!

It's fun every year - but I think we did more laughing than ever this time around. It had been a pretty stressful year for most of us and I think we ALL were desperate for some down time.

It was also very productive. I spun my 8 oz of cormo. I will be making a huge cowl from it.


Lisa got some spinning done.


She was planning on making some cool legwarmers out of it but I think she changed her mind and will going with a bag.

There was some reading - I can't tell you the last time I picked up a book.


And question of the weekend? How many spinners does it take to untangle some handspun?



At this point there was 6 but I know some more joined in as we went along.

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Of Things Not Yet Blogged About

I'm not good at all with posting my projects on Ravelry. It's on that "To Do" list but it never quite makes it to the top. With the cold weather I have been wearing alot of my hand knits. And I'm noticing that I never showed some of them to you.

Behold the woven scarf:


I wove this on my rigid heddle with my handspun. It was a batt from NH Sheep & Wool. I kept the colors separate and wove it as a single.


For the warp I used Kauni Effektgarn that I bought at Yarn and Fiber Company on a road trip to NH.


I still need to work on my edges. They are still too loose.


I love the fringe though. Those conaire hair twirlers are good for something!

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Another Birthday

Another Birthday Cowl actually. I bought the yarn at a little yarn shop in Plymouth last spring. Malabrigo. I love it for Cowls. This will be my second one. I love the simple pattern and it's so soft and squishy. I might have to buy another skein in another colorway soon.



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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

My Supervisor

I got a fair amount of spinning and plying done over vacation. I'm trying to finish up that soft alpaca so I can work on a sweater for me. I'm plying some of it up with that funky mix of purple roving I got at Mass Sheep and Wool last May. I will use that for the yoke and the plain brown alpaca for the rest of it.

It's a good thing we got that cat. She makes sure that I am doing it all properly. She inspects the wheel for safety.




She makes sure it gets on the skein winder properly.




And we must be sure that it is washed properly.



Yep - it's a good thing we have her.

She did approve of the end result.



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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Christmas Wrap

We had a nice relaxed low-key kind of holiday this year.



There was some relaxing.



There was a kitty looking for her presents.



There was a dog happy to find his.



There were teenagers playing with toys.



There were teens singing at the local tree lighting.




And there was some drinking of the eggnog by the fire - while spinning. Hope your holiday was everything you wanted it to be.


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Monday, January 3, 2011

First Finished Object of 2011




A pair of mittens. I had 10 days off from work and thats what I accomplished. Actually I did get the 28 row (project name switched to 28 week scarf) off the needles right after I finished the mittens. I haven't been able to get a good photo of it though. The mittens are going to my aunt in NC who is having a cold winter. She has a condition that makes the cold weather affect her hands and feet. Handspun knitters were called for!



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