Posted in Spinning on March 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Spunky Club—March 2007 Fiber, originally uploaded by mandalinn.
This is 4 oz of superwash merino, called Dandy Lion from the Spunky FOTM Club…….http://www.spunkyhats.com/acc_spunkyclub.htm
I spun it up right away and got this!!!!!!!!
It is 130 yards of superwash merino, plied together. I love this colorway and will be making something from it soon!
Posted in Knitting, Spinning on March 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Here are my latest spun yarns, I am actually getting the hang of this I think.
This one is 52 yards, chunky weight, 2 ply merino. It is spun from my handdyed American Beauty roving I posted a few days ago.
Here is Sandbox, it is 155 yards of a 50% merino 50% silk blend. [...]
Posted in Spinning, family on March 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well I just dyed my first fibers using the acid dye kit from www.helloyarn.com. They turned out so much nicer than when using Wilton’s I think.
This one is 2 oz of Merino, called American Beauty
This one is 2 oz of South African Fine wool, called Chaos Theory
And this one is 4oz of mill ends (from [...]
Posted in Knitting, family on March 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just a warning for those of you who are in the STR club, I am posting a photo and description of this month’s kit below!
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Well here it is, my first issue of the STR club and it is better than I ever expected!! The colorway is Monsoon in mediumweight merino and it is gorgeous, all [...]
Posted in Knitting, Spinning, family on March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This spinning thing has been going well for me so far. I am completely self taught and have made some pretty decent yarns for only having my wheel for a week or so. But I want to get my yarns thinner and even and I just can’t seem to do it. I [...]
Posted in Spinning on March 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are my latest spun yarns. These were made from some awesome rovings from Copperpot on Etsy. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=110802
This one is Chasing Rainbows, it is 85 yards of merino, spun thick & thin. I have 2 more ounces, so I will probably spin the rest up to match.
And this one is Sea Dreams, 130 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Tuscan Sunrise, originally uploaded by mandalinn.
This is 120 yards of merino, hand dyed & handspun by yours truly!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Rainbow Sherbet, originally uploaded by mandalinn.
70 yards, spun from Paradise Fibers microblend (95% wool 5% nylon) and plied with silver thread.
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