Archive for January, 2007

Fiber!

Posted on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 at 5:56 pm

I just got my order from The Sheep Shed Studio. I ordered 2 pounds of the #1 Gray roving. It’s totally gorgeous, so soft and a lovely color. Here’s a picture of all of it in it’s glory:

And here’s what it’s going to grow up to be (hopefully):

This is the Sensational Shirttail […]

More Spinning

Posted on Monday, January 29th, 2007 at 12:14 am

I started my next spinning project today. This is 4 oz of corriedale roving (part of the pound which came with my wheel). I dyed it using acid dyes about two weeks ago. I’m trying to spin this to a worsted weight. I plan on making it 3 ply using Navajo […]

Tourmaline is Spun

Posted on Saturday, January 27th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

I’ve finally finished spinning the 8 oz of Corriedale pencil roving (Tourmaline is the colorway) which I purchased from Crown Mountain Farms. This is my 4th spinning project and I’m quite pleased with the results.
I ended up with 1,190 yards!! It’s 18 WPI, 2 ply. Spun on my new Kromski […]

Scrumptious Socks

Posted on Friday, January 26th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

I’ve finished my Scrumptious Shagged Socks and I love them! The shagging on the inside of the socks is so squooshy and soft. It’s like walking on clouds.
These were knitted with Brown Sheep Lamb Prides worsted, double stranded (from stash!). I had not used this yarn before and it’s so soft […]

Stash busting FO’s

Posted on Sunday, January 21st, 2007 at 2:32 pm

Here’s a few things I’ve finished up. And in keeping with my 2007 Knit from your stash resolution, all were done with stash yarn. Yippee!
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Socks for CIC.

Baby Bib o’Love from Mason Dixon Knitting. Knit with Sugar N’Cream yarn. This was knit for Parkland Hospital for the K4C group.

And […]

Let it Snow!

Posted on Saturday, January 20th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

The weather man finally nailed a forcast. It snowed a bit last night and then all day long today. There’s about 8.5 - 9″ of snow in my yard now. Soft, white and fluffy. I ventured out to the garage and took this picture of the house across the street (click […]