Archive for September, 2008

Monkey Farts and a handspun scarf

Posted on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am

I finally overcame my fear of spinning the monkey farts batts I had in my stash. I am a control freak and the slubs of silk noils in the batts were eating my lunch. After much encouragement from my ravelry friends, I jumped in and got the job done. The end result […]

BYOB

Posted on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

Wow a finished knitting project from yours truly! I had some Lion Brand Cotton-Ease laying around and decided it needed to be a new bag for my upcoming trip to Rhinebeck. I used the BYOB (bring your own bag) pattern from Knitty.com. Easy pattern and all that seed stitch went pretty fast. […]

Cabled Yarn

Posted on Sunday, September 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

I finally tried my hand at spinning a cabled yarn. It wasn’t too difficult, just a bit time consuming and it sure uses up a lot of fiber. This is BFL which was hand dyed by me. I then divided up the fiber into four portions which weighed the same. I […]

Award!

Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

Look, I got an award from Kimberly at Woven~n~Spun! Thanks so much Kimberly, I do appreciate your support and kind words.
The rules:
1. Post this award on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate at least 4 other bloggers, and add their links as well.
4. leave a comment […]

Smoke on the Water

Posted on Friday, September 5th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

Newest handspun, right here! I spun the singles on a drop spindle, then plyed on the wheel. This yarn is so soft and silky feeling. The batts were purchased from Spunky Eclectic. The blend is merino, alpaca and bamboo. The yarn is 466 yards, 2 ply, 22 WPI. These […]

A4A Vest

Posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 11:17 am

Finally I have a knitted FO! Seems like I’ve been having problems finishing any of my knitting projects. No problem starting them, just can’t seem to finish. This is a child’s vest for the Afgahans for Afghans current Youth Project. Knit with my handspun yarn - Goblin Eyes, Romney fiber, from […]