This is roving (aka top or sliver). It is a luscious form of fiber which has been carefully dyed, blended and combed. All the gnarls are gone. All the vegetable matter is gone… and no dingle berries… To most knitters, dingle berries and vegetable matter are unknown, but to the knitter who also spins her [...]
Mar 092010
Nov 052009
Is it just me or is it going to be a long cold and flu season? I have been doing more spinning and knitting than blogging. I have had children sick with the flu. I am also trying to get my shop ready for the First Anniversary and Holiday Open House Sale. Here is a picture showing my drafting [...]
Oct 142009
I finished my Flower Basket shawl a while ago, but I’ve been waiting for a sunny day to take a picture.
Oct 092009
This is the wheel that I am spinning on for this lace project. It is a Reeves 17-inch Saxony wheel. I showed how I prepare roving in my previous post. Here is how got started. This wheel has a double drive band. The drive band turns the bobbin and whorl along with providing the tension. [...]
Oct 052009
The new term has completely fried my brain if I don’t do things the instant I think of them then it’s curtains! Last April I turned this BFL from Wildcraft (200g) In to this yarn It’s going to be l Moonlight Sonata Shaw
Sep 282009
I plan to make a 2-ply yarn with this fiber. I have 4-ounces of this blend of merino and tussah silk. Fiber preparation may be the most important step to spinning a lace weight yarn. I want to keep the look of the yarn consistent with the roving, so I have chosen to split the [...]
Sep 282009
I have started a Flower Basket shawl for my friend who’s birthday is this Saturday. I’m not sure if I will get it done in time, but I know she will appreciate it. I am making this from my own handspun.
Sep 262009
Here I am with my very first experience blogging and both my spinning wheel and I are jumping in together. Spinning lace weight yarn is one of my favorite past-times. I have been spinning yarn since 1994 when I decided that I wanted to make my knitting from scratch. Now, I am participating in Seasons of Lace and will be [...]
Mar 212009
Here is my finished cowl out of hand spun. It is based on the pattern used in the Three Sisters Scarves # Two.
Mar 202009
I had so much fun knitting with my hand spun that I cast on this cowl. It was supposed to be a hat based on the Three sisters scarves #2, but I seem to have a lot of hats so I’m going to make it a cowl.
