I've not been knitting much this year...

This is pretty much my only project of the year so far.

Here are some progress pictures! The rainbow yarn is my own handspun.

Handspun - rainbow

I can't remember when I actually spun this, but here it is. Rainbow, mostly fingering weight. Can't remember where I got it or what the fiber content is. I'm so bad, haha, I just bought it and spun it.

Here are the pics.

A few FOs and a couple WIPs!

I'm making good on my post about keeping up with my posts and my knitting and I have a couple of FOs and a couple of WIPs to show off.

Firstly, here's a better picture of my Mother of Dragons shrug:

Secondly, I spun a beautiful new skin of yarn using some merino wool that a friend of mine picked up on a trip she took. I call it, Cream in my Coffee.

And finally, with Giftmas approaching, I have things to knit for little kids. I have three little girls and one little boy for whom to knit.  I am making three different ragdolls, one for each girl, and a ragdoll puppy dog for the little boy.

Here is the first doll:

And, of course, the cat had to check her out, too.

More posts, soon! T'is the season to knit things, so a-knitting I shall go!

Spinning until dizzy

I'm going to make this a quick post with lots of pretty pictures.  I received an Ashford Joy from a good friend, as mentioned in my previous post, and have been spinning up a storm.

Here are pictures of my new handspun!

80s Sweater

Sour Watermelon Candy

Royalty

Sunsets

Sunsets

Well Loved Jeans

Pink Carnation

Shadowstar

Rapunzel

Floral Frenzy

Floral Frenzy

Floral Frenzy

Electrical Wires

8 months of FOs and WIPs

As I posted previously, it's been a long ass time since I posted here. I still haven't finished the Aquaphobia socks because the pattern is boring and tedious (first sock is still under construction. I'm thinking of just frogging it) and in lieu of finishing it, I've finished so many other projects.

Here is a list of the stuff I've finished!

Kerrera cardigan sweater. I worked on this in NYC and finished it at home.

Young Einstein (which I should really photograph as finished)

Vera - for Russell. He LOVES it.

Groovy Singer Blanket -- for my husband's boss whose wife had a baby

Not a FO, but MORE HEXIPUFFS!

Handspun - traffic lights

Handspun - Cardiovascular

Rusty's Mike Wazowski hat. My own pattern, unpublished as of right now

Handspun -- A Case of the Purples

Mom's Leaving Cowl

Boot Candy

More Boot Candy

BAM! POW! For my comic art teacher.

Soleil's Primrose

Slumleech baby blanket -- for my buddy Kurt whose wife had a baby

Slouchy -- a really fun knit.

Raggedy Anne part 2

Awhile back I spun my first yarn. It was a beautiful brilliant red top merino. Being a complete noob, I didn't realise that it is okay if you overspin your yarn and unspun a lot of it . Needless to say, it was felty looking and ugly.

Now that I have a couple more skeins under my belt, not to mention the awesome new spindle, I took it upon myself to "fix" the yarn.

I spun about 50 grams of yarn, made an Andean bracelet on Justin's recommendation, and plied it to itself.


Here is the old Raggedy Anne (before I untwisted it):

Here is the new, plied, Raggedy Anne:

Adventures in Spinning!

So, I actually ended up at the Knitters Fair this year and I was determined to come away with some spinning supplies and a nice skein of handspun.

More behind the break >>