- First, there is the recent spinning:
- Ruby / Sapphire, from this punta roving
- Manic Sunset, from this bfl. The resulting yarn was much milder than the colours of the unspun fibre, as is so often the case. I wish I’d let more of the deep blue remain intact.
- I recently spun up this roving. It came out mellow-yet-tiger-like. I am pleased.
- Yesterday was spent spinning on Cosy’s porch. As-yet-unnamed yarn, still on the bobbins, Romney:
- I finally finished another branched necklace. I like this one best so far. I still love the magic feeling I get every time I see my knitting transformed into solid felt. There’s something very satisfying.
- I was watering the garden when this beast of a grasshopper caught me off guard. Doesn’t he look sinister?
Look at the vicious spiky things along his legs: 
Archive for August, 2008
adventures in spinning
- Precocious Crocus, hand-dyed BFL:
- It has already sold! I did a happy silly dance around the house.
- At the Mountains of Madness, hand-dyed punta:
- Ruby / Sapphire, hand-dyed punta:
- A new batch of wool just arrived; more dyeing shall be forthcoming.
- Pete made delicious homemade cole slaw. Clearly I have underrated cabbage.
nose/grindstone
These were the end of my roving/top supplies. No more dying until my new order arrives.
Manic Sunset, hand-dyed BFL:
Mountains of Madness, hand-dyed Punta:
Ruby / Sapphire, hand-dyed Punta:
These are all knit and fulled, with crocheted thread fastenings and needlefelted buttons. Both necklaces are for sale on etsy.
Currents necklace, Cascade 200:
Branches necklace, Ella Rae Classic, in a lovely chocolate brown that photographs terribly:
Rachel’s bracelet, hand-dyed tapestry wool:
salt mines
I’ve been making jewellery. This is a plain felt circlet necklace; I can pull it on over my head. I rather like the simplicity of not having fastenings.
Recent spinning:
And combed top for sale:
This week’s farm share included a whole pound of tomatillos. We made salsa verde; it was delicious! I love the shade of green.
More dying
A bunch of dying this week. I think I’ll try selling some just as dyed top, and spin up the rest. This one, which I am calling ‘pumpkin patch,’ I’m selling as top.
Two of the other rovings I dyed that day came out looking somewhat similar, with prominent greens and hints of red/orange. One of them was meant to be brown! I can’t even tell which it was; I mix up the perfect brown, and while the dye sets the brown separates back out into red and green, nary a hint of the intended colour. Here’s one I’ve spun:
I am quite enjoying spinning this colonial wool. The fibres just flow… um, fluently. It’s just like a dream.
Today I am working on knit necklaces to be fulled. [Also, watching Battlestar Galactica. Thanks, Cosy! So so awesome.] So far no photographs, necklace-wise. Instead, here’s a picture of some buttons I made a while back.
The mokume-gane ones come out the best. I should make more of them. Try as I might to experiment with new, creative, and interesting design, the somewhat-random mokume-gane patterns come out looking better than anything else. Go figure.
