I dusted Hebbie off last night and oiled him up. I tried spinning some of the darker ShetlandX dyed fleece. I didn’t card it and deliberately didn’t worry about any slubs, as I am aiming for an art yarn rather than a garment yarn – but I did try to keep it as thin a …
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You know…
You know that you married the right man when… …he fondles your freshly dyed and still wet fleece while uttering the words “I can’t wait to see this spun up!” 🙂
Ooh, colours!
Here is some of the fleece that we dyed yesterday. It’s in artificial light and with flash, so the colours are way off. It looks lovely in reality and I cannot wait to spin it up. However, I feel honour bound to get those BFL tops completed. As I am trying to up my spinning …
A blue and green and aqua and purple new year
Spinning day today was largely given over to dying. We dyed two panfuls this morning – one each of two different fleeces in order to compare and contrast. After the ladies had left I dyed another three panfuls. All five results are very different. ‘Tis a mystical business indeed. No photos yet – it has …
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Put those needles down!
I really need to make time to spin. But I am having so much fun with my knitting needles right now. *sigh* Where can I get another 6 hours a day from, and a further pair of hands? And I shall miss spinning group this week, too. I am on puppy duty this week.
Pine Cone off the needles
My Pine Cone Scarf is off the needles – I completed it at spinning group this morning. At 15 pattern repeats on each end, it is rather long. I may have overdone it. Comments relating to Dr Who were made. *blush* Now ready to block (how do I do that in secret?) and fringe. It’s …