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Yarn spun today from a hand-dyed braid by Kyle William, "Pond" is the colorway. This breaks a spinning hiatus of two years or so.
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Cat Bordhi pattern. Handspun alpaca/silk batts from loop.etsy.com, fun to spin! The plain grey stripes are commercial alpaca.
Handspun batts from Loop
Fiber: Bamboo, Corriedale, English wool and silk
Weight: 3oz
Yardage: 106 yards
colorway: Adrian is a Fancy Pants!
chunky weight
129 yards
hand-dyed and handspun by Sarah of Maisy Day Handspun
She just made it for me for no reason. :) There's a sad, sad story behind this wool. I used to be able to get this Finn top that was just fantastic. Sarah and I were fools for it. The sheep only made that fabulous wool for one year, and then they went back to being more Finn-like (coarse). We are still sad.
Jared made me do it.
Cat Bordhi pattern. Handspun alpaca/silk batts from loop.etsy.com, fun to spin! The plain grey stripes are commercial alpaca.
Natural Romney singles. This skein is a sample spin for a big weaving project based on my recent research into Old Norse textiles.
878 m (960 yds)
104 g (3.6 oz)
8440 m/kg (4220 ypp) - Lace weight
This is random single skeins and leftovers, often held double. The rounds are getting veeerrrryyyyy long now.
It's finished, and I love it. LOVE.
The details:
The yoke was handspun from roving I dyed, and the body is from a natural brown fleece given to me by a friend. The sheep's name was Lindt, as in the chocolate.
I used this pattern calculator to figure out all the parameters for a top-down yoke sweater.
Inspired by Adrian, I saved a couple of bits of the pink for binding off the cuffs.
Pattern: You're Putting Me On Socks by Judy Gibson (rav link)
Yarn: worsted weight 2 ply spun from Spunky Eclectic's hand-dyed Corriepaca in the Mountain Majesty colorway. 387 yards/ 8 oz.
Gauge: 5.5 sts. per inch.
I followed the pattern for the foot, then increased up the back, 2 sts. ever 5 rows, to 54 sts. Decreased to 52 at the top and finished with 2x2 rib. They fit like a glove. :)
I need practice taking my own photo. Step 1: get entire item in frame. No time for practice today, especially after I spent 15 minutes looking for the remote, only to find it in its case, attached to the camera strap.
I'm going to ditch one of the pinky skeins and one of the green skeins.
The green ones I'm most torn about - I should get rid of the upper one because it's too similar in color to the other two, but it's an old, poorly spun one that I'd like to use up. However, the lower left one ties in the blues, and the lower right ties in the grey and pinks (there's lots of colors in the skein). Decisions!
The plan is to make hexagons - likely Komb, as it will be easier to deal with the big differences in gauge that way. The hexes will be edged in natural yarn.
Texas Flora
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220 yards
heavy sport weight
2-ply
$35
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Made from scraps of my hand-dyed, handspun yarns. The pinks were left after knitting leg warmers and the green from Pippa's sweater.
Beata Jezek
Picture: Miki Barlok
blogged herehttp://blog.hedgehogfibres.com/2014/03/handspun-morticia-shawl.html
Not spun by me, of course, but handpsun nonetheless. I bought these beautiful Cotswold singles in Nova Scotia last summer.
Thinking about the Whisper Cardigan with this yarn...
“Carried Away” Polwarth - Southern Cross Fibre Club - February 2011
Spinning method: Worsted
Construction: 3-ply
1600 m (1750 yds)
737 g (25.8 oz)
1134 ypp (DK weight)
Handspun from Baked Alaska fiber.
Romney wool
2 ply
12 wpi
989 yards total
1 lb. 7 oz. total
spun and plied at 11:1
This is a heavy, kinda scratchy yarn. There should be enough here for a sweater for me. If not, I've got some more of the fiber. Now, just to decide what type of sweater to knit. I was thinking just a plain raglan pullover, but maybe I need a buttoned cardigan with a big ribbed turtleneck-type collar. ???
This stuff spins like a dream.
I'm about ready to separate the arms from the body and have done the merge from the Spicery Shetland to this patchwork handspun. It required 2 tries but is now a nice transition.
Still not totally sure about the funnel neck's flattering abilities, but it's not hemmed yet.
Yarn: my handspun Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club May 2008 selection
"Rosebud" Corriedale wool, 250 yards of 14 wpi/sport, plus some extra bit of another yarn, because I ran out of Rosebud.
15.5" tall, 11" around the top and 9" around the bottom. My calves are 15" around at the widest point and ankles are 8". These are fitted and stay up well, but aren't too tight, even with 4" negative ease at the widest point.
These are knit just like a sleeve. Cast on and rib a bit, and then start increasing 2 sts. per increase row with the increase rows spaced about an inch apart, until you get to the desired upper leg measurement. Work straight and do a bit more ribbing. These are knit at a firm gauge and stay up with absolutely no problem.
This is my third pair (second made for me) and I'll keep making them. They're comfy, super warm, and the colors make me happy.
Project Notes:
*genius free pattern by Sarah Bradberry
*size 10.5 US needle
*about 800 yards/20 oz. of bulky weight 2 ply handspun yarn in 4 colorways
*all Merino wool, if I recall correctly- It’s spun from bits and pieces of my favorite colors left over from yarns I made for the shop, plus 2 colorways I hated until I plied them together.
*measurements- 75″ wide at top edge, 34″ from top edge to point, unblocked
*soft and bouncy and cozy like you read about
*started spinning on 6/28/05
*finished spinning on 7/18/05
*started knitting on 7/27/05
*finished knitting on 8/7/05
I took up handspinning yarn and these are my most recent and successful projects so far :D Well, I've got some more, but those are really small and experimental.
2 ply DK weight
8oz., 558 yards
This is spun from scraps of Hello Yarn fiber. One ply is soft stuff like Rambouillet and Merino and the other ply is Falklands and Corriedale.
How did I not know how amazing it is to knit with handspun merino silk blend yarn?!? These feel wonderful!
Knit these on the road, just kind of making it up as I went along. Typing it out here so I remember what I did in case I want to do it again.
Used size 1.5 needles and my own handspun yarn- gauge of 8.5 spi.
Cast on 56 stitches, join for knitting in the round.
17 rows of 1 x1 rib.
50 rows of stockinette.
Begin thumb gusset- M1, K1, M1... knit 2 rows
M1, K3, M1... knit 2 rows and etc. until there are 15 stitches in the thumb gusset. Reserve thumb stitches on a strand of waste yarn and cast on one stitch where the thumb gusset was.
21 rows of stockinette.
5 rows of 1x1 rib.
Cast off.
Pick up thumb stitches and three extra stitches, 18 stitches total. Knit 4 rounds. 1x1 rib for 5 rounds. Cast off.
OMG, I am so glad I don't write patterns.
I got this gorgeousness from a swap I did with Micki. She did an AMAZING job! She also sent me a very tasty chocolate bar that is almost gone. Thanks, Micki!
All this talk about handspun is making me want a wheel. I REALLY want one now!!! But alas, I don't know if I would like it enough to justify the cost, but I'm already hooked on buying roving and convincing friends to spin it up for me! :)
And I say I'm only ankle deep because I want more more more MORE!
My new handspun on a drop spindle is for Héloïse who makes stunning free form crochet shawls .
Check her blog freecolors.blogs.marieclaireidees.com/
De la couleur, de la couleur pour ma fille Héloïse qui en fait de merveilleux châles en crochet free form.
Daffodil
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1360 yards
Fingering weight
2ply
custom order for Momo
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