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This is one very large skein of very special yarn.
I chose the wool for this yarn from a small rescue farm in Wisconsin. This is a small farm where the animals are loved, never eaten or bred. The wool is a custom blend of silky cotswold wool and soft as a cloud merino.
This wool was literally sent from the farm straight to a small, women owned mill where it was custom spun to my specifications. At the mill the wool was cleaned with a citrus based, eco-friendly soap, then carded and spun into a three ply DK weight yarn. NO bleach was ever used in making this yarn.
The yarn then came to me on a cone, which I wound off and dyed by hand. I then washed the skiens gently with Dr. Bronner's soap to release any excess dye and hung to dry.
I love that the whole process went from farm--mill--me--you. It is a lovely process which is gentle on the earth. Each yarn is completely unique
Little sample balls of Hello Yarn Sock. I didn't spend half the afternoon winding them to let them go without a photo!
For knittingphilistine's new Fiberlicious photo pool. Blogged HERE.
From left to right:
The Knittery cashmere merino in Forest Moss;
Wollmeise Sockenwolle in Farn;
Sundara sock yarn in Grass.
Cherry wood bowl by Charles LaBelle, Tawas, Michigan.
My new work study office assistant is into crocheting. Here are the pretty colors of her crochet hooks and yarn that she was working with today. Maybe she’ll teach me!
I got a *super-lovely* Lion Brand catalog in my mailbox a few months back, and came across it happily in my desk travels, today. Sooo inspiring! It makes me wish for multi-colored stacks of yarn in my won craft room! :)
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Stopped by Sweet Yarn with a co-worker, I photographed while she shopped.
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Yarn acquisitions of the past month! A road trip to see family, a tour of local shops for the DFW Yarn Crawl, and the inaugural Stitches Texas conference!
For Macro Mondays. September 8, 2014 ~ Pale.
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Sock yarn leftovers create a nice yarn display. Just looking at it makes me happy.
#43 A Frame within a Frame - 117 Pictures in 2017
This yarn is part of a series of new experiments I'm performing with color in spinning. This yarn was spun from merino roving that was handpainted in a series of colors that never repeat. I split the roving down the center and spun two nearly identical skeins - they both will self-stripe in the same color sequence, with no repeats. Perfect if you want to make a pair of something - like fingerless gloves/armwarmers or legwarmers - or if you want to make one large piece, like a scarf, you can knit/crochet in different ways to produce different color effects. You could alternate one row from each skein, or you could knit from one end of the first skein and then the opposite end of the second skein, for a mirror effect.
The colors in this yarn are (in the order they occur): pale blue, teal/green, yellow, peach, purple, pink, brown, and mustard/olive.
(I'm so lazy. I cut & pasted this from my etsy shop description. Which is why it sounds like I'm trying to sell it!)
Handspun yarn I made on a spinning workshop last weekend. From my very own carded batt!
I had so much fun on the workshop, visit www.woolwench.com to read more about it and see some pics :)
Yarn is made of twisted fiber. In crochet the yarn is twisted and knotted to make a design. This picture was taken for Macro Monday's twist edition.
I was in Dayboro on Saturday afternoon and came across their local festival where hand-knitted toys and decorations lined the streets and trees.
Yarn Art Dayboro is a community group focused on creating and sharing handmade yarn art in the Dayboro area. They are known for their yarn bombing installations, which bring colour and joy to the community and its visitors. The group is part of the Dayboro branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA).
My Etsy Shop, Sassenach Yarns, is open!
Here are the seven colorways I'm starting with (lucky seven?)--I was going to keep Fraser for myself, but then I figured, heck, I'll throw it up there and see what happens.
If worse comes to worse and the yarn doesn't sell, I suppose I shall have to unlist it all and add it to my obscene personal stash, but let's hope it doesn't come to that =D
I gave Sandi some handspun yarn as a thank you for Will's coat. It's a merino-angora blend. (Maybe 5% angora?) The merino is from Abi, the angora is from Gir. It's hand blended, and hand spun on my Ashford wheel. Approximately 160 yards of three-ply (worsted weight) yarn.
In Askersund Sweden last week I came across a little store that sold flowers, crafts, and souvenirs (and had the Sweden Mexico football game on the radio). Outside the shop were these wonderful balls of yarn squeezed into a bin. What a wonderful photo opportunity. I bought no yarn, but did get a souvenir and listed to a bit of the game with the shop keeper.
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