8 posts tagged “handspun”
I guess I could call one Felix and the other one Oscar! Oh well...that's just the nature of handspun yarn. They are the same size...but the color of the yarn changed greatly from one toe to the other. The recipient loved them anyway!
These are really fun. This is the website for the free pattern: Saartje Knits I have one more to go for the pair.
I used my own handspun yarn for this...which makes me even more proud! Handknit on size 3 double points. They'll fit a 3-6 month old baby, probably...or a really chubby-footed newborn!
What would YOU do? Leave these 650 yards of my handspun lace-weight singles as singles...or ply it against itself? I haven't knitted lace yet, but I want to learn. Then, I am in a sock knitting phase and it would be about sock weight if I ply it!
However, how many yards will I have left if I ply it? Will it be enough for an adult pair of socks???
Of course, if I sold it, I could have enough money for a ball winder...which would be excellent...because I am borrowing my friend Brenda's today and she'll need it back eventually.
Argh...I can't decide! I'll probably just do two at a time toe-up socks and then if I run out of yarn, I'll make them into footies!
Well, with the lovely inspiration of Altair's scarf success, I decided to try to duplicate the striping pattern of Altair's Vinyard yarn. I believe I was successful with the pattern, but the colors are a bit more red this time. It is really lovely though! More pictures in my Photos section.
This color combo screams one of two things to me. Either yarn that an Ogre Princess would dye and spin, or
...not too completely unrelated, I guess...
yarn spun on the the wheel of a wee leprechaun.
Either way you like to look at it, this wool yarn was hand-dyed and spun my me, Recycle Micol on my Little Gem 2 with much love and hilarity ensuing all around me.
One end of the yarn has 26 yards of lime green singles plied with the variegated singles. The remaining 55.5 yards of dark-rainbow variegated singles are plied with the same variegated...which yields the darker yarn for the majority of the skein, and the brighter, lime color on one end. Start your project from whichever end you prefer. Just be aware of that cool little fact about this one of a kind original yarn!
Here are the details:
81.5 yards of wool yarn
Fingering to Sport weight
1.3 ounces or 36.8 grams
11-14 wraps per inch
Hand-dyed and color fast
More photos of this skein in my Photos section.
NOW IN MY ETSY SHOP with a FREE GIFT when you order!
My Great-Grandmother used to make a Dewberry Cobbler that was my favorite kind of cobbler in the world while growing up! She would pick the berries from wild Dewberry vines that grew along the road on fences on the way to their lake cabin in Texas.
This hand-dyed yarn's color reminds me of what might have come out of dying with the juices of those berries. In fact, I have had enough of the cobbler juice on my clothes as a kid to know that it is pretty close!!! The color in the photo isn't as purple-wine color as the yarn is in real life...sorry the photos are so dark!
One half of this fiber marriage is reclaimed cashmere yarn from a super-soft sweater! So, it's just luxurious! The second half is HAND CARDED and handspun Llama fiber. The llama is the part that makes this a boucle yarn. When washed after being plied, the cashmere shrinks and the llama forms bumps and loops. It gives a more subtle effect here than in the commercially made boucle, but it's just as interesting!
Well, there's the story of this Dewberry Cobbler yarn. I like to think that my Great-Grandmother would be proud!
This yarn is available in my Etsy shop. More photos there and in my Photos section.
Later!
RM
I spun this Merino wool 2-ply yarn for a swap with the lovely Atlair on Craftster. It reminded me of the purple hues in a bunch of grapes. She is making two Pysanky eggs for me in return!
Altair's Vinyard 404 yards, 3.6 ounces.
Okay...while necessity is the mother of invention, sometimes invention can be the mother of danger! Hee-hee. I must say that I did not get hurt in any way using my new yarn swift and skeiner...but I take no responsibility for those who may! (Falling off of step stools, hitting your head or fingers on blades, someone accidentally turning on the fan while you're precariously perched, etc.)
Other than that...I had a blast making and using this! And it did make a rather lovely skein!
