16 posts tagged “wool”
My friend Brenda brought the hat that I knitted for her to our Fiber Therapy group so that I could get a photo of it.
It's the Robin's Egg Blue Hat by Rachel Iufer. I used yarn that I recycled from an Abercrombie and Fitch Sweater Coat.
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!
Texas has a brand new group of Fiber Crafters meeting just on the
southern Tarrant County Line in Burleson, Texas. (Just below Fort Worth
and Arlington)
Surrounding areas are Crowley, Joshua, Keene, Cleburne, Alvarado,
Everman, Arlington, and Fort Worth just to name a few.
We are going to welcome everyone who's into any 'portable' fiber craft,
such as:
Spinning
Weaving
Knitting
Crochet
Embroidery
Cross Stitch
Tatting
Lucet
Knotting
Punch Needle
Needle Felting
Rug Hooking
Inkle Loom
Beading
Etc....
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 7:00-10:00 p.m.
at Mountain Mudd Espresso Cafe 108 S. Main, Burleson, Tx.
(Schedule and location subject to change as we grow. Check
www.recyclemicol.vox.com for updates.)
Directions:
Take the Renfro Street Exit (on your right) off of I-35 headed
towards Waco (will be two exits past Alsbury Exit)
Turn Right at the light Go straight a few blocks and when you cross
over the Rail Road tracks, you'll see a parking lot with the cool old
buildings of Old Town Burleson on your left.
Turn Left into the parking lot and Mountain Mudd is the third or
fourth building in the strip.
There are a number of good restaurants within a block of the coffee
shop, so come and eat before if you wish. (Babe's Chicken, Bar-B-Q,
Frisco's Mexican Resaurant and an old-timey Malt Shoppe)
That's just on the southern Tarrant County Line. (Just below Fort Worth
and Arlington)
Surrounding areas are Crowley, Joshua, Keene, Cleburne, Alvarado,
Everman, Arlington, and Fort Worth just to name a few.
If you're in the area, come join us!
-RM
This IS as soft and luxurious as it looks on the screen...I promise! Spun for Brenda who gave me some delicious roving in return.
I'm pretty pleased with the way my singles turned out when I plied them...or do you just call it a 'single' when it's all in
one continuous thread, being plied with itself? Hmmm...plural or singular...I don't know!
Anyway, here it is below. Ready for me to turn it into a pair of socks! I must pick up some Wooly Nylon to reinforce the heels and toes.
I also added two photos of my friend Brenda's yarn that I spun for her in my photos. It's the same roving in a sport weight. She so generously shared her roving with me, I told her that I would gladly share the results of my spinning!
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!
I started this sock late last night. I wanted to try a proper gusset & heel flap heel...but without committing to a bunch of knitting if it didn't work. It's from the Socknitter's website.
I have explained my challenge in detail under the individual photos. (click the thumbnails.)
Later!
Yippee!
First two-at-once, toe-up magic-loop socks with figure 8 cast on! I'm sure it won't be my last. I will certainly try new yarns, colorways, patterns, etc, but I'm loving the two at once!!!
I dyed the sock yarn (Kraemer 'Jeannie', 80% Superwash Merino/20% Nylon) using Wilton paste dyes in a vinegar and water soak. Being that these are going to be worn inside of shoes and I want to try to spare the recipient (SerialCrafter of Craftster.org) any fading problems, I set the color twice just to be sure the colors would not leech out.
I'm now a sock fiend and will try to spin up some sock yarn in the near future! Click on the photos to see larger images.
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.
