7 posts tagged “handspun goodness”
Serendipity Beyond Design made a whole blog post about me and the yarn I made for her! Woohoo!! Check it yo: *CLICK me*
And here's the new yarn that's up in my Etsy shop that she mentioned at the end of the post. Merino and silk ya'll. Yum:
YAY! :o)
We are back home again from our many driving-across-the-state-of-WA-adventures. William's best friend is officially hitched, and all is well.
I am in the midst of making what are, I must say, some pretty freaking rad Christmas presents. Alas, I cannot divulge that secret Christmas info here because there are possible present recievers reading this. Unfortunately this means that Buttoney has been neglected. But tonight is my little knit night down on the water, so Buttoney will receive some much needed attention then.
7 more months till we move back home (P-town)! We are counting down. I think we should make a paper chain of rings and break one every day. Ya know, like you did when you were a kid counting down till Christmas?...Here's some new yarn for Spindelicious Handspun, inspired by the awesome quilt that we have in our bedroom
This is the sample of the custom order I did for someone on Etsy. I think it turned out rather well. As a matter of fact, I may have to make it again to put in my store. I think she's gonna felt a big handbag with it, which will be really cute.
This colorway was inspired by one of my favorite paintings by my favorite artist, Dorothea Tanning. Amazing painter, poet, and fiber artist.
Haircut! My stylist informed me that "a pixie cut suits you best:
School is OUT for my husband and it's very exciting. Grad school. blech. This weekend we went to the Farmer's Market and scoped out the fruits and veggies. I hung out with the Spincycle Yarn gals Kate and Rachel for a bit (if you've never checked out their yarn you must! I might try to make it to knit night this week if I'm not too exhausted from being super-nanny this week. I'm taking on 5, yes 5, kids for the summer. Including a 9 month old.
Got a new batch of Jaqcuard dyes and thought I'd dye it up this weekend. It was pouring down rain, as it usually does, here in the Pacific NW, so I thought I could use some day-glo colored roving to brighten my dour mood.
My cool new scale...
And a new yarn finished today. "Marie Antoinette." Pastel Parisian candy and silk stockings.
Wheel woes. Still. But I got that custom order done. Yay! And she really really liked it...
And last week when I was wheel-less and mosaic obsessed I still had to spin something. And my drop spindle saved my life...
"...For Crazy Making!" Is handspun on the good 'ole spindle with mohair, tinsel, New Zealand romney, merino, silk, uncarded wool bits, the kitchen sink...
Oh, and I got my 15 minutes of mosaic fame:
I'm a hot new project. Or, I was for the evening.
