Posted: August 17th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: things I spin | Tags: fleece artist, handspun, spinning, wool/silk | 2 Comments »
Guys, I made handspun again.
As with every single thing I spin, this is the greatest yarn I have ever spun in my entire life. (This is the one perk of being an inexperienced spinner.)
This is 50g of Fleece Artist Wool/Silk (65/35), 154m of roughly fingering weight yarn. This was my first successful try at spinning fingering weight yarn, as well as my first try spinning anything with silk in it. I had an absolute blast – the merino made it not-that-difficult to spin, and it’s soooooo shiiiiiny all spun up. Plus, I think I’ve got enough that I could pair it with another skein of fingering weight and actually make something. Possibly another tiny Daybreak.
I’ve also been knitting, lots and lots. But right now, it’s the most shapeless blob of purple stockinette you have ever seen. I’ll take some photos of it when it’s a little more interesting to look at.
Posted: July 18th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: things I spin | Tags: fleece artist, handspun, spinning, wool | 1 Comment »
Oh man, the wheel. The wheel. I’ve been playing with it so much over the past week, and having so much fun spinning on it. It’s like a spindle, but better! Everything goes so quickly! I don’t drop it!
Laura came by and showed me how to use it last week, and since then I’ve been slowly working through a stack of Fleece Artist slivers as practice. I’m doing something a bit different with each one, and it’s kind of neat to be able to see myself getting better as I keep spinning.
This is my very first wheel-spun yarn, made from Fleece Artist merino.
It’s wildly, wildly overspun (I took pictures of the “nice” side on purpose, the other half of the skein is full of bits twisted over on itself), but look how nice it looks! It’s so much more even than my last handspun!
I also spun this yarn, out of Fleece Artist BFL.
I love it. It’s definitely the best I’ve spun to date, and I sort of wish I had more so I could really make something out of it. It was my first attempt at chain plying on a wheel, and then whole time I was doing it I was positive it was a disaster and I was wrecking my lovely singles, but it turned out so nicely. This is a bigger yarn, about 7 wpi, and I’ve only got 50m or so. I’m really hoping I can figure out something to make with it, though, because I’m so very proud of myself.
Posted: March 28th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: sesame (olympic sweater 2.0), sweaters, tanis fiber arts green label, things i knit, things I spin, yarn i use | Tags: cardigans, fleece artist, handknit, knitting, roving, sesame cardigan, singles, spinning, stripes, sweaters | 2 Comments »
I’ve been busy lately, as I’m sure you all can tell by the relatively sparse posting, but things are slowly getting done as I chip away at my ongoing projects.
My roving is now entirely singles, and I’m so proud of them it is a little embarrassing.
The sweater is progressing, as well, and I don’t want to speak too soon, but I think this iteration is turning out a little better than the last one. I sat down and blocked all of the pieces after I’d finished the first sleeve, because I’d been fretting that this sweater would bloom on blocking just as unexpectedly as the last one did. But after sewing everything together, I’m much more confident that this one will fit the way I’d like it to. Making it has been a pretty cool learning experience for me.
