Hmm, “Fiber Saturday” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, you know? Please address any complaints to my scheduling department. I’m showcasing this yarn because I can’t believe I just traded it away! It’s my handspun, and I think it’s so lovely… but I never got any ideas on what to make with it, so I’m trading it for more spinning fiber so at…
The other day, I had one of those funny mailbox moments– the kind that every Secret Pal participant lives for. When you find something in your mailbox and are stumped by “But I didn’t order anything.” It always takes a minute before it dawns on you– my secret pal sent me something awesome! (Insert happy dance here.) My secret pal – whoever she may be…
Please don’t tell anyone how I barely knit a stitch over the weekend. Oh, and please don’t tell them how the spinning progress I’m showing you today isn’t even from this weekend– it’s from *last* weekend! Someone might get the impression that I don’t appreciate weekends as important sources of valuable knitting time– I do! I just don’t know what happened. I had so much…
A while ago, I showed you some roving from the Dyeing Arts that I had just gotten, and it’s taken me almost a month to spin up the 4 ounces of superwash merino, since I’ve been so busy with other projects. I think it was worth the wait (and I hope you do too!), since I’m really pleased with the way the finished yarn came…
I couldn’t even wait to take a couple “before” pictures of my latest fibery endeavor before I jumped right in and started spinning. I had ordered this lovely spindle from Spinsanity to allow me to spin lighter yarns than my heavier homemade one. It’s great! I really love how it looks, and how the square shape is a little unusual. It’s also really great to…