Spring Romp

by | Apr 14, 2011 | Yarn a Day

No 262
Tumble in the Meadow
91 grams/49 yards
BFL, silk, alpaca, merino, angelina, silk noil, recycled wool

Caffinated With Updates

by | Apr 14, 2011 | Events, Studio

I know that this is supposed to be a blog about knitting spinning and dyeing but due to Kristin, it also seems to be a lot about our coffee consumption.  We both discovered the same sale at London Drugs and the carding station is also now a coffee pod warehouse.


 Show Updates For This Year

Filberg Festival

Edmonton Folk Festival

Vancouver Farmers Market


Ladner Village Market

That’s all for now, although I am still waiting to hear back for one show.

There have been several new yarn updates.

New Toys

by | Apr 9, 2011 | Spinning, Studio

The arrival of a new drum carder today was a thrill for the studio…One more carder Louet Fine Cloth it was taken for its first run and I think Kristin is up spinning that alpaca right now.

I was appreciative of a more frivolous item.

A Capsule Holder for the Dulce Gusto

I finished the hat and scarf that I started yesterday.  I just could not put the knitting down.  Clearly a combination of yarn love mixed with caffeine overdrive.  Here’s a pic of the yarn near coffee.

 

I have Jennifer to thank for the lovely addition of locks.  These were hand dyed back in January just waiting for this batch of yarns I’ve been spinning.  I wasn’t going to knit a hat, but Kristin insisted.  I love a space where we all enable each other to spin and knit even more.  I’ll put up a picture as soon as I find a model.

Lily Pond

I managed one more corespun today, ever mindful of the upcoming 100th yarn.  It’s also in the garden theme.  I’m done with cores for now though…Spun that, done that.  I think I’ll tackle something large tomorrow.

Unrestrained Knitting

by | Apr 8, 2011 | Knitting & Crochet, Yarn a Day

Oops.  I could not and did not contain myself.  I knit one of my 355 yarns for my own guilty pleasure.  I blended it with a hand dyed bulky merino just to extend the experience.

It was a ridiculous afternoon in the studio with Kristin, Joan and Toni, all coming over to fondle the fibre that was inspiring such a insane reaction from me….Half pure decadent knit pleasure and half knit coma.

There’s a matching hat for this scarf and a new scarf on the needles with the 355 yarn of today “Victorian Rose Garden”.  I would have taken a picture of the yarn, but I can’t seem to put my needles down.

A Projected Shift

by | Apr 7, 2011 | Spinning

Somehow my yarn a day seems to be turning into a batt a day with me being just fracking addicted to my carding machine all over again.

I was intending on working on a seascape type of yarn, but when two blobs of pink and purple got picked up from the carpet and carried into the finished yarn, I ended up with this lovely surprise.

Lurking Starfish

More details on 355 Page.  There will be knitting today…Pretty knitting.

Caught up in Carding

by | Apr 6, 2011 | Spinning

I seem to have attacked my carder over the last few days.  There are a mountain of  batts flying off of it.  So happy, so fluffy, so lovely….

This batt contains  BFL, alpaca, merino, angora, tussah silk, mohair locks, angelina and possibly a wee piece of my heart.  Three of these were turned into yarn today that I could easily marry.

Battle of the Batts

by | Apr 5, 2011 | Spinning

I only had a short time in the studio today, so when I reached the carding machine I was on a frantic mission.  How much could I card and spin before my student showed up……Two batts later, a new skein and a sigh of relief, I managed one skein before class.

I’ll be spinning the next skein on the Sonata  (and going to the studio much earlier)

A Month without Change

by | Apr 4, 2011 | Studio

….just isn’t going to happen.  Another studio mate leaves and this time we are not looking for anyone to take their place.  Now it’s more about expansion.  Joan needs more space, Kristin and I need more space so things have shifted yet one more time. 

Thank you artisan studio mistress for this lovely opportunity.  Much gratitude.  Can I ask this to be my last alteration for this year? Peace of mind and blessings upon you.

This is the first time I have been able to greet people with a yarn foyer.

Somehow I managed to find yet one more IKEA shelving unit.


 
There are a few wheels missing from the herd.  Not pictured the Majacraft Suzie Pro and the Kromski Sonata.
This week’s crop of dyed top for spinning.  I mananged to spin a pound of it today while sorting yarn and moving shelves.  Let’s just say they were highly motivated spin breaks.
 
Tomorrow is my last day for show submissions.and then off to the studio.  It’s going to be a good day.