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

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.

Transformation

by | Mar 5, 2011 | Spinning, Yarn a Day

I have been in the studio now for more days in a row than I can count.  The revised space with it’s lack of clutter and walls of fibre is pulling me in.  That’s not a bad thing.   I just find it surprising that the space can keep reinventing itself.  It’s an organic continuous transformation.

Here’s another transformation for you.

This batt is BFL, perindale tussah silk angelina and dyed mohair locks.  I was looking for glaciers ad thinking north of Jasper from the Columbia Icefields.  I feel like I captured it in the finished yarn.

I knew when I was working on this 3 ply that it would be a bit more textural than a regtular 3 ply as I did not soin all of the curl out of the moahir locks and I didn’t try to smooth out all of the tussah and let some larger chunks fall in.

The resulting yarn is round with bits of glimmer, a lovely depth and slippery to coarse texture in places that makes it enchanting.  I took it home from the studio last night and keep opening up the skein to enjoy all the variations.

I spun a sweet single last night as well.  How many 3 plys can you fit into one day?

Can’t Help Myself…

by | Jan 10, 2011 | Knitting & Crochet, Spinning, Yarn a Day

MelonHead unwritten law…
You must knit your first hand spun of the year.

Next rule.  Immediately spin more.  I have decided to spin one yarn a day for the rest of the year  Who wouldn’t want their stash enhanced by 355 skeins of yarn.  Yarns will be posted in the new Project 355 tab.