Stitch Markers!

I finally got around to making myself some decent stitch markers. After dealing with pipe-cleaner or scrap yarn ones for over 2 years, it was time to dig out the wire and beads and take 20 mins to twist some up!Here’s what I did:They fit up to a size US11 needle. I have some ridiculous [...]

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Navajo Plying!

As you can tell, I’ve been doing a lot of spinning lately I spun up that wonderful angora-merino-silk blend bats I got from sheep and wool, but I wish I’d gotten a different color than the blue. It’s a lovely blue, but I really don’t LIKE blue much. Orginally I was going to [...]

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BrownHeather yarn

More spinning!This time I experimented with plying DMC craft thread with a thick and thin spun cardinal wool in chocolate, reds and blues. I had some difficulty with the wool, which was strange since the red-multi spun up so nicely. This one wouldn’t draft evenly, so I had many times when I had to re-attach [...]

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New Fish!

My fishtank finally cycled so I was able to buy more goldfish! yay!I bought two Lionheads (the round ones with no dorsal fin, my favorite), One calico Ryukin, and one little baby calico fantail who I couldn’t resist. Here they are!That’s Hermes the big red one in the back left, Hilo in the middle, and [...]

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Even More New Yarn!

More Handspinning! I can’t stop! I’ve been spinning 2-3 oz per night (guess). This first is some camel (tan) plied with brown..I think it was merino. I should have steamed it instead of wet-setting it though, it fluffed up a lot.
This next one was cardinal wool in a red-multi I got in a mix bag [...]

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Tree Flower

There’s this big, tall, tree by my apartment that has the craziest flowers! I’ve never seen a tree with flowers like this before, or at least, not outside the tropics! Spring here is gorgeous I have thoroughly enjoyed it.I took some pictures

I will have pictures of new yarn soon as well!

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I made REAL YARN!!!

WHEeeee!! My first real yarn! I spun it and plied it all by myself on my drop spindle! The wool I got from Annie May’s Spin and Wool ebay store. The orange was wool carded with raw silk slubs, which you can’t really see in the photo, but it made a speckled yarn. plied [...]

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MD Sheep and Wool Festival!

The MD Sheep and Wool Festival is just a few miles down the road from my house, so of course I got the boyfriend to drive me out! He was SO surprised at what a big deal it is! I knew if I went with my knitting friends instead of him I’d spend my whole [...]

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