January 18th, 2010 by sarah
A few months back I picked up a fiber sampler from The Spinning Loft. At the time I had decided that I really needed to expand my fiber addiction from processed fiber to raw wool.
I guess I really didn’t know what I was doing. When I bought the sampler, I bought a flicker too, with the intention of spinning from the lock. The first fiber I washed was some merino. All went well, and other than overspinning the yarn. So it was time to try some more.
I totally felted the corridale while washing it, and decided for Christmas that handcards were in order. I successfully carded and spun the Polworth (my favorite wool so far) and Border Leicester (which would be good for a rug but not for close to skin stuff). I am in the process of spinning up some Finn. It is great practice on the backward long draw, and really, it has been a lot of fun.
My only frustration was with the Blue Faced Leicester wool I received. There was so much VM in the fiber that I ended up just throwing it away. I was disappointed, since I absolutely love BFL. I guess it a good thing that I have 6 oz of handdyed BFL that are wanting to be made into socks
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January 14th, 2010 by sarah
Well, needless to say, last year was a little hectic. It seams that everything that went wrong did for us as a family. On the crafting side though, I have finally gotten more confident in both my knitting and spinning.
The interesting thing for me this Christmas was that all of my kids requested handknit socks. I was able to complete them all, although I am still working on Rons Christmas socks. Oh well. I also finished a hat and mittens for Rachel. Here is a pic:

Well, one of my new year resolutions will be to post more often. I have to thank the ladies at knitting night for asking about my website. Hopefully, I will be posting so patterns here in the future, and maybe some tips on spinning and what not. Too much to do, so little time.
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October 28th, 2008 by sarah
It is already the middle of October. Halloween is coming up, and Ron and I are going to a Halloween Party! Sounds like fun
Well, I finished the Secret of the Stole III. I have decided that I like it now that it is finished. I really did not like it until it was blocked. Just goes to show how different things can look after blocking. So here is a picture of it.
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I also finished a vest for myself. The pattern is Talia and I think it really worked with my handspun. That and it was a fast knit that had enough interesting pattern detail for me not to get bored with. Unfortunately, I do not have the best picture of it, but here is what I have:
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I made a lot of adjustments to the pattern to work with the yarn (I was unable to knit to guage) and I can’t wait till we have the money for the buttons (they are going to be celtic knots). But I am happy with the result. I will post a picture of me wearing it someday.
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