Recent Posts Tagged With 'spinning'

• bad bad blogger!

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 09:43 in Everyday Life, knitting, spinning, Projects

  I have had quite a chaotic few weeks. I have made the decision to re-organise my life and to be honest with you, I think everything is finally falling into place. I have decided to take the plunge and start up my own fibre-based business and ...

• lucky one - my mavericks week

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 in Everyday Life, spinning, bookbinding, playing with fibres

  I've been listening to The Mavericks all week; laid back and friggin' awesome, just like my mood lately! The past few days have been quite busy, I have been making some journals to restock the shop, hence the slightly cluttered workspace. I...

• i'm in the mood... for an update

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 08:18 in knitting, etsy, spinning, bookbinding

  I'm in a blasé mood today; my foot still hurts and I'm waiting for some inspiration to finish off some patterns I've been working on. I have, however, managed to finally take photographs of 2 shawls that I was working on, finished spinning up a han...

• popping in for a quick one...

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 11:45 in Everyday Life, spinning, bookbinding, playing with fibres

  The past few weeks have been a bit mad on both the life and 'craft' ends, and with all the craziness I haven't had the inspiration to blog about anything. I was happy to see that my handbound journals have made a good impression on the people at The...

• summer spinning experiments

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 16:01 in spinning, playing with fibres

  I spent the last few weeks of the summer experimenting with different fibre prep and spinning techniques, so I'm presenting my findings today... I have a few fawn alpaca fleeces, and I dyed some a dusky blue and lilac.  Some parts were lef...

• alpaca 'something' from scratch : part two

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 11:23 in knitting, spinning, Projects, playing with fibres

  Following on from part one... I really dislike spinning pure white fibre; I find it boring and neverending. So after having spent DAYS picking through my washed white alpaca, I had to make a decision: To Dye or Not to Dye. To be honest, on my la...

• spinning a day in the country

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 07:13 in spinning, playing with fibres

  I spent the day with two very talented spinners last week, we had a little Fibre Friday get-together in the Welsh countryside and I had a GREAT time! Anne (Ravelry link) from anneholv and Alison (Ravelry link) from Karmic Delights were so kin...

• super smooshy saturday!

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 06:28 in Everyday Life, spinning, playing with fibres

  I spent an amazing day at Fibrefest down in Devon yesterday. I had my heart set on going for the past few weeks and managed to convince my friend Ellie, to drive to Coldharbour Mill at the last minute! The photo above shows a couple playing some mus...

• on the bobbins this august

  Posted on Saturday August 15th, 2009 at 07:41 in spinning, playing with fibres

  I'm still well into the spinning bug, and for the first time in years, I only knitted twice this week! Once on the Tuesday Yarn and Yarn meeting, and the other at the Cardiff Knitters knitmeet. I thought I would show you what I've been up to. Two ...

• alpaca 'something' from scratch : part one

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 09:09 in knitting, spinning, Projects, playing with fibres

  Ever since I prepped the fleece I recieved from Faith less than a month ago, I have embarked on an unexpected fleece-collecting mission. I now have a total of 5 fleeces; 3 wool, and 2 alpaca. I never realised how fun spinning was! My studio space is...

• a box of batts

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 11:23 in community, spinning, playing with fibres

  I have spent the past week working with the mystery fleece; I'm happy to say that I managed to dye and hand card these fluffy masses for Jaxom.. I blended the mystery fibre with merino, and some with silk.. I tested each blend on my spindle (I ...