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Woven intricacies unwound from the tangle that hath held it by demand, unhampered by reality to come and besieged, wistfully, in a quaint interlude. Blog of Mixed Media, Collage, Altered Arts Artist - Julie O'Neil, tisjewel.
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TdF Finale a day late
Ok, so I'm a day late in posting this, but this is my Finale Skein (skein #7) "Hideaway":I'm not doing a mosaic for this one as I didn't take a pic of the other roving I used which was a multi-hued finn wool in green/brown/dk brown colorway - 1 ply,...
Slowly, but surely
wins the race, right? tee hee.So here's skein 5 for TdF -"Anomalies""Ride" Dates: 07/22-07/25 Lots of juicy super beehive/coils! 3 skeins total (2 large and one mini), I forgot to take the yardage as I was winding it, so I'll do that late...
Where'd she go? :op
I'm still here! Been busy! So mostly photos for this post :)Tour de Fleece progress photos (you can see larger individual pics on my flickr):-----Felted Fiber Arts Doll (for Lisa at AAO):"Amarantha"-----I also got a Louet wholesale account :), wait...
lalalala... (for lack of a better title :op )
Can you believe they still haven't bothered to respond back yet? I guess they can afford to lose a customer, eh? Sheesh. I've been shopping around, so if I don't hear back, hopefully I hear back from this other place.Have you heard of Ravelry? I'm...
Sluggish
Feeling sluggish right about now! Yesterday I managed to do a little spinning, but still haven't finished the black mohair yet - taking a while, lol, I'm trying to spin enough to ply with the other (which was 7+ oz), so will have to overstuff this b...
Hump day
I spun all 7+ oz of those batts and managed to squeeze it all onto ONE regular bobbin :D and started working on spinning up that black mohair. I think today I might not spin as much as I need to do some prep work for tomorrow's dye day. I met my Td...
Spin time!
The finished batts for skein 2 prep (2.2), I decided I'm going to leave off the novelty fibers & ribbons, vintage lace doilies, serated pearls, hand-dyed mohair locks (theflyingewe), and use them for another handspun in similar colors later, since I...
Just thought of something my DH said while I was d...
Just thought of something my DH said while I was dyeing up fibers the other night "Don't you ever dye solid colors", hehe... my answer "no". :opWhy am I wearing jeans??? It's so darn hot! I'd change into shorts, but DH has already gone to bed, so I'...
Catching up!
Yay, ok, I finally caught up. I spun a single yesterday, finished plying and skeining it today, and put together the goods for the 2nd skein."Ride" Dates: 07/07-07/09Materials: "Desire" merino/silk roving by Carrie - funky caro...
