Remember this yarn?
I spun it from this beautiful combed top, dyed from by the talented Margot of Forest Fiber Works.
photo courtesy of Forest Fiber Works
Then the fabulous Katie of Two Hills Designs took the yarn and created this.
photo coutersy of Two Hills Designs
So there you have it. A collaboration of three fiber artists who were pretty much strangers! What a wonderful way to come together.
The cats were so impressed they disappeared on me. o.O
Happy Wednesday folks. :)
I made a deal with Cookie because she’s such a good friend. She sends me beads and I make her jewelry. In return, I get paid in beads. Cookie likes the simple stuff, so this works even more to my advantage.
As I was making her jewelry, I was inspired to keep on going with the simple.
Sterling Silver Crimson Red Glass Earrings
Sterling Silver Carved Cherry Red Glass Earrings
Black and Silver Lampworked Glass Earrings
Thank you, Cookie for the inspiration!
Sometimes less is really more. Not to mention there’s a certain restfulness in such simplicity. :)
Speaking of rest.
Since I once again woke up at 6:30am, which is waaaay too early for me considering how late I go to bed, I do believe Quincy has the right idea.
Happy Tuesday, folks!
So just for kicks, I thought I’d bombard you with more handspun.
Pa-pow!
The details:
100% Targhee
420 yards
18 WPI
4.1 oz
Fiber Credit – Hungry For Handspun
I got this fiber for my birthday a year or two ago. (Thanks, Jen!) I adore Targhee. Adore it! I tried to spin it spider web thin, but somehow that didn’t happen. Still, I got some pretty good yardage on it. Enough so that a person could make a nice shawlette with it.
Pa-pow!
The details:
100% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester
185 yards
12 WPI
4.5 oz
Fiber credit – Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club
I loved loved loved spinning this up even though the colors really weren’t up my alley. I also don’t like to spin regular BFL. But the superwash? I dig the superwash. It has a nice sheen to it and a softness the untreated BFL doesn’t seem to have.
Or maybe I’ve just been spinning the wrong BFL?
Pa-pow!
The details:
100% South African Fine
185 yards
12 WPI
4.5 oz
Fiber credit: Hungry For Handspun
I worked really hard to keep this a low twist single. I minded my treadling and I cranked up the tension. For the most part I think I did okay. Plus, South African Fine is another favorite of mine. It’s so soft! I also have crazy love for the colors. So soothing!
Another thing I have to bore you with is the same necklace I’ve shown you before. Only I tried to jazz it up a bit by adding pearls. I didn’t add a crap load of pearls, just a touch here and there.
I tried to get a shot of the necklace on my velveteen display stand, but my camera totally freaked out on me. I don’t know what happened, but it was not pretty. I’ll just save you the eyesore and skip those photos.
Sadly, I have no pretty scenic or feline shots for you. What I do have is a shot of me and my friends enjoying lunch at the Waioli Tea House this past Saturday.
Can you guess which of those lovely ladies is my mother?
Happy Thursday, everyone!Thanks for putting up with me and my zany ways!
I can’t remember the last time I posted any handspun. These two skeins have been languishing for months. I just hate counting yardage. I probably could get a fancy gadget to count the yards for me, but they’re spendy and I’m just too cheap.
Without further ado.
Fiber Stats:
100% South African Fine
145 yds 14 WPI
3.85 oz 109.15g
fiber credit: “Hungry For Handspun”
colorway: “Cow Cat”
I really love South African Fine. The stuff almost spins itself and it’s so soft. I also love pink and brown together. I just do.
Fiber stats:
100% Targhee
195 yds 14 WPI
4.5 oz 127.57oz
fiber credit: “Hungry For Handspun”
colorway: “Purple Fog”
I love love love this colorway. The purple is electrifying. The Targhee is so soft and so easy to spin. Love I tell you. Love.
Both of these skeins are up for sale over at The Opalescence. As are the umpteen billion stitch markers I made this week. Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. It just feels like I made umpteen billion. :P
I’m having a promotion right now. If you buy a skein of yarn, you get a free set of Teeny Markers of my choice. If you buy two sets of regular stitch markers, you get a free set of Teeny Markers.
So now’s the time to shop for last minute gifties for those knitters in your life and to treat yourself. Mmmkay?
On the home front, I tried to get a good photo of the Scheyer. He’d have none of it.
Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks for stickin’ around.
There’s been some spinning.
I still have to wash and thwack it. More on this once it’s done.
There’s also been some plying.
It took me days to ply this. In the end, I was too fed up to wind it off. So you get a photo of it on the bobbin. More details to come.
I have other things cooking around here. Figuratively speaking. One of which is a sale over at my Artfire shop. Everything there is 15% off until the new year. It’s a good time to grab some gifties or to treat yourself to something nice. :)
I’m also trying to figure out a sale for my Etsy shop Opalescent Jewels. Details to come forthwith.
Sammy is contemplating life, the universe, and everything.
Happy Friday everyone! Hopefully I’ll return with a more coherent post tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’m off to the dentist.
Eeps.
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02 24th, 2010| 
