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Welcome & intro chatter (01:12); 300 Patron Milestone & unlocking weekly Live Streams (05:02); in today’s show (07:21); intro credits (09:29); Attentive Spinners & Word Prompt Episodes for Wool n’ Spinning Radio (11:03); How I Spin: A Sock Study eBook Special Offer (13:34); Newsletter information (19:14); Breed & Colour Studies upcoming vlogs teaser video (linked below) (19:36); Hello Bargello earrings (26:57); Hyssop shawl knit (30:36); working wrapped stitches with interchangeable needle (31:47); SweetGeorgia Yarns Gotland spin (38:44); distaff spinning video and reflections (42:20); gold crepe yarn and Christmas Wreath (47:14); handwoven bath sheets for Norah & my niece (52:34); conclusions (1:01:45).
Giveaway
There’s a Special Offer running on Patreon throughout this month – it is for a free eBook from me to you! It is all the How I Spin: A Sock Study PDFs that I have written over the past couple of years, compiled into one place for you to enjoy. Check out the landing page of Patreon for the tiers in which the Special Offer is listed! For current patrons in the Spinning Circle or higher, please check out this post here.
I will be giving away a softcover copy of the eBook! Please post on the December Episode Thread something that you would like to spend a few months learning – like we did with the sock content. It can be anything from spinning consistently to textured yarns. I value your ideas!
Breed & Colour Studies
In the newsletter this month, I shared the beginnings of my Breed & Colour Study thoughts that will be vlogged about in the How I Spin content beginning January 2020. For the initial thoughts, please have a look here (YouTube).
Spinning Growth
mjm (post no. 148) writes:
I just finished this sweater it is a test knit for Public Works Pullover by Sarah Jordan.
this project is a little different for me because I didn’t spin this yarn, I bid on the hand spun yarn at an estate auction of a woman who was downsizing. she had almost 50 wheels in the auction and several lots of yarn. I bid on this lot of yarn because I wanted some tools that were included in the bin.I ended up with 30 skeins of this grey 2 ply and each skein is over 200 yards(there is also some lace weight in a dark blue and some white that has already been knitted into a sweater for my daughter). I wonder how long it took her to spin all this and if she had a project in mind. I do know that she is a weaver also because there were several looms in the auction.
was this going to be woven into a warm blanket?
why was it abandoned?I don’t think I will ever know but it feels good to use the yarn. I compared this yarn to my own hand spun as I knit. I tend to add too much twist and ply. this is lighter, something that I have been working towards. it is pretty consistent overall but not perfect.
I spun the contrasting color on a wheel I bought at the same auction trying to be looser as I drafted and not ply as tightly and I think it matches pretty well.
I know I have lots to learn about spinning but comparing some one else yarn to my own has helped me see that some of the inconsistencies I worry about aren’t that bad overall and I just need to get over it and use what I make.
I wanted to share this project because it’s such a good reminder! Thanks Mary!
Works in Progress
Hyssop by Leila Raven
- Ripped out a previous knit to re-claim this yarn
- Was torn about which pattern to choose out of Leila’s new book, To The Point: The Knitted Triangle.
- Wanted to knit something that would really showcase the yarn because this is still to this day one of my favourite yarns! Chose the pattern with the wrapped stitches
- Pattern calls for aran weight yarn – substituting sport/light DK and downsizing my needles to 4mm from the called for 5.5mm for a slightly smaller shawl
SweetGeorgia Yarns Gotland
- Spinning with a distaff — managing hands and placement learning curve
- Enjoying fineness of spun yarn — keeping medium twist
Finished Objects
- Didn’t work to wrap yarn around – too many sticks poking out and disrupting look of yarn/wreath
- Decided to try making pom-poms – worked really well!
- Added some clusters of bells and a few pinecones
- made from crepe spun yarn, homemade batt
Weaving
Tea towels & bath sheets for the girls (Norah & my niece) – 2/8 cotton and cottolin
- Will discuss them when I am finished – weaving at 18EPI
- Have not had a chance to really work on them over the past couple of weeks
- See The Wool Stream for more!
Housekeeping
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Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed it. I look forward to seeing some of you next week, Christmas Eve, in our Wool Stream – I hope you are able to join us. Until then, Happy Spinning!
