Category: shawl
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You know those projects? Yeah, you know the ones. This was one of those projects. The steam and gusto I started with fizzled out as I spent more time on it. The rows become more and more of a slog. There was a couple of reasons for this happening on this project: 1. I’m a…
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Part of a project, for me, is the fibre prep and yarn spinning but the other half is the almost, if not more, important, which includes finishing the yarn and knitting something for use. This yarn started as an adventure in making ‘mini’ batts off my drum carder when it was new. I loved the…
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I seem to be on a proverbial roll over here with singles yarn. I spun a third skein of singles after receiving an extra slow whorl for my Jumbo flyer, which I had ordered a few weeks ago. I am still missing the slow whorl but hope to add that next month. It will complete…
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The Wool n’ Spinning Podcast Episode 18 :: Shawls & Fibre Prep Tools March 2016 Thank you for watching! This week’s show features finished handspun knitting and a lot of talk about fibre prep tools that I currently use/own. I am a Craftsy affiliate. This means that when you click on the Craftsy ad within…
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After I received a new yarn called Reinvent in the mail from the lovely folks at Ancient Arts Yarns and Stitch Craft Marketing, I literally stood paralysed. Due to the blend of this new yarn, socks were calling out to me. I could hear, Knit socks with me … socks … over and over. While…
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It has been a while since I have had a chance to write a finished objects (FO) post and I am not sure that I have ever written a FO post about crochet. If I have ever written a crochet post, it was about this scarf (which is pretty super stinking cool). I am definitely…
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There is something very profound and rewarding about designing, spinning and knitting a yarn. I have talked ad nauseam about the process to create this particular yarn, as well as shared immensely about the spinning and knitting process {and here}. It was quite the project for me to tackle at the end of the year…
