Category: sweater
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. There has been much buzz around Casa de la Wool n’ Spinning regarding the end of summer and beginning of school. In the midst of all the discussion, though, there has been making! Oh, has there been making. Pulling stashed singles out, I measured and wove a length of fabric…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we explore the idea of getting settled, clearing out as I unpack & sifting through tools that might not serve me anymore. I have a bit of progress on my Moon Set Tee and started the finishing process of several woven items that I collected during the…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we explore the attributes of projects that call to us. How to discern what projects we think might work wih our wardrobe? Why we might choose a certain pattern over another? How to begin deciding which yarns to work with as we narrow down those projects. As…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we explore what happens to our making when life is pretty full-on. Lot’s happening and not a lot of quiet time! Continuing with my daily practice of spinning on my charkha, which I plan to continue for Spindle Spun Season (starting soon!), I have found that those…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we are discussing those projects that just take a bit of extra time. Whether it’s a fine yarn and, therefore, stitch count, or small weaving sett, these projects take comitting to the distance. First, continuing with my ongoing cotton project and singles spinning, I’ll recap where I’m…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In this episode, we will cover all the sweater finishing I worked on throughout the end of March! I cast on my SweetGeorgia Yarns Combo Spin last week to knit a fun, quick and immensely satisfying vest. I’ve never worn vests before but had bought one back at Christmastime. I…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In this epsiode, we pick up where we left off last week with an homage to all these projects I’ve been working my through! First, I have finished the MellyKnits Advent plying. Second, we will get into the weeds about sweater knitting and handspun yarn substition, a topic we come…
