Wool n' Spinning

a shared passion for handspun yarn

Tag: toque

  • [handspun] Hallowe’en toque

    I haven’t shared a finished objects post in a long time because most of the knitting I’ve been doing recently has been for the show. This project started last year while I was on a retreat weekend with some really good friends. I had made the batt before leaving for Hallowe’en and thought as I…

  • One happy toddler …

    It’s been a while since I posted about a finished object and this one is just too cute not to post about! I made it in about 2 hours from start to finish, enjoyed every minute and just can’t stop looking at it. I think there’s something really fulfilling sometimes about these quick n’ dirty…

  • Mountain Meadow Wool 100% Targhee // Giveaway

    This yarn review was provided to my by the awesome folks over at Mountain Meadow Wool and Stitch Craft Marketing. A giveaway announcement is provided at the end of this post so please read on! I received this yarn while incredibly sick with that recent head and chest cold I had, which gave me ample…

  • pom-pom magic.

    Over the past year or so, I’ve been steadily trying to work down my yarn stash. In some ways, it is not going well. I have accumulated yarn at every fibre event through out the past year and a half. But in other ways, it is going well because I keep banging out small projects…

  • About a year ago, when Norah was really wee, I was driving through a southern Vancouver neighbourhood called The River District and found myself dreaming about baby toques. Problem was, once I started dreaming about it, I couldn’t get it out of my head! I wiped up a couple and thought I was finished with…

  • This skein of yarn has been sitting in my stash for about a year. I loved it when I finished it but I’ve been torn about what to knit with it ever since. I finally decided to cast on for a toque based on the wraps per inch (WPI) of my yarn. Is anyone interested…

  • molly v4.0

    It’s a bird … It’s a plane … It’s a finished knitting project! Wow – it’s been a while since I’ve had a finished knitting project to show you. There hasn’t been a ton of knitting here at Casa de Welford because I am still nursing my ‘mommy thumb’ injury. After a certain amount of…