Friday, 2 January 2009Handspun goodness |
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How have I spent my Christmas break? Why constructively, of course!
The bluey-purple is 70% merino, 30% silk. It is a 3-ply which makes a Double Knit weight yarn.
The green (”Rice Paddy Green”) is 100% merino. It is a heavier-weight 2-ply which also makes a DK. This is earmarked for some mittens for my poorly cold hands. I have about 100g, but have enough wool to spin another 200g.
Catherine at 5:04 pm
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Monday, 29 December 2008Merry Maow-mas! |
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Now that Christmas is official over (phew!) I can show you what I made my brother and his wife for their gift - handpainted fridge magnets featuring their cats:
Catherine at 3:52 pm
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008Clean Slate |
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I did take photos of that yarn I was spinning, but like the Big Fat Meanie that I am, I’m not going to post them. Why not? Because they were dire (the photos, not the yarn…)

I have decided that I really must make more of an effort to take nice photos, rather than the dingy on-the-fly vaguely-reflective ones I’ve been taking lately. So here’s to a clean photographic slate, and to kick things off, here’s a photo of my most recent and much-anticipate wool order, all nicely presented and well-lit (which is a challenge in mid-winter England, I can tell you).
I cannot tell you how delicious this wool is: 300g of plue and purple blended roving, blended with 30% white silk. Lovely. I raced home after work and tore open the package, and spun up a little sample out of pure impatience, and used it as an opportunity to improve my Navajo Ply.
Catherine at 1:27 pm
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Friday, 19 December 2008On the bobbin(s)… |
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Now that the singles are spun up (well, almost) I’m just not sure about the colour-combo!
But I shall ply them and see; I am not very good at visualising how these things will turn out…
Catherine at 1:38 pm
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Monday, 15 December 2008Quality Control |
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Quality Control: Lego gives the grey yarn the all-important chew-test. It passes, I’m glad to say. (Just.)
Catherine at 2:15 pm
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Monday, 15 December 2008On the bobbin… |
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Currently on the bobbin is some hand-dyed (not by me) roving.
I got it from Crazy Cat Fibres on etsy, and it’s earmarked for a mitten-scarf set.
It was sold, rather unusually, as 2×100g plaits in slightly different colourways, designed to be plied together. Very cool.
Catherine at 2:14 pm










