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Friday, 2 January 2009

Handspun 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 2008

Merry 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 2008

Clean 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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