Tuesday, September 29, 2009

More Wool!

I have more roving in the house to dye for my Etsy shop! I'm very excited about it. Superwash wool, Merino-Tencel, Wool. MCN (Merino Cashmere Nylon), and Merino-Seacell is on the way. Some of it may be in pieces, and if it is, I'll need to decide whether to dye and sell as is or dye, spin, then sell.

Here is a picture of some Superwash wool I have ready for sale soon. I just need to dye up few more things to go with it!

Swap Time

And they are starting to come in!

I LOVE the big swaps :)You never know what will be in the box/bag. It's like Christmas. And the Secret Swaps are super fun because you don't even know WHO is sending the the stuff to you! Last night I received my Fiber box from Kelly in the SSS group on Ravelry. It was great. Fingerless gloves from yarn she spun! Of course Phillip claimed the quick. He thought I made them for him. I have some similar wool that I have been spinning MUCH thicker.... and he does love the browns and green :)

There were also some more of the wool like the gloves were made from, a white/brown mix, and some pretty red batts. I've never spun from batts before. Lots of tea, cookie mix, a sheep soap (really cute!), stitch markers, sparklie thread, bath bombs, lotion, and some flower seeds for the Spring. All in all a really nice package.

Now I must wait for a yarny one in October from my "Secret Stalker" haha

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Is it right yet?

Its funny how things look perfect when they are wet. But when they dry out you just aren't quite sure. It's like that with my consignment. Really dark purple that its almost black. What I have is beautiful. When it was wet it was exact. It is not now that it's dry :( So I must figure it out. Where did I go wrong.....


Thursday, September 10, 2009

What I've Done This Week

I grabbed this at HEB thinking "Ooh! Fluffy nutter only with nutella!" I haven't opened it yet to find out because my my nutella jar isn't empty yet. But now that I look closer it may be a vanilla/chocolate thing. Either way it looks YUMMY!


Here is the little chick we have. It's really growing! Hardly any fluff left at all...


This is a Wisp. It is a shawl pattern using the fisherman lace pattern. I used Jojoland Harmony yarn on it, which is cobweb lace. It was SO thin! I did not do it this week. I finished it and mailed it off to my swap partner. She recieved and LOVES it. Whew! Her favorite color. Because of the size of yarn it's a scarf size instead of a shawl :) It's really soft and warm she says.


Here are some rovings I did. 100% Superwash wool. The 2nd batch feels VERY Autumny to me.