On with the exciting news

October 20, 2009 at 7:36 pm | Posted in Knitting, Spinning | 1 Comment
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First bit of exciting news is i finished my mittens for the exchange and shall be posting them in a few days hopefully. I was doing the End paper Mitts which are fingerless but i had the patience to sit back and draw out a chart for a full mitten and they look great on  I’m really pleased with the result.

Second bit of news is I’ve spun some more fiber for my hand spun sock which mean i can carry on knitting them whoop!!

And the third but best news  is I’m Starting My own book with my own patterns for you all to enjoy. I’m hoping to give myself the year to design and create the patterns and then self publish it. I’m giving myself a good target of next December. And I’ve already planned my time for each pattern and making the book. I’ve already starting some beautiful socks using the laughing yaffle sock yarn i showed you in my last post.

It’s all down to the people i love spurring me on. I just think I’m ready and have enough knowledge to start something great with what i love to do. When i got depression a few years back i thought my creative career was suddenly over but it’s not it’s just the beginning i needed.

I just hope My fans will get bigger and My patterns can go on.

Anyways i better get back to work peeps no time to be wasted

xxx

I’ve got that mitten feeling!

October 7, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Posted in General ( day to day stuff), Knitting | Leave a comment
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Not am i only knitting mittens for my exchange pal but I’ve recently downloaded a pattern for myself called the Swedish fish mitten by Spillyjane on Ravelry. It’s so cute and i’ve been looking at it for a long time now and treated myself too it. I haven’t started knitting it just yet as i have a few things on the go, which i need to finish first but the yarn is already purchased and ready to go for when i do.

In the post yesterday i finally go my new skein of sock yarn from laughingyaffle.com, the colour way is Ruby Riot  which is a selection of reds and purples it beautiful and also smell really nice like flower fragrance soap or something just as nice.

I picked up my spindle again yesterday and today to carry on spinning the rest of my hand spun sock yarn, i figured that i really wanna finished my socks since it’s nearly winter and the yarn is so warm on my little toes lol!!

My Colinette point five scarf as turned out nice

And i knitted up some of my hand spun chunky yarns to see what they look like for when i make them for a project And i had some more of my moomin tattoo colour the photo’s really blurry though but i’ll show it anyways

Knit Night

September 4, 2009 at 9:53 pm | Posted in Knitting, Spinning | Leave a comment
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So i Went to Headingley in Leeds to the Baa Ram Ewes store for the thursday knit night and to purchase some more yarn, yes thats right some more, it was a great night and packed to the nines with people. I managed to purchase some Colinette Point 5 yarn i bought 2 skeins and i’ve already knit it up into a scarf. Also i bought some twilleys freedom spirit 100% wool which i have no idea what to do with know i have it lol!!

I also came across i book i have been wanting for a while called ‘Intertwined’ it’s a hardback book about the art of handspun yarn, modern patterns and creative spinning which i very much like. It makes my creatives juices flow.  You may have seen the lexi boeger website.

Terrible as it may seem i am still hand winding my silk into a ball. I think a ball winder needs to be added to my Christmas  list this year.

handspun and hand dyed

August 25, 2009 at 2:03 am | Posted in Spinning | Leave a comment
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My First skeins of  handspun, also hand dyed by me!!! I was playing with my spindle and wanted to practice spinning and dying my yarns and these skeins are the result there chunky yarns but gorgeus. All i need to do know is to make some more and i’ll be a woolly wizard lol!! i think i may try out the pink and green again. And kool aid dyes rock for animal fibres. The fibre was corrindale which i bought from handspinner.

She gives a great service with great prices, i very much like buying from this site. x

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