!! just in from the woolery: !! i recently ordered a high speed adaptor kit from the woolery for my wheel and am anxious to try it out. it consists of a super small circumference whorl and drive band. you use this whorl for making finer yarns. a smaller whorl adds more twist with less [...]
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high speed.
Posted in alaska, kiwi, knitting, spinning, tagged high speed kit, high speed whorl, kiwi, owl vest, pom pom kit, project bags, the woolery on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
i’m not dead yet.
Posted in alaska, felting, fiber, kiwi, knitting, sailing, spinning, winter, yarn, tagged alaska, boat, fiber, french press knits, owls, sailing, spinning, vest, wool, yarn on February 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
i’m not dead yet. though we did get smacked by a truck today (not our fault, or really his)- we got around 4″ of fresh stuff this morning (snow on top of ice – not good for driving) and it’s still blowing around… and i don’t think i will be driving for the rest of [...]
catch up.
Posted in alaska, fiber, hawaii, kiwi, spinning, tagged fiber, handpainted, lapoli, spinning on February 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
i am slowly catching up on posts from our hawaii vacation. i have posts for the 14th, 15th, and 16th. mostly pictures. it’s been hard getting back into the swing of things. i’ve just been really tired lately. it does get lighter earlier and stay light later, so that’s been really nice. the day we [...]
2 more sleeps.
Posted in alaska, fiber, kiwi, spinning, yarn, tagged 2-ply, alpaca, angora, merino on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
’til 3 weeks in hawaii – and gale and margaret and ethan!! ta da!. the 2 ply. i decided to call it Garth, after my friend stephanie (she looked like garth of wayne’s world when she was younger). haha. new fiber. 8 ounces of superwash merino and alpaca (for $10.99 and free shipping!). it’s a [...]
monday funday.
Posted in alaska, fiber, kiwi, spinning, yarn, tagged baby alpaca, handspun, silk, superwash on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
this is how my bombyx silk/baby alpaca turned out: i was able to get 220 yards. it’s really soft and drapes well. the silk gives it a nice shine. yarn i’m spinning for stephanie: the multicolor spool is leftover wool i had from a soap felting project. i’m spinning two sport weight spools (below) and [...]
