Hello Fiber Arts Friday and Crafty Friday Folks!
I present to you the headless hand carder! Seriously I do have a head a swear but I couldn’t back the camera up any more so I fit in as well as being able to see the carders.
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Good day Fiber Arts Friday and Crafty Friday followers.
Now that I have a spinning wheel I just can’t keep my hands off of it. I spin almost every night after work, my way of winding down for the night.
I’ve been experimenting with the wheel and the different speeds. I tried my first single which for a newbie turns out to be pretty hard since I always seem to over twist. But I think the single came out well. I also tried one with a really aggressive twist and 2 plied it. I kind of like it, it feels nifty in my hands.
My latest spinning has a purpose. I’m all sold out of my alpaca rope reins and I need to spin up strands and get ready to make some more. I have a hunting/fishing show coming up and was thinking of making some dog leashes for the hunting dogs. We’ll see if they do well.
Oh, one of the photos is of my $4 lazy kate! Yup, I found a shadowbox on sale for $3 add another $1 for a dowel, drill some holes and poof! $4 lazy kate.
This is going to be a great month for Fiber Arts Fans! I’m participating with the Team of Wonder for the Tour de Fleece which is a big change up for me. Usually I like to do something a little different each week but now I’m concentrating on spinning for the full Tour de France. Currently it’s just me and my trusty drop spindles but I’m enjoying every bit of it so far!
I purchased a Spinolution’s Echo Wheel from Tomorrow Farm and am patiently waiting for it to be hand built and shipped to moi! Speaking of Tomorrow Farm I just got a lovely package from them last night! A bar of great smelling handmade soap and a colorful hand painted 100% alpaca roving to use on my new wheel when it arrives! Thank You!
Ok on to photos of this week’s worth of spinning.
Welcome back Fiber Arts Friday followers!
This week was crochet cotton week. I picked some up on sale and decided to play around with it and here are the 2 projects I’ve been playing with.
In the past I’ve told you about the crochet horse fly bonnets my mother-in-law makes and again I tried my hand at making my own. I still don’t quite have it right so there’ll be a few more failed attempts to show you along the way I’m sure. I don’t think my model horse Fay liked the crochet ears much either. Just look at that face.
My next project was my very first dish cloth. Yes surpisingly I have never made one. I think normally most people start learning to crochet by making one but not me. My first crochet project ever was a huge afghan. Darn thing took me 7 months to finish. Ok I’m off track again. Tada! I present you lemon and lime dish cloth. My hubby hates it, says it’s too 70’s looking so it’ll probably go to someone who will appreciate it more.
The pattern I used can be found HERE.
Lastly tomorrow starts Tour de Fleece! I just got my roving from Wonder Why Gal’s shop and can’t wait to spin every day for almost a month!
Welcome Fiber Arts Friday visitors.
So my project this week was learning to use a knitting board or a knitting loom. It turns out I really hate this thing. Everything I’ve read and watched showed this to be a simple tool for people who can’t knit. (Even kids can use it they boast) Yeah well I must be a slow learner when it comes to simple tools.
The concept was simple. Wrap the loom and hook over the thread, wrap again and hook. Easy as pie. Heck no. I started my scarf 8 times before I was mildly happy with the cast on and first few rows. For the life of me I cannot get the first few rows to hold tension and the stitches are so loose. About 5-6 rows in the stitches look much better and are more consistent.
Thankfully with creative photography my work looks brilliant! I’m going to give this trinket a few more tries before I decide to totally trash it.
