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| Some fiber from the art batt |
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| The single I spun. |
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| The Yarn plied with silver thread. |
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| The finished art yarn. |
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| A close up of the art yarn I spun. |
April 27, 2011
What's on My Wheel Wednesday: Art Yarn!
I spun up a beautiful art batt from Neauveau Fiber Arts. The batt is called Tinkerbell and it had lots of sparkle and some wool curls. I spun it thick and thin, kind of however it wanted to be spun. Then plied it with silver sparkly thread. This was my first real art yarn I've spun and I think it turned out very pretty. It is a bit over spun and I am hoping it will balance when I set the yarn. What do you think of it? Have you spun some art yarn? I would love to see it.
April 26, 2011
Treasury Tuesday: A Royal Wedding
This treasury is inspired by the upcoming royal wedding. Are you going to watch Prince William marry Kate?
 Classic V-Neck Dress- d... $179.00 |  Ranunculus Flower Feath... $59.00 |  Kate loves Willy - Roya... $10.00 |
 Custom Wedding ring set... $50.00 |  Stars in Your Eyes feat... $163.00 |  Handmade Weddings Pearl... $40.00 |
 Vintage Correlle Gold B... $16.00 |  Vintage Laces Wedding D... $8.00 |  Round Silver Locket - S... $84.50 |
 Peacock Feathers Embroi... $79.50 |  1963 London Times Vinta... $15.00 |  Union Jack Cufflinks $50.00 |
 Royal Blue Peacock Feat... $125.00 |  ROYAL 1890 - Antique Sp... $42.99 |  Royal Wedding celebrati... $5.00 |
April 22, 2011
April Phat Fiber Box for Friday Fiber
I am glad it is Friday because on Fridays I would like to talk about some fun fiber. This Friday I am going to share the package of fiber samples I got in the mail this week. Yep that is right you guessed it I snagged an April Phat Fiber Box. The fluff box of course. The theme is butterflies and flutterbys and it got me wanting spring to come even sooner. I think my favorite is the ladybug beaded spinning FUNkit by Fun House Fibers it is a super cute bat in red and black, the packing was really creative too. I can't wait to spin it.
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| The box filled with fun fluff! |
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| Stitch markers and coupon codes. |
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| Closer view of the fluff. |
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| The FunKit from Fun House Fibers (photo credit). |
April 20, 2011
What's on My Wheel Wednesday
I would like to introduce What's on My Wheel Wednesday. This is where I will be sharing with you what I am currently spinning. If I don't have anything on my wheel I will share what I am knitting or what is going on in my studio (or living room, ha ha). I hope you enjoy as always and would love for you to share with me what you have on your wheel or project you are working on.
I currently have a single spun. I spun this on Saturday at my fiber guild meeting. It's merino wool in the Bountiful colorway I bought from Greenwood Fiberworks. I am planning on plying it. I was thinking maybe a 2-ply marl yarn like I have been doing or maybe try my hand at Navajo plying. What do you think?
I currently have a single spun. I spun this on Saturday at my fiber guild meeting. It's merino wool in the Bountiful colorway I bought from Greenwood Fiberworks. I am planning on plying it. I was thinking maybe a 2-ply marl yarn like I have been doing or maybe try my hand at Navajo plying. What do you think?
April 19, 2011
Treasury Tuesday: Yum Chocolate
I am back on track and this treasury is actually on Tuesday. Woot woot! I must have been hungry too, this one is all about chocolate. Yum! I hope you enjoy.
 Chocolate Drizzle (4 oz... $6.50 |  Chocolate Raspberry Tru... $26.00 |  Delicate Temptress Burl... $39.80 |
 You Choose Five Caramel... $37.00 |  Freeform crochet lariat... $37.00 |  Chocolate Cupcake with ... $6.00 |
 Dark Belgian Chocolate ... $9.00 |  Chocolate Mocha Cupcake... $15.00 |  Blended Fiber Batt for ... $17.00 |
 Chocolate and Friendshi... $35.00 |  Organic Catnip Banana C... $9.00 |  Teal..Mint..White..Brow... $15.00 |
 Decadent Chocolate Lusc... $3.50 |  Chocolate Raspberry Tir... $6.00 |  Copper Chocolate and Or... $14.00 |
April 17, 2011
My Sheep Fleece
I bought a Corriedale Fleece on Wednesday from Whitefishbay Farm in Door County Wisconsin and on Friday my wonderful husband went to pick it up. The fleece is from a sheep name Vespa and there is six pounds of fluff. I was so excited to do something with it I watched a video on how to wash a fleece in your kitchen sink and decided to give it a try. I ended up washing it twice with Dawn dish soap and I did a hot rinse twice. Finally, I laid it on a screen outside to dry. There is still a bit of lanolin on it but it didn't get felted so, I think I did pretty darn good. Now I just have to wait for a nice sunny day to wash the rest outside.
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| My bag of fleece. |
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| It is beautiful! |
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| Washing a little bit of the wool in my kitchen sink. |
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| Letting the freshly washed wool dry. |
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| Unwashed wool on the left and just washed wool on the right. |
April 14, 2011
Treasury Tuesday (on Thursday): Earthy
Earth day is coming up. It's on April 22nd! I just wanted to give you a little inspiration. I hope you enjoy.
 love the earth $40.00 |  Earthtones and Yellow O... $24.00 |  Mustard Fields - Land... $30.00 |
 Festive Flowers Garland... $32.00 |  HUGE 18 X 24 Surreal mu... $100.00 |  ORGANIC Hemp and Silk t... $9.00 |
 Rose Gold Pearl Ring $1500.00 |  Decorative Faux Bird Ne... $8.00 |  Ashland Bay Expanded BR... $7.95 |
 Gardener's Scrub Go... $6.75 |  PEACE ON EARTH HOUSES H... $36.00 |  a touch of life bracele... $19.00 |
 set of 8 PINE wooden bu... $8.20 |  Wayfinder - An 8x10 Met... $22.00 |  Bohemian - Ocean Jaspe... $7.00 |
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