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Tour de Fleece 2011 – Days 12-14

Kate — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:37:48 +0000

I’m so happy with the yarn that came from these three days! This is one ounce of fiber that became 234 yards of laceweight singles yarn on the drop spindle. It was starting to get really difficult at the end, and an ounce was about all I was going to get wound on… I wonder if that will improve with time as well.

I just love the way the colors look:

The fiber is more of my beloved Dicentra Designs. I never thought the drop spindle would captivate me; it just never clicked before. But now that I’m getting the hang of it, I love it. I thought I might go back to the wheel after I finished this yarn, but no, I pulled out the spindle again on day 15! Production is way down, though… this takes me forever.

Tour de Fleece 2011 – Days 9-11

Kate — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:22:44 +0000

Days 9 and 10 are from the drop spindle; on day 11 I finished up some yarn that was on the wheel.

Tour de Fleece 2011 – Days 5-8

Kate — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:45:37 +0000

Well, I had the best of intentions to spin every day of the tour, but it just didn’t happen on Friday. I was getting ready to vend at the “Crazy Daze” event in downtown Albany on Saturday. (Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the sun and the bargains!)

Anyway, here is my progress from days 5, 6, and 8:

I’m particularly happy with day 8… I spent the day practicing with the spindle, and by the end I had a little under 100 yards of lace weight singles yarn. I am starting to get it, whoo hoo!

Tour de Fleece 2011 – Days 3 & 4

Kate — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:03:44 +0000

Day 3 – plied the baby camel

Day 4 – started this BFL from Dicentra Designs

Totally loving these colors!

From fiber, to yarn, to socks!

Kate — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:27:52 +0000

On a whim today, I decided to search for projects on Ravelry using my Etsy shop name… and I found one!

I took 2.5 ounces of gorgeous hand-dyed BFL from Dicentra Designs:

…turned it into 338 yards of light fingering weight yarn:

… and Ravelry member nettlefly turned the yarn into cute socks!

Yarn & nothing but yarn.

Kate — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:24:35 +0000

Some recently finished skeins… finally got a chance to take some photos this morning.

Just finished this one yesterday. BFL, chain-plied, about 248 yards:

50/50 Superwash Merino & Tencel from Squoosh. Beautiful but super slippery, making consistency difficult for me. I think I prefer a smaller percentage of tencel in my rovings:

Corriedale from Dicentra Designs. Not my most perfect yarn, but the colors make me giddy, so I don’t care!

Anyone want some yarn?

Now Spinning

Kate — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:17:24 +0000

Haven’t done a “now spinning” post in a while. Here’s what’s currently on the wheel:

Both photos can be clicked to see larger images on Flickr. I used a flash for these shots, so the color isn’t perfect. This is 4oz. of BFL from Abstract Fiber in the colorway “Asia”. When we went to Portland in November, I wrangled a visit to Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks and picked this up there, along with some Sulka that got turned into a hat for Mr. Wolf.

I’ve finished a few skeins now and desperately need to photograph and update the Etsy shop. Hmph. Sounds like work!

Floppy Hat

Kate — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:33:08 +0000

Hand spun Blue Face Leicester from Dicentra Designs. This was a super quick and easy project — a floppy little hat for Veronica. I hope it fits! I plied the yarn with an iridescent thread, so it has sparkle: