Fiber Friday March 23, 2012

[nikschaf]

Hello and a happy Friday to you all.

My yarn this week was a first attempt at spinning foreign objects into a yarn.  Each bead and sequin was threaded onto a bit of roving and then spun into the white singles yarn.  I threaded lots of the objects onto purple, pink and turqoise bits of roving to get a little variation, and thought of rainbows and unicorns while I spun.  Then I plied with a fuschia semi-sparkly thrift store yarn of unknown fiber content.  I call it "Sparkle Princess," 150 yards.

[mullerslanefarm]

Cool!!!

The only thing I spun up this week was 3 oz of black Corriedale.  It has already been knitted into a Shawlette:

[nikschaf]

Ooh, love it, MLF!!  So delicate yet so cozy at the same time.  LOVELY!

[mullerslanefarm]

Thanks!  It's the Storm Cloud pattern .... Free!

[Belladune]

The name is very fitting, Niks.  Beautiful.

That's a lovely shawl, Cyndi.

[jexxican]

Nik, you make me smile.
MLF, you spun it up AND knit it already? you're amazing.

[Belladune]

I don't think I've posted these ones yet!

Handspun thick and thin merino silk alpaca blend by SpinHeartSpin, on Flickr

Handspun merino silk blend by SpinHeartSpin, on Flickr

[indigo_roses]

Love the colors in the top one, Belladune! I want to pet it. 

[Belladune]

thanks! I actually bought that one dyed, it's a colorway by Jazz Turtle.  And to be honest, the second one might be... I have no idea where that one came from! lol

[calluna]

lovely spinnings, all!
After not wanting to deal with the hassle of getting pictures taken/edited/uploaded for a long time, I had several handspuns to share this week...but I can't get the pics from the camera into the computer. (Same hassles I'd been trying to avoid.  ) Maybe next week!