Fiber Friday - June 26 2009

[oddacity]

So yeah, I'm bored and it's technically Friday where I am....so! Let's get on with this week's fibery goodness. :]

I haven't been spinning a lot this month because I've had lots of knitting projects I had to get done for gifts and such. BUT I've got some things from a while back that I've not yet got around to sharing with you all yet. :]



Sail Away - merino/viscose, both skeins together are 115 yards. Fiber from studioloo @ etsy. This one gave me problems, because I was going for a smooth bulky single but I'm pretty bad at spinning consistently anything thicker than laceweight. :\



Untitled - 50 yards. Super bulky! This one is for a project for the Harry Potter Knit & Crochet House Cup on Ravelry. My goal is to knit enough to make a small-sized sweater out of by the end of July. I did this in may and haven't done any more, so my progress is pretty bad...but I've got the wool soaking to dye for the next batch right now!!



"Bloodlust" 190 yards fingering weight, Corriedale. Roving from FairyDesigns @ etsy. I've been listening to the Twilight audiobooks so I can talk crap about them and have the actual authority to know what I'm talking about, but despite my best efforts I was briefly intrigued by the whole vampire concept. And I wanted to spin some vampire-esque yarn to make a neato vampire-inspired cowl/neckwarmer thing. I found this fiber, and it was perfect! I LOVE the way the yarn turned out. Despite horribly, horribly, HORRIBLY tangling my single when I andean plied it, it managed to come through. I'm winding it into a ball right now to begin working on my neckwarmer!

Happy Friday everyone!

[Jane Doe]

Hey oddacity  - are you an Aussie too?   
I never know when to show my yarn. Thanks for starting the thread
What I created this week matches in nicely with your "bloodlust"





It's going to grow up to be a hat

[zombiecazz]

mmm yummy I love your bloodlust.
I'm such a newbie spinner.I have a rickety old wheel and only one spindle, so spinning is slow. I did make this for a swap resently
Blue eyed zombie, 100% shetland.

[peachymanaangel]

Jane Doe that yarn pulls on my heart strings.

I have a lot of yarn this week because I need to update my posts more, and I have been spinning like a mad spinster lately.

jumbo 3ply from drum carded batts


Sock or DK wieght 2-ply from bought roving


Three Skeins of Bubble bee taxi drum carded thread plyed


Small Lake thread plyed, durm carded, and strips of fabric


Melon Balls thread plyed store bought roving


Candy thread plyed store bought roving


Fruit thread plyed store bought roving


Watermelon Margerita hand dyed and carded with sequence and thread plyed


Blues store bought roving two ply


This was a cake of pencil roving that I dyed in cake form then spun a two ply yarn with it.




Spun snow and Wire spun Snow. Hand dyed BFL roving with sparkle, and sequence and thread warped. One is core spun on wire. It will be an art hat for my friend.



I am stash busting so I do not feel as guilty when I buy 10lbs or so from RL Linsday. Which I need for felting specimens.

[pinkfluffy]

I love wire spun snow!!!!!

I've got four this week:

Grapey, self striping falkland:


Patina, alpaca and copper sparkle:


Another Planet, falkland and silver sparkle:


Wishing Well, Merino and lots of copper sparkle:

[Snowberrylime]

yay, Fibre Friday!!

I have been nearly absent, but am always drooling over the great yarns you all spin!

Some of my most recent ones:

Grey elegance, handspun Alpaca/Tussah silk 2ply with freshwater pearls and sequins


Hippie chick and a sequined version of it, both scrap yarns:



Simply pearls, grey Merino with pearl beads:


...yeah, I guess I am on a bit of a grey+pearls=elegance trip.

And last but not least my interpretation of pop/dance singer Lady Gaga as an art yarn:

Lots of silk, glitz and sequins.... mainly inspired by a daring light blue outfit in one of her videos, lol. Oh, and how about blonde goat as her hair?

[the noodle princess]

so many gorgeous yarns! I LOVELOVE wire spun snow and Wishing Well...they are so dreamy.

[Pink Hickey]

Great show this week! Everything is so lovely in their own ways!! I live for Fiber friday, I look at it at work with the other tailors that got me addicted to fiber in the first place.


Franknstein from Dragon Fiber 50% Merino 50% Tencel 200 Yards

<3
Laura

I'm getting my first loom in a week! Woot!

[the noodle princess]

i have 4 yarns to share this week. 

A zillion little pieces 2:


Bada bing:


Midnight Swim:


Alien Abduction:


Happy Fiber Friday!

[knkurz]

Aw, the first week in over a month that I finish a yarn, and I forget to take a picture?!  I've been busy getting knitty fingers out of my system (because it definitely won't last!) so I haven't done much spinning, but I have been commissioned to make a qiviut scarf, and I finished half the yarn a few days ago.  It's soft and gorgeous and I am dumbdumbdumb for forgetting the picture!  But I do still have to make the other half, and then I can post pictures of in-progress FO and the yarn together!!!  

Also, here's a FO for all of you to see, since I have nothing else to contribute


Socks!  Knitted with Crystal palace yarns [Mini Mochi, their new line, and white Kid Mohair] (no handspun?!)

A close-up of the stitching.

[casmir]

I wish I had all of these yarns in my stash! 

[CohesiveChaos]

such beautiful yarns this week, I'm completely enchanted by so many of them! beautiful work everyone

[SciFunk]

Geez, these are so pretty. This is my very first fiber friday, although the "finished" yarns were finished a few weeks ago.

These first two are just wool, I believe. The were given to me in a personal swap, so I'm not completely sure.

First up, my very very first yarn EVAR:

It's two-ply, and I can't for the life of me think of a name. I can already tell I'm not going to be able to name my yarns.

And then my very second yarn:

I am thinking of calling it "Blueberry Crush". It's also a two ply.

This next one isn't really finished, but it's taking me forever, so I'm going to post it anyway. I bought plain 'ol cotton, and it was a whole ordeal, but I dyed it. When I'm all done, I'm planning on a long long post that will discuss it all. I don't really like the color, I was hoping it would turn out more like oddacity's.


I'm totally willing to swap these for more fiber (or, y'know, other stuff), in case anyone is lurking and can't spin stuff themselves. I can't figure out what to do with them. I can't remember what the yardages are right now, but I know it's not very much. Any ideas?