Showing posts with label hand spun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand spun. Show all posts

Friday, March 21, 2014

Fiber Friday

Fiber Friday


It's Fiber Friday!

In the Studio - Painting the sculptures, is on the agenda for today! I am trying to get the bigger sculptures ready. The smaller ones will follow.

In the Cottage - Found the poop on the internet, Drum-roll please..... Possum. (The culprit). Can you believe  there is loads of information on wild animal poop. 

On the Hoop - The new pattern is finished, I will be posting it on ETSY this weekend. Jump over and check it out if you get chance. I would also like to start punching it this evening, so into the hoop it goes. Since I started sewing and punching with the Valdani threads, It has been, such a pleasure! If you haven't tried Valdani do, the colors are fabulous and to sew with it is wonderful. 

Have a great weekend,
Kate

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Alpaca and Merino



Hand spun, and hand dyed Merino



Hand spun Natural Alpaca

These are my hand spun skeins that I have found to be very interesting on there own as scarves. They are very warm extremely soft yarns that have been bound in areas so they can be worn. If you prefer to knit or crochet with them just nip the bounded areas and you have a skein. They are listed with the yardage, and the prices very because of the materials and the yardage. Alpaca costs a little more because it is more labor intensive. I buy the sheared coat from local alpaca farms it must be cleaned, dyed and combed before it can be spun.  But the Alpaca is so soft, and such a luxurious fiber, that it is worth the labor. I prefer to spin a mixture of Alpaca and merino to bring a softness to the yarn that is like no other.