Sunday, 23 August 2015

Yes I'm still here ....

Sock yarn skeined up into small lots and hand dyed for a cosy memories blanket.  



Fondant fibre fuzzlings all spun up along with some left over bobbins plyed to make some more minis for blanket.



My first ever knitted and blocked shawl!  Check out ravelry for pattern details.  Link in side bar to my project page. (I hope lol)




 Fondant fibre and grey alpaca!


 Merino handdyed and spun by me.

Beersheba's beautiful romney merino cross fleece!

Hand dyed sock blend.

Stray cat sock yarn (etsy purchase some time ago)


 Knits up lovely.  Vanilla latte socks with a new to me heel flap called eye of partridge.

Navajo Churro Bunny Top from Ixchel bunny!  Finally spinning it up and hoping for lace weight when plyed and washed.

 Handspun merino poll dorset cross in natural and some colours.
 Same fleece as above combed into beautiful fluffy clouds using my valkyrie viking wool combs.

Polworth/silk blend destined to become another shawl.

Colleen's beautifully hand dyed corriedale roving spun by me.  Mostly navaho plyed as I didn't like it done with a mustard coloured single which you can see a little of on one end.

These two are also dyed by Colleen and spun thick and plyed with a thin mustard corriedale.


I've been spinning and knitting and sorting and prepping and have decided that I will start hand dying and selling sock yarn through my Etsy store when the bare wool arrives.  I am also going to offer up merino roving in the near future too.  It is so tempting to keep everything that I spin but I can't knit it all lol.  So over the next few months I will be adding to my shop and try to promote it more.

5 comments:

Lin said...

Hello Katherine. What a lovely collection! Your finished shawl looks beautiful as do the socks. I am looking for a new sock pattern - can you reccomend a web site for sock patterns? Love the colours of the memories wools. xx

Radka said...

Your shawl looks gorgeous! And I like to colours of the yarn at the top.
xx

Cynthia Gilbreth said...

I don't understand a word of this post but the yarns are lovely! Such luscious colors!

Sisbabestitches said...

Lovely colours for the cosy memories blanket! Gosh that Stray Cat yarn is fab :) Gorgeous shawl, and blocked too, wonderful :)

Jillian said...

Wow - back with a bang! I missed your posts while I was away and Bloglovin' seems to have abandoned me. I love the shawl. I really enjoy knitting them and seeing the transformation when I block them. I'd hoped to knit several things this winter but ended up finishing big embroidery projects instead.
Your wool is fantastic. I'll be on to your Etsy page next year - I am moving soon and don't want to increase what I have to take with me!