They sent a swatch book! 😍
Category: fiber love
Back in the Swing
I went to the studio today and made a linen tee.
I found this fabric rather challenging to work with. It’s a tissue linen knit. Since it’s almost transparent I doubled the fabric on the body. I didn’t have enough to make them the same size so I went with the fluttery look by making the top layer a little shorter.
I left the edges unfinished. I accidentally sewed the neck binding on backwards, but you can’t really tell. Especially now that I’ve washed it.
I bought this fabric to make pj pants, but now I’m thinking of making the Lily top with it. What do you think?
I’m designing the perfect beanie with this Malabrigo.
I re-cast-on my lilac heather cumulus blouse. I tried to fix the messed up raglan shoulder, but wasn’t able to make it work. So I frogged it. All shoulders are looking good now!
What are you working on this weekend?
A Q and A and How Linen is Made
A Q and A from Kathy:
Q. Have you been to a baby or wedding shower where no gifts were opened during the gathering?
A. No. I think that would make me feel a little sad. I did go to a baby shower where you were supposed to bring something used. That was fun.
Q. Do you have an amazon echo dot or the like?
A. Absolutely not. I don’t talk to my phone either.
Q. Did you watch the Kentucky Derby? Did you agree with the ruling on the race winner?
A. I did not watch the Kentucky Derby.
Q. When are you most hungry during our 24 hour days?
A. I am most hungry in the late afternoon.
and
Q. Do you use margarine anymore?
A. We use Earth Balance, so yes. I prefer butter but I am allergic to dairy.
This is a reblog about the process of turning flax into linen fiber. I meant to post this months ago but forgot about it lingering in my drafts.
Yep Yep Yep
Yep, it’s a shriveled up sweater, AKA lace. Cricket Hitofude is coming along. I hope to have it finished by this Saturday so I can wear it when I meet the Mayor of Indianapolis.
Yep, it’s a garden. We put in new beds and went to the heirloom plant sale today. They are a little wilty from being transplanted. So glad to have something of a garden, even though it’s smaller than I’m used to. I’m too busy to take care of a proper garden.
Yep, it’s some flick carded Romeldale CVM. I’m able to keep the natural colors more distinct this way. I won’t start felting it until next week.
More travel this week. Homestretch!
Weekend Update
I started my Emerson Pants, mini-swatched the new sweater, and carded some wool.
I am wondering if I have the wherewithal to make my own jeans. Wouldn’t it be great to have jeans that fit perfectly? I think so too. I will have to think about that.
Mod Monday
I did a little research and you can wet felt raw wool if you want to, but Highland Heffalump made a great point about not wanting dirt etc up in there. So I washed about a third of the fleece in a bucket with Eucalan and rinsed it.
Isn’t it pretty? I’ve realized I’m going to need to card it, although I don’t want to overprocess it because I want to keep the colors as separate as possible. Maybe I should flick card it.
I brought my box of combs and cards up from the basement, and look what was in the box! Fiber from my old angora bunnies, Ziggy and Tiger! And a hank of merino and silk top! Surprise!
I’ve never been much for blending and spinning my own fibers. I did enough back in the day to make sure I knew what I was doing should I ever need or want to do it again. But I might play around with this fiber since I have it. I wonder if rabbit fur will felt with wool? It might be a fun experiment.
I finished my mod tie dye dress. I went all out with gathers in the front and a popped up collar. I struggled some with this as I didn’t have enough fabric for the casings. I cut bits along the bias and pieced them together. I wanted to finish it all off perfectly (inside and out) but ended up using the serger around the neckline and armholes. I did find a beautiful green button that was my Grandmother’s to use for the back closure. I think it’s pretty cute overall, and I don’t think anyone else will notice the flubs. Then I tried it on.
I love the colors. I was going for the Twiggy look because, hey, I have the haircut.
Then I put on a sweater.
It’s ok. It’s a bit tenty. I don’t look like Twiggy, that’s for sure! 😂
Looking for some Stockinette
When I get too busy to knit, I get a little weird. My brain works better when my hands are moving. So this morning I made sure to get a round of knitting in.
I got my first Shave’em to Save’em sticker for my passport! If this blog had smellovision you would be able to smell lanolin and sheep butt. This is going to be a wet felted art piece, but I have to wash the fleece first? It does get washed during the process, so I’m not sure, honestly. I might try felting it raw just to see what happens.
I travel every week this month.
I look forward to catching up on everyone’s blogs soon!
Blogging from the Road
Hi from the road! I’m knitting in the back seat and wanted to share the beautiful texture of this yarn. This is the Midnight Merino Raglan I haven’t worked on in a while, but this is great car knitting. I’m glad the stitches are plain so they can show off the texture.
I made it to the knotwork on Celtic Myths, but that’s too fussy for the car.
Gifts from Far Away
I recently received these lovely sea glass stitch markers all the way from Scotland, courtesy of Liz over at Highlandheffalump.
I can’t wait to use them!
I also received my FibreShare package!
I am pretty excited about all the things, but especially the Forbidden Fibers yarn and Fringe Supply Co field bag!
I’m not sure that Ketchup Chips are my thing, but they were fun to try!
Ohio Star Cowl
I finished my Ohio Star Bandandit Cowl. I’m pleased because it came out exactly as I designed it. So in that sense, it is a successful design.
It is also a successful garment. It fits, it keeps me warm, and it will stay up over my nose when I need it to.
The star motif is subtle and that’s fine. This isn’t a super exciting design, but it works. I mainly made this for hiking. The Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast DK is also very soft and very warm. I think I’d like to knit an oversized cardigan out of it.
