Fiber Friday!

I love the way this fiber came out. Just imagine all the pretty things you can make for the holidays... I'm thinking a scarf or maybe a tree skirt. Has anyone ever knit or crocheted a tree skirt before?? Hum... There is 8 oz. here, 4 of each color. I listed it in my shop yesterday and can always do up more if someone does want to tackle a tree skirt with it.

Until next time... happy spinning

Featured Roving of the Day - Pastel Tussah Silk

I'm back...

Between dental work, work work, and finals I haven't had a chance to do anything fun lately. I will be done with school tomorrow though and can then work on getting better pictures for my shop, spinning, crocheting and all kinds of fun things.

I have to decide if I am going to continue with etsy or really work on my website and promote through my blog. This is only a hobby for me so I think I could do almost as well on my own, providing I actually spend some time promoting. The way etsy has been the past few days I couldn't do any worse on my own.

Back to the featured roving for today, I think this would spin up into a nice light blue, purple blend. It still surprises me how the color changes once you start spinning it. I have some silk yarn to show you next week, providing the sun comes out this weekend and I can take pictures of it. I am really trying to spin sock weight yarn and I think I did pretty good with this yarn. I will let you decide and feel free to tell me if I screwed it up. :)

Until next time... happy spinning

Featured Roving of the Day - Burgundy

Good morning everyone. This is the burgundy roving that I told you about when I featured my purple roving a few weeks back. You can see the whole story here. It was supposed to red, that is all I can say.

I have been spinning a few different types of roving this week. I can only do one at a time until I get another spindle in the right size. I am working on that though; my birthday is coming up in another month or so and I am going to get a special spindle from the Bosworth's... don't tell hubby... I want it to be a surprise. Anyway, I have been spinning some tussah silk and also some BFL that I got from pigeonroofstudios over at etsy.

Now that I am almost done with school... finals next week... I can start thinking about something other that homework. I have been doing this for three years along with working full-time and I am more than ready to have my life back thank you very much. I think I want to try spinning some nice thin silk that I can sell as surface embellishments for those who quilt. I am also learning to crochet and like the idea of free form crochet so might do something with that also.

Some may possibilities, now if only I didn't need to work anymore... speaking of which, I better get back to it...

Until next time happy spinning...

Featured Roving of the Day - Jewel Tones

Isn't this pretty? This is what happens when you add vinegar to black dye. This batch isn't for sale; I'm making yarn out of it. Maybe I will sell that if I can't figure out what to do with it at that point. I also have some of this color with a black stripe through it, like this roving, that I think will make a nice contrast when plyed.

I got my new spindle yesterday! It is a Maxi Bosworth spindle. It is a bit bigger than I expected but that is okay. I plan to use it for plying and it will be perfect for that. I hope to have a picture for you this weekend. I also have a term paper to write so don't be surprised if I don't get to post here.

I am also re-learning to crochet and have found a wonderful blog that is giving a crochet tutorial every week. I have posted a link to her blog (crafty daisy) in the sidebar. What a wonderful thing she is going for us! I am a lefty but won't let that slow me down. I am waiting for a book that I won on ebay that has pictures for those of us who are left handed. Wait until you see the wild colored blocks I am making for practice! The first one is lime green with a white and multi-color stripe in the middle.

Featured Roving of the Day - Purple!!

Okay, so I wasn't trying to get purple. I was trying out some of my new dye colors and was doing burgundy. Well the burgundy looked rather pink to me so I added a bit of blue and ta da... we have purple.

Now the irony of this story is (the purple happened yesterday) I was dyeing some roving red this morning as I like to have a nice mix of colors for people to choose from in my shop. I added a few spots of blue hoping for some contrast and spots on the red. Well, I didn't add my vinegar right away (bad mistake) and when I went to do this the blue had spread all over and ruined my red. So I added some more red, then some yellow, then some green (I wasn't happy with the color, can you tell) and finally added some black. I let that stew for a few minutes and then added some more vingear. I let that sit for awhile and now I have burgundy! Go figure... think I will give up while I am ahead today.

So tell me, should I list this, will anyone buy it? It isn't a whole lot but would be a good amount for someone just starting to spin. It will also felt if someone wants to make purple flowers.

Until tomorrow... happy spinning. :)

Featured Roving of the Day Blue Silk Royalty

Silk is such a pleasure to spin. This roving is tussah silk which means that no moths were harmed in its creation. I have found that you need to be really, really careful when dyeing it; if you handle it too much your roving will resemble a birds nest more than roving (that would be the voice of experience speaking here).

I tested out my disaster though and it is still spinnable. Maybe some day if I get real brave I will show you a picture of the afore mentioned birds nest. It is a pretty green and white color.

This roving is still available in my etsy shop for those interested.

Featured Roving of the Day - Cherry Bubblegum

I really like the way this roving came out, although I think I would like to keep all of them sometimes. Less stress for one thing, selling on etsy can be trying sometimes, hoping to be seen amongst 500,000 items for sale isn't always easy.

I am relearning how to crochet, I did it way back when I was about 17 (long, long time ago). I am also teaching myself how to spin. My two new hobbies go together quite well me thinks. Now I need to get finished with school so that my time is my own once again. 5 weeks left but who's counting.

There is over 6 oz. of roving here for those who might be interested. Just stop by my shop to see what else is available.