Monday, February 23, 2015

DenKnits 3.4


Catching up with very brief show notes...

Stitches West
Darn Good Yarn entered the Banana vest into the Fashion Show!

FOs
These are the Breaks out of Reynolds Rapture
Measure in Love cowl out of KnitSpinFarm batt I handspun
Rock Around cowl (my design) out of North Cabin Fiber Crafts
GAPtastic Cowl out of YarnBee Andes Alpaca held double
Fortune Cookie Booties out of Vannas Choice

WIPs
Lake Ave Cowl out of North Cabin Fiber Crafts
Liverpool Socks out of Dyeabolical Yarns
Chevron Mini's hat out of White Birch Fiber Crafts
TreLiz Poncho (my design) out of TreLiz yarn
Crochet Cloths out of Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton

Spinning
Hand carded rolags, navajo ply, 4 skeins of around 50yds or less

Acquisitions
Yarn Hollow yarns at the Yarnie Party at my LYS
Hobby Lobby yarns

Sunday, February 8, 2015

DenKnits 3.3 The Elephant in the Room


Finished Objects (FOs) - Darn Good Yarn designs are all knit and photographed!

Works in Progress (WIPs) - Oblivious Knits 'These are the Breaks' out of Reynolds Rapture
                                           - Poncho design for TreLiz out of her DK weight base in Tsunami

Spinning - I acquired some handcarders through the Instagram #getyouryarnwishesgranted so I put them to use...  Carding together some mystery merino, Shady Side Farm polypay wool and locks from Bricolage Studios.  I spun up the mystery merino that was carded to stripe into a navajo ply and got around 50yds (pre-soak) for my 0.8oz of fiber.  I also received some blanket squares from my anonymous wish granter.  I picked up some more polypay fiber from Shady Side Farm and was gifted a beautiful purple skein of yarn and a Holland Handmade Co knitting bag from Erin of Holland Handmade podcast.

(I linked all the above things in the previous post so please refer back there if you want more info)

Let's talk about... the Sockhead Hat.  I've made two, one with Cyborgs Craftroom sock yarn and one with Chasing Acorns sock yarn.  I discuss the way they wear over time.

And the elephant?  My ombre dyed hair!  I used a Splat kit from my local Walgreens.