DenKnits 3.15 Words... mmmm... fiber!

Spinning - TdF total 3,814yds/2.167miles total spun

• Finished the Topeka Twister rolags as 2ply 190yds
• Rainbows
• Fiber J nply 110yds
• Savvy Skeins nply 150yds
• Spun Sugar 2ply 86 yds
• Topeka Twister nply 136yds

Finished Objects - FOs

• Shortie socks - Plymouth yarn Neon Now 45g
• Maria Zilakou's Avrilia Shawl - Handspun Blue Barn Fiber ~400yds
• Shawl Design for 3ply -> 2ply handspun - Spun Right Round
• Link to picking a needle article
• Cowl Design to go with Angel Wings Hat - Highland Handmades handspun worsted
• Loopy cowl design - Kirby Wirby worsted
• The Penny hat revisited and matching mitts created - Fiber Addiction worsted

Works in Progress - WIPs

• Socks - Plymouth yarn Neon Now remaining 55g
• Hat design - Wool Sundae worsted
• Shawl practice out of worsted acrylic magic ball

Designing

• During July promo I introduced "Rock Around" cowl design out of North Cabin Fiber Crafts fingering weight held double
• And Angel Wings Hat out of Agrestal Yarns

Out & About

• Holland Fiber Friends - meet at Michigan Fiber Fest on Saturday!
• New Facebook group for news!
• September meet up date TBD
• Michigan Fiber Fest plans
• New business cards and 'rack cards' from Vista print

Acquisitions

• 2 braids of falkland totaling over 8oz from Fiber J destash
• Estonia yarns from 'aunt's trip 
• FredArndtArtworks ornament (find on Etsy!)

Knittin' in the Mitten

• I'm organizing the Try it out/try it on/designers trunk show
• Check The High Fiber Diet board for the thread and contribute!

Michigan Fibre Studio opening Sept 12 in the Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids

DenKnits 3.14 Spinning more than knitting

Sorry, I did not post the video here as soon as it published to YouTube :-(

Quick show notes, no links...

No knitting FOs

Christmas in July / Birthday Month evens on DenKnits Facebook page and denknits_myfavthings Instagram account

WIPs

• Steel City - Dream in Color Starry
• Socks - Neon Now Plymouth Yarns

Designing - How do you like errata?

Spinning!

• Spin This Box (now on Big Cartel!)
• Light up the Sky all but one done, 1782 yds so far
• Savvy Skeins 3ply 180yds
• Fiber J 2ply 134yds
• Spun Sugar batt single 146yds
• Phoenix Fiber Co single 178yds
• Topeka Twister batt 2ply 112 yds
• Topeka Twister rolags in progress on TurtleMade 3D printed spindle, will be 2ply
• Spin This Box Rainbows up next

DenKnits 3.13 Tour de F... Fleece!

Finished Objects - FOs

• Socks turned into cozies
• Bunny
• Whale
• Lotus Flower Blanket
• Shawl design for Darn Good Yarn
• Agrestal Yarn design

Works in Progress - WIPs

• Steel City
• Socks - Neon Now
• Sweater design out of TreLiz yarn
• Shawl design out of handspun 3-ply to 2-ply from SpunRightRound

Spinning

• It's Tour de Fleece!  Somehow related to a bike race that I don't know anything about, I decided to join Team Phoenix Rising 2015 because she created a Facebook group and I like her fibers :-)  My goal is to spin all of my two Spin This Box fibers and I started with prepping some of the braids on Friday.  I'll mostly wheel spin but since I have some days I won't be able to use my wheel, I will also be using my TurtleMade spindle.

Christmas in July / Birthday Month

• Like my Facebook page and / or follow my business Instagram account to see the daily highlights.  Patterns that are free will be highlighted as well as paid patterns that will be discounted.  I'll also have specials on finished knits for sale for non-knitters and maybe even some handspun or other items knitters would like!

DenKnits 3.12 A little bit too colorful?

Finished Objects

• Age of Brass and Steam
• Socks
• Cafe Poncho
• Mixed yarns top
• Baby Loafers, part of a set
• Bunny
• Whale - this is a WIP
• Secret design

Works in Progress

• Lotus flower blanket
• Steel City Shawl
• Market Tote sample

Did you knit in public on WWKIP???

Acquisition - Spin this box

Designing - in the works, a worsted weight item with Agrestal Yarn; test knitter for Cafe Poncho

DenKnits 3.11 Spinning Bug

Not sure why, but iMovie is not working for me... I've been trying to upload to YouTube for a week now and the app keeps crashing.  My file is too large to do a direct upload to YouTube without compressing and I haven't figured out how to do that and keep it unzipped.  At this point, the only way I have found to get the video up it using Picasa from Google.  You can watch following this link: DenKnits 3.11  If I can ever get iMovie to stop crashing I'll get this up to YouTube then.  Hopefully I can figure something better out by next recording!

Finished Objects - FOs

• Baby Sophisticate
• Baby Newsie Hat
• DGY Chevron design

Works in Progress - WIPs

• Lotus Flower Blanket
• Socks
• Steel city shawl
• Age of Brass & Steam ?

Spinning 

• Blue Barn Fiber
• 2 sets of rolags spun individually as singles, then 2-ply together using cake method
• Highland Handmades
• 4 oz Shetland braid from Stitches East
• Split the braid in half lengthwise and then each into thirds widthwise
• April Spin this Box
• Phoenix Fiber Co 1.6 oz rolags of merino, silk, faux cashmere, viscose, tussah silk, firestar, and angelina
• Spun singles, then felted/fulled them
• Topeka Twister 2 oz braid of merino and bamboo
• 2-ply using cake method, did not split braid
• Snerb 1.5 oz 4 mini batts of merino, alpaca, sari silk and angelina
• Spun singles long draw then 2-ply with mulberry silk
• Six Fingered Kitty Fiber Arts 1/2 oz teeswater locks
• Tail spun and 2-ply with mulberry silk
• Fiber J 1 oz mulberry silk gradient dyed
• Spun singles
• 2-ply from the darkest end first with the locks
• 2-ply from darkest end left with the mini batts
• Leftovers left as single, mostly white

Out and About

• Holland Fiber Friends
• small group meet up over Memorial weekend
• June 13th next meet up for World Wide Knit in Public Day
• Look for a local meet up near you!
• If you can't find one, go knit in public anyway!

Shared Projects Drawing

• Since I apparently forgot all of April and so far this month I drew 2 names to win a $5 or less Ravelry downloadable pattern.  PM me on Rav or email me.

Designing

• Currently swatching with new Darn Good Yarn called Fuzzy Acrylic
• The kits sold by Fiber Addiction that I contributed a pattern to, which also had fiber by Fiber Addiction, a spinning bag by Chasing Acorns and a spindle by TurtleMade, were picked up by StephenBe to be sold at his awesome shop!

DenKnits 3.10 Weights that trip me up

Finished Objects - FOs

• Citron Shawl in my Darn Good Yarn silk handspun
• Eye of the Storm Nursing cover up revision out of Cascade acrylic
• Blanket design for Darn Good Yarn with their Velvet viscose yarn

Works in Progress - WIPs

• Lotus Flower Blanket in Encore Chunky
• Baby Sophisticate in Encore Worsted
• My vanilla socks out of mystery yarn gifted to me
• Purse design for Darn Good Yarn with their linen yarn held double

Spinning

• Haven't been able to do much lately, plan to get to it later today

Out & About

• Had to miss a fun get together yesterday but Holland Fiber Friends does have a meet up planned for next Saturday, May 23rd 1-3pm

Designing

• Looking for test knitters to join my DenKnits team!  While I can't compensate now beyond undying gratitude and a free pattern, if we grow together there will be more to come!

Side note

• I keep forgetting to mention on the video but Darn Good Yarn has a new section to their website called 'Featured Designers' where I am one of the few to be highlighted with links to all my work for them that can be currently purchased on their website!

DenKnits 3.9 - Almost Monogamous

Finished Objects

• Chevron Cowl out of Desert Vista Dyeworks Worsted It!
• Shawl design for Darn Good Yarn with their beaded silk lace weight
• Weaving experiment

Works in Progress

• Design for Darn Good Yarn with their Velvet Viscose yarn

Designing 

• I've been busy the past two weeks mostly working on designs, new and old.  I had a lace shawl pattern released through Darn Good Yarn that was found to have an error.  I talk about the process of reading your knitting and fixing designs.