FiberAddiction Spin to Knit kit to debut at YarnCon in Chicago in April
collaboration between myself, Fiber Addiction, TurtleMade 3D spindles and Chasing Acorns spindle bag
Fun & Games originally a scarf pattern for Darn Good Yarn out of their silk roving in gray to be a manly type pattern, converting into a cowl pattern using PinkAmingo's dyed DGY silk roving in Plum & Dandy
Spinning
Fiber Addiction braid fromMichigan Fiber Fest '14
50/50 SW BFL/Black Diamond Bamboo 4.1 oz
Fractal spun (?)
Split braid in half
Spun half onto a bobbin
Split 2nd half into 3rds
Spun those onto a bobbin
Plied the two bobbins together
One bobbin had leftover
Pre-soak yardage ~240yds
Acquisitions
WEBS
Louisa Harding Jesse 4 skeins, used
Cascade yards Sateen 10 skeins to be Eye of the Storm poncho modified for nursing coverup
Plymouth Encore 3 navy & 1 grey to be Baby Sophisticate cardigan, Grayson Loafers and Baby Newsie hat
Finished Objects - FOs Chevron Mini's hat out of White Birch Fiber Crafts
TreLiz Poncho (my design) out of TreLiz yarn Crochet cloths out of I Love This Cotton Lake Ave Cowl out of North Cabin Fiber Crafts
Designing
TreLiz cowl complimentary to the poncho out of same DK weight yarn but different colorway
Fiber Addiction Spin to Knit kit for YarnCon in Chicago in April
Rock Around being test knit by chikwithyarn
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
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)
Giveaway on my Facebook fan page for DenKnits will be running until tomorrow, Monday February 26, sometime in the evening. Become a fan and enter to win! You can get either the finished item or a kit to make the Asymmetricowl. If you don't win but would like to buy either of these, check out my shop on Square Marketplace.
Works in Progress
- Darn Good Yarn designs, recently finished the banana fiber version and a lux fiber version is currently being knit up
- TreLiz poncho design out of her DK weight yarn Tsunami colorway, frogged back to the seed stitch beginning and re-knit with different decreases; pooling is looking different but hopefully the flashes show up again!
- Measure in Love which you can get either through Ravelry or Megan's First Giving page by donating you will receive a coupon code for one hat download; I'm using my handspun batt from Joanna Spring of KnitSpinFarm to make the short cowl version of the pattern
- These are the Breaks is being knit up out of Reynolds Rapture (discontinued) for the KnitALong on Instagram #hooigkal2015 that runs through the end of February; all Oblivious Knits patterns on Ravelry are 50% off (no coupon code needed!) until February 1st
No other WIPs were touched in the past two weeks, nor was the wheel :-(
Needle comparision
- my old interchangable needle set from Clover Takumi
- my new purchase from Amazon ChiaGoo Spin
Ravelry groups/threads
- Podcast Junkies is a group that talks about podcasts, one thread in particular is an interesting read, especially for other podcasters 'What drives you crazy about podcasts'
- I've set up a thread in the DenKnits group'Give me YOUR opinions' for you to tell me how you enjoy the podcast (or what you don't!), but feel free to leave a comment on this blog post or the YouTube video
It's a small world...
Although I don't generally talk about podcasts I watch (that would take forever and a day!) I wanted to tell you about another podcaster because she is local to me, Erin Joy Knits, and as it turns out we had a previous connection!
I hadn't realized previously how many people watch my video through this blog, so I wanted to say Thank you! to all of you as well as apologize for slacking on the last video being blogged so late :-(
The Usual... podcast content is within the first 37 mins
DaizieKnitsPolwarth/Tussah blend was a great spin! I credit Jennifer :-) Spun consisitent, thick single and 2-plied it on itself using a center pull cake
There will be a giveaway for Facebook fans as I have reached 100 likes! Join us for a chance to win :-) YouTube subscribers have continued to climb slowly as well but I'd love to see the Ravelry group grow!
