Friday, February 28, 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

And finished

Cashmere/silk (50/50) from the Gossamer Web, 2 ply, about 375 yards, 1.6 oz.



Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Plying


Monday, February 24, 2014

Spinning Cashmere Silk

Fiber from Gossamer Web, spindles and spinning surface from Malcolm Fielding. Almost done with the singles!

And my entrelac cowl from the combo handspun, in progress:

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Monday, February 17, 2014

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Friday, February 14, 2014

Challenge handspun

The challenge was to combine two very different fibers, one of my choosing, one sent to me by another person. The fiber on the left is one ounce of SW BFL from Fat Cat Knits, in "Frog and Carp", n-ply, 40 yard.  On the right is one ounce of Polwarth Silk from Friends in Fiber, in "Cranberry Bog," n-ply, 55 yard. In the center is the challenge yarn, 1 oz of each fiber, plied together. 2-ply, 175 yards.

The singles were spun on a Jenkins Egret, a Turkish style spindle. I plied on the Hitchhiker.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Friday, February 7, 2014

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Monday, February 3, 2014