New Spinning projects

Wild Hare Studio silk in Celtic Forest. 2 oz, which I'm spinning on a Russian spindle. silk is so interesting to spin.

I finished the SCF batts. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out--335 yards of fingering weight  two ply, which is just right for my goal of spinning shetland for colorwork. It's a good start at least.

Heatwave singles

Update 1-10-13: all bathed and dried: 140 yards.

Fauxlags are fun to spin. And fast. I spun a quarter of them last night and the rest this evening. Ready to wind onto plying bobbins and then ply. Fun!
Spun them up, here they are hanging out to dry. A bit of a mess, but fun. 140 yards.
Next, Southern Cross Fibre batts, shetland and alpaca, 80/20 in sun-dried tomato.
done up in fauxlags, my next spinning project.

Bee Mice Elf--fauxlags

first quarter of the braid in singles.

Bee Mice Elf, Heat Wave, BFL in fauxlags for spinning.

Bee Mice Elf--Chilly Penguin--BFL, 8 oz, in fauxlags for spinning when the heat wave is over.

Loop/Gale's Art

Spun on a spindle using "Fauxlags" plied on the wheel.

Loop Cloud-Midnight, 1.4 oz, 56 yards chain ply

Spun longdraw, and chain plied on the wheel.

Gale's Art, mixed BFL, Velvet Elvis--4 oz, 70yds 2 ply

Unbathed babies; hats in waiting

Birthday Cakes

Tomorrow, Sophia turns 13. Today we had a sledding party, with hot cocoa then pizza and cake, down at the Parker Pie.  Sophia made her own cakes.  The yarn is some minis I spun and chain plied on a drop spindle--so much fun. I'm working up a larger skein of the dark blue so I can work up something like a hat. Pictures to come.

chain ply on spindle

This is the leftover singles from the Figs colorway.  Actually, I started with these singles on a drop spindle, and then just chain plied them on another spindle.  I got about 22 yards of nice thick yarn.  Maybe a little baby hat? we'll see.

all knit up

Greenwood Fibers Polwarth in Coral

Greenwood Fiberworks Polwarth in Figs

Ann Budd's basic mitten pattern adapted.

Improvised mitts to use up the rest

Warm and cozy!