die linse strickt (me, knitting)
Book addict, photography addict, photo podcaster and (again) - after years of abstinence - knitter.
von einer die liest, fotografiert, podcastet, kocht und nun auch noch strickt.
Where to find me / wo man mich sonst noch so findet:
on ravelry,
on monikaandrae.com (Photography, German only),
on monis motivklingel (Photography Podcast, German only),
on Kruste & Krümel (Cooking & Baking, German only),
An meine deutschen Leser und Leserinnen. Ich werde hier mehr und mehr in Englisch posten, zum Üben und weil ich selbst viel auf englischen & amerikanischen Blogs lese. Kommentare sind aber auch in Deutsch jederzeit willkommen. :-)
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I have finally finished the yarn from the Sweetgeorgia Yarns June Fiber Club colorway. It resulted in 413 yards of fingering weight 3-ply.
The fiber was gorgeous as always … super fluffy, a pleasure to work with and the color did not bleed a bit. SGY fiber is amazing.
Had to take some glamour shots ;-)
A little woolen something
During a small fiber event at a local dyer’s studio, I’ve treated myself to a few turns at the drumcarder she’d set up. That resulted in three small batts (roughly between 50 grams and 75 grams).
The yarn above was spun from the smallest one. I’ve divided the batt lengthwise into smaller stripes, rolled them into rolags and spun them with a supported long draw. After chain-plying the single, the yarn got fulled and beaten lightly.
The resulting 3-ply has 9-10 wpi and a yardage of 78m per 49 grams.
Finished Object!!
My daybreak shawl is finally done. I loved every minute knitting it - it was mindless, relaxing knitting and the yarn was (my) handspun. Both merino/silk tops came from Three Waters Farm. The semisolid colorway is “Burnt Orange” the variegated is “Cheerful Disposition”. Both have been spun up during Tour de Fleece.
There is nothing better than knitting with your own handspun!
Great things already cast their shadows ahead …
Not only do I have to deal with a massive workload jobwise, there are also things in my private life that will require a lot of (budget) planning, to do lists and week ends to spend on tackling those lists.
- we will move to a bigger place by December 1st (and I will have my own studio there. Yikes!)
- we have to renovate our current house
- there is a book project coming up
I’ve lacked spare time during the last weeks, and it might not get better for the next month to come. Somehow I will have to deal with that and try to find (and maybe even schedule) those moments of me time. If I cannot dig my hands into fibery fluff every no and then, I will probably go nuts ;-).
I managed to steal a few moments with the youngest an smallest member of my flock today. We are still getting getting to know each other. (I don’t have a name for her/him yet). The top is cheviot/ SW cheviot / wensleydale / nylon and solar dyed with safflor and madder and I love the sunny colorway - it makes me smile.
Any idea for a name that would suit my Little Gem II?
Batt Transformation
This is my second true woolen yarn. I’ve spun it long draw from the fold on my Schacht Reeves and (OMG!) fulled it slightly. It has been spun from four - 21 mic merino/tussah - batts, created by Candy and Laura from nunoco.
The finished 2-ply is reasonably consistent (at least for a newbie in woolen spinning). It’s a light worsted yarn with a meterage 488m/200g. And it is super fluffy. I loooove it!
Tour de Fleece 2014, the final
I’ve plied aaaaaaaall day long and finished my last two yarns. The blue one (75% mulberry silk, 25% BFL) is 320 grams and 538 meters distributed to two skeins. The big skein is a classic 3-ply, the small skein is made from the “leftovers” ans has been chain-plied. (the “blue” photos have been taken pre-wash)
The second skein is Three Waters Farm Merino/Tussah silk in the colorway “Cheerful Disposition”, 130g with a yardage of 415 meters, chain-plied.
My tour total is:
- total fiber weight: 570 g
- finished yarn: 1326 m
- singles spun: 3978 m
Tour de Fleece 2014, day 20
Day 20 was travel day and I’ve spend many hours on the autobahn, so no spinning in the afternoon. Luckily I did manage to finish the second bobbin of the blue fiber in the morning. Yay!
Tour de Fleece 2014, day 18
… brings the first skein of finished (and washed) yarn and more spinning on the blue mulberry silk / BFL top
Knitting during Tour de Fleece
Even during Tour de Fleece, you need time to knit. At least I do. So I’ve started a pair of socks from one of my handspun yarns. The pattern is Rettangolo and I think it is especially suitable for handspun.
