Just a quick post to say that I’ve moved all my content from this blog to a new location
http://www.thinkspot.net/fiberlife/
I’m closing down comments in this blog. But you can come over to the link above and it’s fully operational, although I will probably be tweaking things..
Archive for the ‘Needlecraft’ Category
New Blog Location
Posted in Needlecraft on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dyeing Techniques to Try
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged dyeing, dyeing techniques on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, there’s lots of different dyeing techniques…
Here are two that I read about on the Ravelry forums and would like to try at some point and don’t want to forget…
from Post #8 in the Stinky Wool thread (must be logged in to Ravelry.com from preceding link to work) on the Dying to Learn Dye! Restaurant group [...]
Washing raw fleeces
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged fiber prep, hand carder, raw fleece on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, in December I actually bought a raw fleece. A shetland fleece from a wether name Kalus who lives near Reno, NV.
Here’s a picture of Kalus:
The shepherdess had cold-water washed/soaked the fleece. It arrived in kind of a jumble:
Well, Shetlands don’t have much lanolin, and this fleece smells nice and sheepy. Not stinky. The fleece [...]
Blocking my first lace scarf
Posted in Needlecraft on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, I’m blocking my first lace scarf right now. I knit this from the handspun BFL that I described dyeing in Mathmom Dyes Again. Here is a nice photo of how the yarn finally came out:
So I knit up the Cream of Spinach Scarf (but I call mine the Turquoise and Teal scarf). It was a [...]
Dye Day #3 – Angora Handspun
Posted in Needlecraft on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I’m a member of the Spinner’s Study group on Ravelry, and for the month of January, one of the fibers is angora. So I had bought some hand carded angora rolags from a lady down near San Diego, and I spun it myself. Just 22 grams (3/4 of an ounce), and a bit under [...]
Mathmom Dyes Again
Posted in Needlecraft on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, I had purchased 3 ounces of undyed BFL roving back in November, just for practice sake. And when I got my new spinning wheel (a Jensen Tina II), I spun it up as a 2-ply. Came out about DK weight. I liked it a lot and eventually hit upon the idea of dyeing it [...]
Dye Day November 2008
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged acid dyes, dye, dyeing, fiber, Jacquard, roving on November 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, I have now tried dyeing roving.
Some of my Wed. night knitting friends had the idea to have a “Dye Day” where we could all get together and dye yarn and/or roving. This was a great idea, and lots of fun. We were able to share ideas, help each other, and learn from watching what [...]
Drafting Techniques for Spinning
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged drafting, drafting techniques, long draw, spinning on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are two blog posts that I want to remember to check out later, explaining various drafting techniques used in spinning and what they are good for.
http://spinningspiderjenny.blogspot.com/2006/11/drafting-techniques-for-handspinners.html
http://spinningspiderjenny.blogspot.com/2006/11/opinions-on-drafting-techniques-for.html
knitting needle roll tutorial
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged knitting needle storage, knitting needles, pattern, sewing project, storage on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a blog post with instructions on how to make your own little carry-along storage/organizer for your knitting needles. Someone in my Knit Night group made it. I’ve only seen pictures so far, but it looks really cute and very well-designed and useful.
knitting needle roll tutorial
