Tag Archives: BFL

Sunday spinning update: back at it

Posted on April 26, 2015 by natalie

The last few weeks have been a blur of the normally busy routine plus other deadlines (including taxes). This past weekend I’ve been on the road with the kids visiting my family and going to the Toronto Knitters Frolic. It’s been busy enough … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: 2 skeins!

Posted on April 5, 2015 by natalie

It’s Sunday, and thanks to having a little extra time this weekend I’ve finished spinning and plying the skeins of BFL that I’ve been working on for the last month. The colourful one is Paris and the dark one is … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: still working away

Posted on March 29, 2015 by natalie

Another week has gone by and I’ve managed to do a fair bit of spinning. I think I’ve done about 3/4 of the singles from the batch of Eiffel Tower that I was working on last week. I can’t really capture … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: more than half way

Posted on March 22, 2015 by natalie

I finished up the bobbin of “Paris” from Southern Cross Fibre this week: I held off on the desire to ply it right away to see how it looks and started in on the coordinating “Eiffel Tower” BFL instead. I’m only … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: another gradient skein

Posted on January 18, 2015 by natalie

First off, I should mention that the blog is somewhat messed up at the moment and comments are not functional. That’ll be something I’ll try to fix soon. This week I’ll have some more knitting content & hopefully I’ll get … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: crazy BFL mission

Posted on January 11, 2015 by natalie

Last week’s blue singles from a Loop bullseye bump got plied into a wondrously soft skein of yarn. I’ve got somewhere around 320 yards. It’s a great way to start spinning in 2015: Next up I’d had an idea that … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: yarn!

Posted on November 1, 2014 by natalie

At long last I finished spinning up the Briar Rose BFL yarn. I filled the 3 bobbins and plied them together using my wonderful smooth TravelKate. The result is about 370 yards in 175g. As usual, I’ve got no particular … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: Briar Rose

Posted on October 5, 2014 by natalie

A few weeks ago I noticed that I had a few bigger lots of fiber (more than just 100g) sitting in the stash and I decided to tackle one. Out came a 6 oz ribbon of reddish-orange BFL from Briar … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: like a rainbow

Posted on January 5, 2014 by natalie

I finally finished up the Boreal skein of BFL from Twisted Fiber Art. Here it is all relaxed showing its rainbow-like progression: And here’s the skein: I got about 530 yards of chain-plied soft yarn out of this, which is … Continue reading →

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Christmas spinning and knitting update

Posted on December 30, 2013 by natalie

Although there has been a lot going on this past week, I did manage to finish spinning up the singles on my Twisted Fiber Art BFL in Boreal: I’m hoping that I got some good yardage on this because it … Continue reading →

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