Tag Archives: Shetland

Sunday spinning update: Yarn!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by natalie

I am feeling victorious today. I’ve finally made some yarn since the big house move. This was mostly thanks to the daily spinning prompt of watching the Tour de France. First of all, I finished spinning the merino singles that … Continue reading →

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I knit myself into this mess

Posted on April 10, 2013 by natalie

I’m not ready to show you the full design yet, but I thought I’d show you what I’m facing today: The only way out is to neatly darn in each end. I know this yarn will stay put nicely because … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: more Shetland

Posted on January 12, 2013 by natalie

All I managed to get done this week in spinning is to finish and ply the Shetland I started last week, but I love it. It’s Submerge from Southern Cross Fibre. I chain plied it as planned to keep the … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: colour!

Posted on January 5, 2013 by natalie

As much as I’ve enjoyed spinning 14 oz. of semi-solid coloured Polwarth/silk, I was glad to be finished. Here’s the final skein. It’s about 538 yards of 2 ply in about 112g. It’s lovely. I’m doing some sketching of ideas … Continue reading →

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2012 Spinning in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by natalie

I’ve had a lot of fun spinning this year, and today I’ve spent some time looking back to see exactly what I did. I spun a wider range of fibers than before: Merino, Falkland, Rayon, Corriedale, Cashmere, Jacob, Targhee, Romney, … Continue reading →

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We have sheep!

Posted on December 12, 2012 by natalie

This sheep heid hat is addictive. I keep wanting to get the end of each chart. The other night I just had to get to the top of these cute little sheep: And then yesterday I was not going to … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: Monet

Posted on August 4, 2012 by natalie

It seemed somehow appropriate after visiting Paris and seeing many paintings to pull out this Shetland in the colourway Monet from Turtlepurl to work on next. I’ve got 200g of this to spin up, and I’m only about 50g of … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: Tour de Fleece week 2

Posted on July 16, 2011 by natalie

What a whirlwind of a week it’s been here! In addition to work, kids, the Tour de France and the Tour de Fleece, we have sold our house! It looks like it’s all going to work out in the next … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update

Posted on December 18, 2010 by natalie

It’s been another fun week of spinning stealing time away from the knitting. I wasn’t completely neglectful of the knitting because I was able to finish a scarf (see below). More on that later this week! I spun up my … Continue reading →

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