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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Getting Acquainted with Big Tom and Fine Fiber
For today’s Fiber Friday, I’m going to take you on another photo adventure with my Big Tom drum carder by Ron nderson at Fancy Kitty (no affiliation, just a happy customer). Up to now, I’ve been carding medium domestic wool, … Continue reading
Rainbows and Fall (Fiber Update)
Here’s the latest in the shop for hand dyed spinning fiber…… I heard you, and there are a few Rainbows: Tussah Silk!! The rest of these are Corriedale combed top. BTW, I have proudly just dyed and sold nearly an … Continue reading
Autumn Fog
It was beautiful this morning….had to share! Click on ’em to go to Flickr and see them huge!
When it rains….
It has been quite the Thursday. We do library story time this day, and for once we were early. Or not. Cub 2 left the backpack with the essential DUE TODAY or ELSE videos in it. So one round trip … Continue reading
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Projects….
It’s been awhile since I talked about my WIP’s, so here goes! Yes, yes, this is not much progress on what we’ve dubbed ‘The Giant Bacon’. I do have an excuse…..I made the cast on chain WAAAAAY too tight, and … Continue reading
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Fiber Friday – Handspun
Today’s featured project is from Tracy. She started with this 8oz braid of Corriedale, named Deep Rainbow. She spun it into a thick single, then took it to an art yarn class….. And this beautiful coiled yarn is what she … Continue reading
Fresh from the Dyepot, 10/14/09 Shop Update
Here’s this week’s hand dyed yarn and fiber update. The fiber is BFL I posted a couple of weeks ago, but I had it in skeins. Seems people like braids better, so I braided and rephotographed. The yarn is Tiger … Continue reading
Fiber Friday – FO!
Welcome to my new feature in the blog…..customer projects (Finished Objects). I hope to keep this going, so if you’d like to be featured some Friday, do drop me a line here or on Ravelry. ThermalGal on Ravelry was in … Continue reading
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Fiber Update 10/08/09
In the top row, we have Tussah Silk. These are 4 oz braids, and are quite soft and luxurious. The second row contains Corriedale, love to spin this….it’s like comfort spinning! The first picture in row 3 is Firestar . … Continue reading
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Tagged corriedale, fiber, firestar, hand dyed, silk, superwash merino, tussah silk
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What’s on the wheel? Or… How to spin woolenish from combed top.
I thought it was about time for me to show you what I’ve been working on. This is 6 out of about 10 ounces of fiber dyed by Carol Lee. Mostly it yellow, green, and navy, but there are bits … Continue reading