Spindle house
About half a year ago, I made a simple storage solution for my supported spindles, from a cardboard box, 4…
Category: Spinning
Colourplay
I just wanted to say that I really love making rolags! As I finished my last spinning project this morning,…
M-ply
Most spinners probably have heard of n-ply (navajo ply or chain ply). It is a technique to ply one single…
Blending
Last Saturday my parents came over to celebrate my and my father’s birthday together. We had a really good time!…
More handspun
As I’m spinning every day, I’m noticing that I’m producing a lot of yarn (well, for spinning on spindles, that…
Handspinning
What’s going on? I’ve hardly knitted anything this year… somehow, since December last year, I’ve been hooked on spinning instead. I…
Dutch Knitting Days
Yesterday I went to the Dutch Knitting Days in Zwolle, together with my mum. It was very nice again, and…
Spinning rainbow yarn
As my cobweb is still drying, I have continued plying yarn that I spun during the Tour de Fleece. I…
Cobweb finished!
A couple of months ago I started spinning Tasmanian superfine merino from Malcolm Fielding’s Etsy store. This is a supersoft,…
Hestia is finished
Last week I finished knitting my homely Hestia shawl. I finished it on Sunday, and blocked it on Thursday. Right…
Designing a homey shawl
During the Tour de Fleece, I have spun a big skein of Polwarth-silk yarn from two braids of fiber from…
Review: Malcolm Fielding
My favourite supported spindle maker is Malcolm Fielding. He lives in Australia, and he creates devilishly divine spindles! He has…
Tour de Fleece 2015
This year’s Tour de Fleece has been a lot of fun! I’ve spun for Team Karma (as usual), Team Mirkwood,…
Goals
Since December, I have been spinning a lot more (and knitting a lot less). I did start to knit socks…
SAL with Smaug: finished!
The SAL with Smaug has been running from March 9 until yesterday (April 30). I’ve been spinning along, and I’m…
Spin along with Smaug
Tibor from MirkwoodArts, the spindle maker, has been quite busy, lately. He has been developing new spindles (the Ladies of…
Second Chance
A little while ago I’ve spun some delicious Polwarth and recently I’ve been knitting it. First, I started knitting the Geology…
Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2: finished!
Much later than the deadline (end of January), but my Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2 yarn is finally done! I’ve…
Spinning Polwarth
I’ve had this beautiful roving in my stash for a while. It’s from FeltStudioUK, and it’s 100% Polwarth. I’ve never…
Phil Powell collection
After the reviews I published during the past year about the beautiful Phil Powell spindles, I have recently acquired two…
Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2
The Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2 has been running for a couple of months already, and will be finished by…
Knitting projects
Lately, I’ve been working on a nice cabled scarf for my husband, in Wollmeise DK, no less. Still, it’s quite…
Just Batty Challenge nr. 2!
After the success of the first Just Batty Challenge, the Jenkins group on Ravelry decided to organize another one! Again,…
Playing with colours
Last Thursday, I spent the afternoon with my dear friend Anna, playing with colours. Anna has a big box full…
Handspun shawl
In the Tour le Karma swap, I received a lovely batt and beautiful roving from my Ravelry friend kooldutchlady, and…
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