Summer spin
Almost a year ago, I prepared the rolags for a spinning project. The fibre was from the Hedgehog Fibres Fibre…
Tag: Hedgehog Fibres
Brioche and garter stitch love
It has been a while, but I’m back! In August/September, our house (and the rest of our block of houses)…
Spinning bits and bobs
Back in April, right in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown, I got a package to cheer me up a…
Colour taming
Last weekend I finished spinning another project. This one was started in the last week of the Tour de Fleece,…
Tour de Fleece: Yeah, very thick indeed
Last Sunday I plied all my singles on my wheel. As I was plying, I was a bit suspicious already.…
Tour de Fleece: Singles wheel
After two weeks of spinning in the Tour de Fleece, I have finished spinning the singles for my project. Four…
Tour de Fleece: Halfway mark
We’re about halfway through the Tour de Fleece, and I’m enjoying it immensely. I’ve been spinning every night so far,…
Tour de Fleece: Ready to start!
Today it starts: the Tour de Fleece of 2018! Spinners around the world take out their wheels, polish their spindles,…
Rebel
A few years ago, I went to a colour analysis together with some Ravelry friends. I turned out to be…
Mosaic magic
Today I finished knitting a lovely pattern: Sundry. It’s a shawl pattern that requires two (skeins of) yarn. It’s knit…
Thin or thick?
As I become a more experienced spinner, I notice that I spin thinner and thinner. My previous project turned out…