Thursday, July 28, 2011

Catch up the Blog

Caleb came for a visit and we had rain threatening but made it out for our boat ride and water skiing without a drop!
I started a different kind of knitting project, it is a scarf made from 'yarn' which is 1/2" strip of Tyvek paper-very easy pattern and a decorative scarf results!
Isn't it fun?  Any fun yarn would work for this pattern-I will be trying some more; especially some hand spun.
I loaded the smaller corduroy quilt on the frame-this one doesn't have batting, instead I backed it with some polar fleece to make a comfy quilt.  It is going well.
I dyed two sets of Blue Faced Leicester roving, 4oz each for spinning some sock yarn.
I like to divide the roving into four strips so I can spin each section, ply two together, and then repeat for the other ball so each sock will have its own skein.  This way , I don't have to rewind to divide the one big skein in half for each sock-it works for me...
One skein is done, working on the second!
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6 comments:

  1. LynneJuly 28, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    That yarn turned out in a way I would never have expected looking at the fleece you dyed! Wow! Stunning!

    Glad you got to spend some time with Caleb despite threatening weather.

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  2. MarselJuly 28, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    The yarn is very pretty -- imagine you choosing to work with greens and browns! :)

    Tyvek paper?! Weird!!!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    Wondered where you were--glad you were having a good time and not sick. love the way that yarn turned out. Sharon

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  4. BenitaJuly 29, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    Very, very pretty sock yarn. I absolutely love that colorway! Maybe because I am ready for fall and it reminds me of the leaves beginning to change.

    So, how does the scarf feel being knit out of paper?

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  5. Donna S.July 29, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    New to your blog. Really enjoying it. Wow, you do it all, don't you? I knit. weave, spin a little, some sewing, beginning quilter, yada, yada, yada... LOL

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  6. LunabudKnitsAugust 5, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    Love the scarf! REminds me of coral:)

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