March is here!

It's been a while. I guess things have just been busy around here. Mostly I've got a few yarns to share. No new crochet, the socks aren't done, the hat isn't done, my sewing machine isn't here yet, and I haven't made any batts. Oh! I built a lightbox so I can take better pictures. I didn't take a picture of it, though. Anyway, I used the tutorial available here: http://www.studiolighting.net/homemade-light-box-for-product-photography/

So, onto the yarns:

This one I only dyed. I used Wilton's, it's sock yarn, yadayada. It's 100 g (300 meters) and it's all wool. I call it 'Tahiti Sunset'.

In this bag are 2 oz of locks, 2 oz of superwash, and LOTS of glitz (although you can't see it in this picture). Here's the yarn it made, called 'Fairies and Dragons':

From the roving I didn't like comes this slightly-blurry picture of yarn, called 'Fingerpaints':
The next two are navajo-ply yarns. The first is 80/20 merino/silk and the second is wool with a little mohair (<10%).



Up next is 'Tumbleweed', a hemp yarn plied with cotton and glass beads:

And the newest additions to my yarn family. 'A Phoenix Reborn' and a nameless red superwash, some of which was used to complete the aforementioned yarn:


I think that's all I've got for now. As always, all the yarns here are for sale. You can get them in my Etsy store (linked in the left column of this blog), or if you see something here that isn't listed yet, comment me or email me or something.

Oh, and whenever I finally finish the layout for my site, I'll be available at http://www.kimscraftythings.com.

New parts, new yarns, and new projects.

Well. I guess I've been kind of busy, although it doesn't feel like it.

I agreed to participate in that crochet-along, and here's my first block (two are done, out of four for the month):
I still can't decide if I will do four of each block, or use some of the 2008 blocks as fillers, or do four of the blocks I like and only two of the ones I don't (with fillers added). Possibly the last. Oh, here are all the yarns I've purchased for the project so far (I need more creams):
There's actually a dark purple missing from that picture, but I've got a lot of medium tones and a couple of darks. I definitely need to find a couple of lights to balance everything out.


My SO bought me a jumbo flyer for my wheel, and here's what it looks like all installed:



I spun my first corespun yarn last night on my newly modified wheel! I think I like the technique.

Here's the bamboo I spun up to knit with the red romney:


And, last but not least, I'm over halfway done knitting the romney and bamboo into a scarf for my lovely!

More finished yarns!

There's that watermelon yarn that I plied with thread. I meant for it to look much more "novelty", but for some reason that didn't happen. I kept the thread's tension high and let the wool wrap loosely around the thread. I think making a skein removed a lot of that looping, and the thread may be too short now, compared to the stretched out wool. I really can't tell. It looks lovely, though, and I'm excited to spin up more of it and try again with a thicker yarn.

And here are the corriedale pastels. The yarn turned out lovely. I'm going to spin up the other half of the wool and sell them both as one item.

Next up is the crimson romney and the pretty gray bamboo. I know it will take time, but I want this project to be done now, so I can see how it looks! In-progress pictures to come.

Now, off to craftster to share my accomplishments!

Pictures and today.

There's that soysilk picture I promised. It was a MESS to spin, but it turned out lovely. I have soysilk all over my clothes and my couch now, though.

I went into Susan's shop today for her spin-in, and it was pretty empty due to the temperature, but it was nice to talk with them and to sit and spin in company. I'm excited for the prospect of dog hair, because I love spinning it so much. I don't know how much to charge per ounce, though...I guess we'll see!

I also bought some variegated pink thread to ply with some of that watermelon roving, so we'll see how that turns out! Also in the works is some carbonated bamboo to go along with the crimson romney. It will be delicious, if it turns out the way I'm imagining.

More to come soon!