• Projects 02.01.2022 No Comments

    I don’t think I ever posted a picture of this hat. Someone helping out pitched it into the wash and it felted a bit, before I’d had a chance to wear it. Here’s a link to the pattern and it’s free. The Inga Hat

    The bottom rolls, which seems to happen every time I do a knit braid. I will change this, next time I knit it. Also, there are some long areas that I wove in the 2nd color, rather than just stranding. So the inside looks like this:

    Inside

    This is my hat to wear outside, as it’s very warm. I used leftover yarn for it. I still think it’s ome of the most elegant patterns I’ve seen and plan to knit another.

  • I realized that I should have shown how to use the yarn stuff sack for plying. So here you go!

    Yarn sack with a turtle from my Delight. I’m plying from both ends of it. I just snap the two strands into the triangular yarn guide.

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    The other end is on my trusty low whorl.

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    The turtle stays in the yarn sack, making it easy to ply.

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    I just hold the spindle off at my right side and let it spin.

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    Repeat until complete!

  • Projects 25.05.2013 No Comments

    This is some potluck roving. I bought this at a fiber store in Newburg, OR on a trip to the coast. I’m getting about an ounce of plied yarn off my spindles. I’m using a David Reed Smith spindle that has 3 shafts. Two are for spinning and one for plying. I have about an ounce left to do.

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