This next yarn doesn’t look like handspun, but I promise you, it is. I started with this fiber, which I dyed using black beans. I spun it into some beautiful subtle color mixes, but then I made a mistake in finishing, and what little color there was disappeared. I ended up with an solid off-white … More Socks on the Road: Bubblegum Painted Skeins
Our second full day camping at Elk Island was the one day we went out on some excursions in Edmonton. (It’s also the day we began by shearing the awning off the RV, but that’s another story, which I don’t intend to relive ever again.) We visited my friend Kelly, met her husband and held … More RV’22.11: Qiviut Inc.
Begun while we were in Jasper, these were the perfect maple-leaf-colored socks to be knitting during our citizenship ceremony. They began as this braid from Sweet Georgia Yarns, purchased in March 2020 during my Vancouver trip. The colorway is called “phoenix rising,” and it’s on superwash BFL. These were my first sock spin this year, … More Socks on the Road: Phoenix Rising
The next socks I’d like to share with you are the only pair that are not from yarn spun this year. I spun this lovely merino-silk braid into two yarns, back as part of the 51 yarns project I did from 2019-2020. I split it in half, and did one half as my “Default Yarn.” … More Socks on the Road: Hobbledehoy Merino-Silk
You might remember that back in January and February, I did a sort of wool trade. Part of the fruits of that exercise were these two gorgeous braids of superwash BFL. I separated the two braids into the blue-shifted parts and the purple-shifted parts, attempting to make two analogous colorways. You can read about spinning … More Socks on the Road: Blue Geode 3-Ply
For this trip, I abandoned all other projects, and just brought along handspun sock knitting. These are all the yarns I brought, all but one spun since January. I had no expectations of finishing all nine pairs while we were gone, believe me! But I wanted to have my options open. Stringbean has run out … More Socks on the Road: Bubblegum 2-Ply
Here I am, just a couple of nights before (Lord willing) leaving on vacation. Bags are packed, boxes are ticked, final lists made. On the list is to share with you this last spin before we leave. The Breed and Color Study, this time around, included both carded and combed-top prep. To my surprise, I … More SCS+BCS: Carded Blended Gradients
Like it always is, April was a blur. Made more so because of course I have to make cakes for everyone. It all started with MiniMighty’s Minion cake (made in March, but served in April)March 2022 Round-Up: Recovery: I made my first cupcake cake for our church’s Easter feast: Which was followed a few days later … More April 2022 Round-Up: Birthday Insanity
I hope you like these colors, guys! Because you’re going to see them a few times in the weeks that follow. This is the Wool n’ Spinning Breed and Color Study fiber, dyed and carded by Katrina at CraftyJaks. This is kind of a big deal, because (a) she did both a carded and a … More Breed & Color Study: Radnor Sampling
Since I started spinning sock yarns, way back two years ago when I had my first really successful, really fast sock spin, I started saving pieces of each braid. I would unbraid, strip off about 1 oz, and set it aside with a label. I did this because 4 oz of fiber made frankly too … More SCS: Combo Spin 1
Osborn Fiber Studio 