January 19, 2012
by Julie
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There’s been slow but steady progress on the BFL/alpaca roving. I finished up a second ginormous skein this week. I lost count but I think it’s upwards of 700 yards. Winnie was keeping a wary eye on the proceedings.
December 10, 2011
by Julie
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My Bluefaced Leicester/Alpaca blend roving is starting to turn into a lovely lofty 3-ply yarn with a beautiful heathered brown color and a nice luster. This first skein is 470 yards and I’m hoping to have enough for a sweater … Continue reading
November 21, 2011
by Julie
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Whoops, memory failed me. I haven’t been spinning cormo/romney to ply with my angora. Durante’s fleece is actually BFL/cormo and now it’s all plied up. I have a skein of 2-ply BFL/cormo and a skein of 3-ply that has 2 … Continue reading
November 17, 2011
by Julie
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I finished spinning my lovely bunny fluff. I am planning to ply it against some Durante (cormo/romey) which matches most of the fluff in a browner grey sort of color. If you look closely at the angora bobbin on the … Continue reading
November 12, 2011
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I finished a bobbin of the medium brown merino I bought at Rhinebeck at the beginning of the week and have started working with the gorgeous grey angora. It’s really relaxing to just spin a bit when we watch TV … Continue reading
October 20, 2011
by Julie
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I don’t like to let things sit on the bobbins too long or I forget what they are so this week I’ve plied up all my singles. The top three images are all llama from roving I bought from … Continue reading
August 31, 2011
by Julie
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This is what occupied my time during a good portion of the power outage. The pattern isn’t available anymore but you can probably reverse engineer it. It’s quite similar to the knitted winter shawl (bottom button) only more stripey. The … Continue reading
August 10, 2011
by Julie
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I’ve started working on the alpaca/BFL blend roving I had made with Shale’s 2010 fleece. It seems to want to spin very fine so I’m planning to do a 3-ply and that means it won’t be done anytime soon. Gabby … Continue reading
July 12, 2011
by Julie
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This is a wool/alpaca blend. I ended up with about 100 yards and I have two darker red batts that should go nicely with this. I plied it back onto itself and instead of using the CD spindle this time, … Continue reading
July 9, 2011
by Julie
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Because spinning helps keep things moving for my knee and thus helps it heal, I’ve been doing a fair bit this past week. I finished up some alpaca from Gilead Fiber Farm. It’s a pretty blue and should be enough … Continue reading
