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Finished Sweater
I finished knitting a sweater with handspun yarn.It is a simple top-down, raglan sweater (no real pattern, I just do a small swatch to figure out how many stitches per inch, and from that calculate how...
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We Bought a Farm!
No sewing or any making for me this week - we moved!We had been looking for a place with a bit of land for a few years and this one fit the bill. It is only about 20km from our old house.It has lots of...
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New Sewing Room
I am still unpacking but I sewed my first seam in my new sewing room today! Fixing a pillow case, but so nice to sew.The house is slowing all coming together, it is lovely here!We have been seeing lots...
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Another Quilt!
After moving I realized that I didn't need any more quilts, but I have fabric, love sewing and can't seem to resist the Temecula Quilt Company sew alongs! Last Friday I finished unpacking boxes and...
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A New Weaving Project
During the summer I spun some yarn for a weaving project.This is about 700g of fingering weight yarn made from one sheep's fleece that I had cleaned and combed for spinning.This past week I dyed it....
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Finished Fabric
I finished weaving the piece of fabric I started last week.It ended up being about 3m (over 3 yds) of 58cm (22.5") of fabric. I am so happy with it!There are lots more photos and information on my...
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Lots of Little Blocks
It is nice to be keeping up with a quilt along! This one is Secret Santa Sew Along from the Temecula Quilt Company blog.These are Step Three blocks. 48 - 1+1/2"x3+3/4" units.And these are Step Four...
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Little Blocks into Big Blocks
All the little blocks for the Secret Santa Sew Along from the Temecula Quilt Company blog are getting sewn together -Four blocks so far, and eight left to sew. There is still one clue left, so I hope I...
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Finished a Sew Along and Started a Knit Along
I am so thrilled that we did make a Burgoyne Surround quilt for the mystery Secret Santa Sew Along from the Temecula Quilt Company!Here it is as a flimsy,and all quilted. It is about 45"x57".The...
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Working with Wool
I have a few wooly finishes this week!The first one is a tunic I sewed using the fabric I wove last month (it takes me a while to get the courage to cut up hand woven fabric after all the time spent...
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A Little Fire
Today my son and I sewed a microwave baked potato bag-It looked lovely for a few minutes, until we used it -Online instructions said that it would take about 7-10 minutes to bake a potato, and to stop...
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Frosty Days
Thanks to every one who gave me tips on the potato zapper bag. I haven't been tempted to repair the burnt one, or tried making another. The microwave just has a faint burnt smell now, luckily since the...
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Christmas Eve
My Christmas Eve started by snowshoeing very early-the sodium yard light casts a nice orange glowbundled up warm We had a couple days of snow - it was really nice, not storming, just light fluffy...
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New Years Eve
We have had a lovely Christmas week - playing ping pong, pichenotte, card and board games, and enjoying outdoor activities (lots of snow shovelling too).I did finished off a couple of mini skeins this...
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Year in Review
The start of the new year is the right time to look back at the past year and to make plans for the new year.At the beginning of last year I thought I would try to blog once a week since I hadn't been...
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Spinning and Knitting
This past week I finished knitting a cowl -The pattern is Wolkig by Martina Behm - a free pattern on Knitty. This had been my take-along knitting for the past little while. It was really simple to...
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Carding Wool for Yarn
Last week I finished combing another raw fleece, from a local farmer. This one was over 700g after washing.The sheep are a cross, but mainly Down breeds (Southdown and Dorset Down) - named for region...
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Wool Chair Pad
I finished a punch needle, wool, chair pad this week.The project started as another raw fleece that I was given.I cleaned, combed, spun the wool, and dyed it,Punch needle is worked from the back with a...
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Start of a Sweater
I finished spinning the fibre that I had drum carded a couple of weeks ago.I ended up with about 457g, 1640m of a DK weight yarn.I am really pleased with how this came out - it is well blended but you...
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Another Chair Pad
Since I loved the first punch needle chair pad that I had made with handspun yarn, and I had enough leftover yarn, I had to make another.To finish this one I again traced around the outer edge with a...
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