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Week 11 of 2024
One of my favourite things is dyeing fibre for spinning - playing with colour. I am not scientific, I just mix different colours, and pour them on the fibre. It is always exciting to see how it turns...
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Week 12 of 2024
Knitting for this week -I started a pair of socks with yarn that I spun last week.Toe-up, two-at-a-time, 64 stitches, on 2.5mm needles.Temperature blanket.Photos from Around-Not too much snow left, but...
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Week 13 of 2024
I finished sewing the quilted jacket! This was made using a heavily modified Lutterloh pattern (#77 from supplement #320 - a vintage pattern that I made a French Terry jacket with a while ago). I...
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Week 14 of 2024
I worked on a few different projects this week -I finished spinning a skein of sock yarn from some Merino/nylon that I had dyed recently.An online spinning group that I belong to is having a challenge...
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Week 15 of 2024
Mainly knitting this week, but I did press and trim more of the blocks that at sew at a monthly makers get together -Now there are 54 Broken Dishes blocks (I need 218 total now because I decided to...
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Week 16 of 2024
This week I sewed a summer skirt (it isn't as bright as the photo, but still a berry pink, one of my favourite colours). The fabric, a stretch twill, was a remnant for $7.The pattern is #134 from...
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Week 17 of 2024
This week I finished spinning another skein of sock yarn (that will be my theme for the year).The fibre was dyed neon pink and goldI dyed some more fibre for socks. I was inspired by an article in the...
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Week 18 of 2024
Finished a few things this week -A skein of Merino/Nylon for sock, from fibre that I dyed last week.And a set of six tea towels. The pattern is Four Blocks on Four Shafts: Summer & Winter Towels...
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Week 19 of 2024
A few projects on the go-Started a new weaving project - a simple, plain weave, project to stay on the loom for the summer time (more tea towels).I picked this tatting project up again (started in...
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Week 20 of 2024
Still lots of works in progress -I have been spinning some locks from a local shepherd. They are a Wensleydale/Romney cross. I am flick carding the individual locks to open them up before spinning -...
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Week 21 of 2024
A couple knitting finishes this week -A pair of handspun socks. They are my regular sock pattern with a simple 3x1 cable rib added for interest.A handspun hat knit as part of a weekend knit along...
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Week 22 of 2024
Did some sewing this week-Made Miss Maggie some bright collar covers so the birds see her (she had been catching a few too many recently). I made 3 all the same because she loses them easily (the...
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Week 23 of 2024
I sewed another bra this week because I wanted to make sure I had how to sew a bra firmly in my mind, so that I wouldn't have to refer to the Craftsy class all the time.I tweaked the pattern again, and...
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Week 24 of 2024
This week I made another tiny pincushion from a circle of fabric, a button, some thread, crushed walnut shells, and an old Christmas light reflector.Works in Progress-Cross stitchTemperature...
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Week 25 of 2024
This week I sewed another Blackwood Cardigan (a pattern from Helen's Closet)-I have lost track of how many of these I have made. This one is a crop version.Works in Progress-Temperature blanketCross...
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Week 26 of 2024
Tour de Fleece started yesterday (an annual spinning event that takes place at the same time as Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes). My goal is to spin at least half an hour everyday, and to spin...
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Week 27 of 2024
This week I sewed a sundress-It is the same as one I made last year (a combination of two different Lutterloh patterns). This one is from a rayon fabric given to me by a friend clearing out her stash.I...
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Week 28 of 2024
This week I finished a second skein of yarn for Tour de Fleece-Â A BFL/Nylon blend for socks.Works in Progress-A warm week and some new colours for the temperature blanket.Chickens added to the cross...
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Week 29 of 2024
Tour de Fleece ended today. This week I spun two skeins of yarn for socks-A Merino/nylon blend,and a BFL/nylon blend.This is all the yarn I spun during the three week spinning event.1230m/456g of yarn...
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Week 30 of 2024
Works in Progress -A warm week for the temperature blanket.This week we went on a road trip, and this was the project that I took with me. A pair of socks knit with yarn I spun during TdF.Photos from...
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