A beautiful morning

A beustiful sunrise:

Yesterday morning that is. I’ve made some progress on the Fiddlehead mittens. I spun the last colour after I finished knitting, and now I’m just waiting for the last contrast colour to dry to finish the first mitten. Or at least half the first mitten. Lining will be added after I finish both.

There’s [...]

There will be ripping

It was time for me to wake up and smell the coffee. The Fiddlehead mitten is too big for my hands. At first I just assumed it would be alright, because lining will be added. But come on there’s only so much a thin fabric can do.

I did do a swatch and I tried to [...]

Progress on the Fiddleheads

I’m knitting on the first mitten as soon as the yarn dries. The pattern is great; I really like it. It’s been quite difficult to spin consistently, despite having made a sample card. The first batch of main and contrasting colours are thicker than what was the goal and a bit thick and thin. However, [...]

Fiddlehead spinning

During my vacation I started to sample the fibres for the Fiddlehead mittens. It was lovely to spin the BFL/silk. It ran smoothly and rather OK when it comes to consistency. I made a sample card with unwashed singles and plied yarn to have as a reference when spinning the yarn for the project. The [...]

800g of Fibre

Two packages were waiting for me when I came home from work yesterday.

The white envelope contained July’s fibre from Spinspiration. This month’s feeling was envious. It’s 100g of grey Jacob wool. This time I’m not entirely certain what to make, so I will wait and see what others create.

In the second parcel were, believe it [...]