Monday, December 20, 2010

Out of thread

How does it always seem to happen that I run out of something just as I'm about to finish? Fate, I suppose. This time, it's thread. Plain boring brown thread. I thought my house was stocked to the gills with brown thread. But no. Three seams from finishing my Mother in Law's Christmas gift, the spool ran dry.

And there are no more spools.

Thankfully, I pressed myself to try to finish ahead of time, so I have several days to make a run to pick up some more - but I really wanted to be done tonight! Oh well. Off to video games, instead.

Monday, December 13, 2010

NaNoSpinMo results

I didn't make my goal. Ended up spinning about 10 oz. of fiber out of the 16 oz I hoped for. I got distracted by getting my patterns up and running, but that's fine with me. I ended up with some gorgeous yarn, and I can't wait to knit with it.

Novemberspin

The pink is the Miss Babs, the brown multi is Susan's Spinning Bunny, and the orange is fiber fest fiber which is sadly missing its tag. Overall: success!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Hillsborough Hat and Mitts

It's been a bit quiet here, but I've been working on something big.

This:

KPset

A little hat and mitt set. In Knit Picks Stroll Tonal...

TWFhat

Or in Three Waters Farm Silk Merino fingering.

TWFmitts

The patterns are available for sale at Knit Picks or locally at Yarns, Etc.