art yarn, new job ect.
My first art yarn, I did it on Sunday!
The goods I got from the estate sale! The bin is full of nothing but novelty yarns, then the small bin is crochet cotton, and under that are tools, patterns and more! All for $50!! Score!
My baby sassy sleeping away on my bed!
My first batch of yarn on my spinning wheel, 2 ply merino/viscose blend.
My first Navajo ply attempt also a merino viscose blend. It’s only my second batch done on my wheel! There are some pigtails but oh well.
I really do like the art yarn, I will take better pictures of it this weekend. I bought pluckyfluff’s book not too long ago, and it was really inspiring to do something different. Since I got a Louet S10 it has a nice big orifice and is great for art yarns, those are what inspired me to buy a wheel to begin with. I think soon I will put some up on Etsy, or on here to sell. It’s hard to part with something that you put so much creativity into though. This newly acquired stash was great to have stuff to make art yarn with, so I went to town!
I have a whole ton of black and white mill ends from the sheepshed studio that i’m going to make some stuff with, some sock yarn, some punky yarn with red random stuff added in. Maybe make some mittens out of it. Mostly for socks for Mr. P to wear to work.
I did some dyeing a few weeks back, dyed 8 oz’s of sock yarn red black and blue, and dyed some superwash wool sheepshed threw in as a little “bonus”, they really are wonderful!
This guy is my main fiber pusher, Until sheep shed i have bought no fiber from anywhere else (except the fiber festival) but from him. He is so awesome. He has an ebay store Let me tell you, he is the nicest guy ever! He works so hard, his dyed stuff is phenomenal! Truly a gem! Really the best there is. Really! His prices are great too. He does heat with wood and coal, and you can sort of smell it at first in the fiber, but once you wash to set the twist – that’s all gone immediately. He does live in New York state for crying out loud!
I am looking to get a bunch of undyed yarn to do some more batches of sock yarn, and looking to get a ton of roving to dye too. I got a good enameled roaster at the estate sale for $2 , so now I can steam or dye in the oven whichever I prefer. Yay!
Working on that sock for Mr. P this weekend, I bet I finish #1 up by Saturday afternoon. He will love them. He’s a keeper!
welp, will write more later.
Peace!
