Tag Archives: thick and thin
Project Review
I realized I’ve been leaving you in suspense over my purple sweater! It did get finished, and I literally had to take it to Colorado unblocked and block it in a friend’s washing machine, but it got finished. I wore … Continue reading
Back In The Spin
My spinning has finally picked up again, and I’ve had a few minor victories that put me well on the road to happy spinning again. I finished the silk laceweight for my sister. And, while I was at it, I … Continue reading
A Long Tail
It’s been over a month in the making and now the last tail is woven in. I present to you, the finished tam! (That’s the “tail” part of the title.) And here’s the “long.” I finally finished spinning the fall … Continue reading
So Near And Yet So Far
Ta-da! It’s done. All the work and excitement has transformed into twenty-three ounces of light-worsted/worsted yarn. According to my calculations, that means that only nine ounces of weight washed out with the lanolin. As far as I know, that’s a … Continue reading
Right There! I Can See It!
Look what is showing through my once-enormous pile of turquoise fiber. This is all I was able to make before running out of purple locks to stick into the thin single. Actually, I’m rather glad I ran out. It was … Continue reading
Odds and Ends
And now, for a general spinning update, and a chance to show off the projects that have been languishing in my closet due to an influx of other distractions (cough, cough, the Walking Wheel, cough) . . . Here is … Continue reading