400 Yards and Still Spinning

So far I’ve spun and plied 400 yards of Coopworth yarn — yes, Meredith, it is Coopworth, not Coopwhite as I earlier incorrectly reported.  Check out the pictures of Coopworth sheep here.  There’s a particularly cute lamb picture on the second row.  

I still have more roving left and I think I’ll get at least [...]

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Walking Tour of D.C. Sock Yarn

The first installment of the D.C. Walking Tour Sock Club yarn arrived last week and it’s gorgeous.  It’s called “Cockscomb on Q” and the color inspiration comes from a cockscomb plant blossom in a flower box on Q Street.  Pretty clever.
 
I can’t wait to get started on the socks.  Karida has come up with an [...]

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Red Scarf Is In the Mail

I sent off my finished scarf for the Red Scarf Project today.  It ended up being 7″ wide and 78″ long.  It’s a good thing I didn’t use all four balls of yarn.

Now I have one ball of this yummy Debbie Bliss Sublime yarn left and need to find a good one skein project to [...]

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My Very First Hand Spun Yarn!

As promised here are the pictures of my very first hand spun yarn.  I know it’s taken a while for me to post them, but now that I’m finally through my church’s big annual meeting, I’m hoping I’ll be able to be a little more present on the blog.  Which means I’m also hoping I’ll [...]

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Cool Color Test

I’ve been off the blog for the last several days due to extreme busyness at work and a terrible cold that I came down with just as I’m preparing for the annual business meeting for my church.  ’Figures.
Anyway, I finished my spinning classes and bought a wheel of my very own.  I made my first [...]

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Red Scarf Completed–Almost

Yesterday I finished the knitting on my scarf for the Orphan Foundation of America Red Scarf project.  Now all I have to do is block it.  It was a fun scarf to knit with some fairly “mindless” knitting for relaxation and a little challenge in the cabled sections.

I’ve finished my second bobbin of spun wool [...]

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Spinning

I took my first spinning class yesterday at The Woolery and had a lot of fun learning about how to “scour” wool and then beginning to spin.  
My friend Kay is in the class–we’re finding so much that we have in common–and it was great to meet Sherry.  We are going to have to find [...]

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In Case You’re Wondering

No, I did not win the lottery and take off on a whirlwind global tour.  I’ve just been super busy at work–teaching, preaching, visiting, funeral conducting, planning, etc. and have not taken the time in my “just enough time” to write on my blog.  
The only fiber work I’ve accomplished has been more inches on [...]

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