A long time ago a present was given for my birthday. It was a colour design to weave my horoscope shawl.
The design was made bij Bonnie Tarses.
Being optimistic I intended to dye the yarn that was needed. However time went by and I thought; if you want to weave it just dive into your stash, otherwise it will take another 5 years.
Mercerized cotton.
Winding the warp was a challenge. The thread colours changed frequently.
However the result is beautiful!
Bonnie’s advice was to weave tabby, but no colour advice for the weft was given.
I decided, after several try outs, to use the warp colours!
400 threads became 100 fringes.
A glass bead was added and 4 fringes were braided and the result was 25 fringes!
Once upon a time a workshop was given by Heather Adamson on the Online Guild.
It was in the year 2008.
I did like to participate. Always wanted to make a puppet like that.
I started optimistic, but couldn’t decide how to make it to my full content.
So I thought ‘let it simmer a while’ and that ‘while’ became alsmost 9 years!!!
When the Ufo (unfinished objects) workshop started last january, I thought it is now or never.
I took my time again, but I did it….
May I introduce…… Reppy Reptile.
A very nice workshop it was, given by Jane Robinson. Almost all participants made a sheep.
The flock was growing and growing. It was such fun.
Here are mine:
Coburger Fuchs and Wensleydale
Coby and Wensley
I bought this yarn in a charity shop. It felt like cotton! The sweater is knitted top down.
That suits me the best. The quantity of the yarn will always do, because I can adjust the length.
The collar was annoying. Every time I didn’t like it or it didn’t feel right.
Three times I changed it and finally I was content.
I did crochet a flower to brighten it up.
and made a special edge.
The yarn looked like a band.
but it is a net and the core is cotton (?) I really don’t know.
But cute it is!
Approximately 35 years ago I wove a cloth. The colours were modern 🙂 Dark brown and orange (and off white)!! When I finished weaving…I could not decide what to do with it.
After all those years I thought ‘enough is enough’.
I threw it in the washing machine and dryer and knew it would extremely felt.
A coat it was ment to be.
The lining was bought and the pattern chosen.
A zipper was used for the front.
The buttons are only for show.
Nice wearing because it feels warm and keeps the wind out, but ‘retro’ it is 🙂
I had a lot of yarn. Six balls each 50 gr. and each ball was approximately 400 m. / Lana Grossa: Lace Merino Print, 100% Merino Extrafine.
As I am looking at the photo it is really very long. Maybe I will ad a photo of it when I am wearing it. I am not small but neither am I a giant.
In the meantime at the backside there was a huge hole from a screw in my loom (was very busy climbing in and out of it). But that was easy to repair because of my knitting ‘top-down’.
I was able to adjust the seam at the same time. I lengthened the pattern.
Look at this beautiful yarn….it was a present….
What more is there to say…..
Last year we were invited to knit at a charity shop ( I am a member of a S&B group ). I went there with my spinningwheel…..It is the beginning before knitting isn’t 🙂 ‘There’ I found yarn I couldn’t resist. My colour and fluffy! At home I knitted a sample and I thought it too green. So I blended it with my indigo dyed chenille. That softened the colour. Lovely! I had enough yarn and decided to knit a long cardigan!
Nowadays I frequently use this book for knitting: It makes me more creatief!
It is a warm and cosy one!
I frequently take a look at the website of Ineke Elsinga. Visiting I noticed a pattern called ”walking waffle’ (literally translated from Dutch language’). Wow this…I wanted to have. I like optic illusions in weaving. Buying the pattern was easy done.
The warp is as straight as it always is (we can’t change that :-)), but every weft changes 70 times and then you start with the first weft again. The waffle really walks 🙂
When I took it of my loom and washed the cloth, I was so happy. It was beautiful.
I almost regretted it was woven for lining a bag from the grocery store.
Then I had to use my pair of scissors 🙁 I warn you!!! Sewing was a hell of a job!!
Some time ago I knitted a sweater from my handspun yarn. After undoing and changing I finally was happy with the result. What about the leftover yarn? Normally you never use it.
However look….. a bag is a nice solution. I often wear jeans and this way it became a nice combination.
I’m sorry I neglected my website for so long. The photo below explains it all.
We were so busy taking care of mother Sophy and her pups. When you click on her photo it will guide you to their website.
We kept one pup. Her name is Jytka.
and then life took over….. but I won’t bother you with that!
I am back again…..
On the Annual Spinning Day I attended a workshop felting. It was given by Adrian Salomé,
who hand dyed the tops herself. There were very nice colour combinations…..it was not easy to choose!!
We seperated the combed wool in thin layers and made a circle. Beginning in the middle and then going round and round. During felting we tried to keep the circle intact and I managed quite well, I think….well it is a little oval maybe….
My husband was needed to make holes. I hadn’t enough strength.
This little basket is a success while knitting on the couch. The ball stays in 🙂
This one is my favorite.
I used the sequence of the warp colours in the weft. However I mixed the colours to the new colour. Like this…pink bloc! alternating pink/yellow bloc! yellow bloc! alternating yellow/light green bloc! light green bloc! and so on…and so on.
For the weft I used light green. The long floats are very vulnerable.
I used light blue for the weft.
All three look good, but next time I will use 14 threads per cm.
Of course one weaves alternating purple floats too.
In the meantime two of them have moved to a new owner.
My daughter got a present from a friend. It was an owl to crochet.
Amigurumi this technique is called as I am well informed???
Well she never did crochet and together they tried…and tried…looked on youtube for the stitches and came to the conclusion, that they would never succeed and above all, they didn’t like to crochet.
And here I came in.
I can crochet and like to do it, all though I have to confess, I am not a great fan of Amigurumi.
It is nice isn’t it!?
Shawl number two from my ‘iridiscent colours’ project. During weaving something went wrong.
Do you want to read about it? Click on page and scroll down.
Once I participated in a ‘spinning longwool’ workshop of the OLG.
Amanda was our tutor.
During that time we were on holiday in England and being in Wensleydale I bought a fleece.
Beauties! The photo isn’t mine.
I got permission to use it from the owner of this website …..use the link to admire her felting.
A couple of years the wool stayed in my stash!
Not that I forgot it….oh no….time was the real reason.
Until now…..
It will keep me busy for a long time!
All fibers long and short are combed with a Flickr. The short ones are going on my drum carder, the long ones not. Otherwise they will be trapped on the carder.
It feels so soft!
Once upon a time the postman brought me a parcel with beautiful tops!
They came from the UK from Amanda. My favorite colours!Thank you!!
Merino-Cashmere 70/30.
After spinning:
The weight is 104 gram and the length is 471 meter.
These tops are BFL (BlueFaced Lester)-Tussah silk 70/30.
After spinning:
The weight is 147 and 57 gram. The length is 905 and 267 meter.
The ‘single’ yarn was steamed to ‘set’ the twist.
Now how shall I use it….’Lace’ knitting or weaving?!
In the same parcel was this luxurious Tussah silk too….still silently waiting…..
……and a happy and healthy 2016
keep on spinning and knitting and weaving and crochet and so on, and so on!!!
This mosaic weaving was on my ‘todo’ list for several years.
It was about time to get started……
Thin threads are my favorite and I like bright colours.
The length of the warp is for three shawls.
It was a joy to use my warping wheel again.
(Winding and beaming the warp)
Twelve threads per cm…..enough or to few….time will tell.
