Very well on the way to A Thousand Splendid Suns
I got a finished cowl! The pattern is a thousand splendid suns by Cecilia Flori. She has only done a couple of designs, but they are either geniusly constructed or have some very cool names/themes – like the scarf called…
New design: Biased Stripes
About 1 1/2 week ago I published a new free pattern: Biased Stripes. The inspiration for this design came up when I wanted to knit something using a handspun batt. I had bought some of the so called “Batt Droppings”…
Handspun socks
A finished knitting project to show off: Back in.. (well, August I guess?) I spun some yarn with the purpose of knitting socks. It was a lovely braid of Falkland wool, dyed by Two if by Hand, which I received…
Camomille # 6
I’ve taken about 2 months to knit a shawl, which previously has taken me a couple of days. This time around, I wanted to use it as travel knitting, and I really didn’t knit more than when I was on…
That handspun hat
… which I was writing about a while ago, was actually finished pretty quickly. It took a while to get proper photos though, so I waited with posting anything about it! I want to show it off now. It fits…
Handspun knitting
I have fallen in love with spinning some of the most precious handdyed fibers out there – and I am mostly spinning just to see the resulting yarn. Like when buying yarn, people ask me what I am planning on…
I made this
158 meters and 92g of Merino/Silk 70/30 from Wingham Wool Work, some of the first fiber I bought. And this: 210 meters and 4 oz (appr 105g) of Alpaca/Tussah Silk 50/50 from Spinneretta’s Studio. And even this: A mixture of…
