Monday, 7 October 2013
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Quick Update
The iris along the driveway are beginning to bloom. Spring is finally here.
As far as incidental projects, well I've been spinning cat hair again. I had to knit something with it to see what I thought and here is the beginning of a doily called Glockenblume.
It's about 7 inches in diameter right now and of course I am now out of "yarn" on row 20. I wonder how much more I can harvest before I have a bald kitty!
Monday, 30 May 2011
Blocking an old piece
As I was looking for another ball of yarn for my shawl, I dug up this old piece that I had knitted from cat hair and silk. Alas, Deja is no longer with us, but it is nice to have a memory of her.
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Sunday, 3 June 2007
Being Serious About the Craft
Karmyn R has challenged us for
to show our crafty side by posting something hand made by us.
I have several things to offer and for this post I think I will focus on the fiber world although I certainly do many other kinds of crafty things too.
I love to spin and knit and here are some examples of things I've done with fiber. This is some yarn that I spun and then dyed with Koolaid.
This is the infamous dog hair shawl - spun from the hair of my Great Pyrenese dog and then knitted into a lace pattern.
This is hair from my Persian cat that I have tried to spin very very fine.
Here is a vest that I knitted sideways and have always liked. I don't see it anymore because I gave it to a friend who lives in California.
I also weave and am particularly interested in a rug-making weave called bound weave. Here are some of my early rug designs.
The Green one is woven with unspun fleece.
The next two are more bound weave.
You can see the design for little men in this detail.
Finally here is the one I am working on currently (or rather am ignoring currently - It has been on the loom a really long time, but the loom is in the back of the house and I like to be in the main house area where stuff happens, so I don't sit and weave too much on my floor loom.)
I can't wait to see what other blogger's do for craft fun!
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