10 posts tagged “spinning”

Terra Bella Fiber batt from etsy.com. color is zen garden (green, white, brown and gold sparkles:

Fiber from All Spun Up (also in etsy.com) blue, gree, white, and yellow Merino tencel blend

Merino Bamboo fiber I bought at stitches this year.  cotton candy pink

Merino Alpaca fiber from All Spun Up

Liza Souza merino fiber in milk and honey:

(2 ply)

Fat Cat Knits merino in Italian Leather Sofa:

(2 ply)

Fat Cat Knits merino in Early Birch:

(navajo plied)

Poppy Flower Fibers in Vino Redux:

(navajo plied)

Basketweave knit scarf using some of my merino/silk handspun:

Seeded rib scarf using bamboo, wool and some handspun wool:

Center Square hat from knitty.com (made with a wool/angora yarn):

Moss Stitch Scarf for Pep (Alicia's mom).  It's a hand dyed merino silk blend:

Nice basic hat with a pom pom (used some yarn I've had around for awhile - Rowan Cork)

fiber dyed by chimera and purchased on etsy (bramble rose):

navajo plied wool

Fiber Batt made by Terra Bella Spun and purchased on etsy:
Merino, Superwash Wool, Bamboo, Gold Sparkles & White Glitz

single spun

made with handspun yarn.  here is the pattern.
I cast on 16 stitches with size 11 needles.

This is a 2 ply yarn made with a strand of each bamboo/wool & silk/wool fiber:

some 2 ply bfl yarn made with pigeon roof studios fiber:

and some green 2 ply merino.  I bought the fiber at a craft show and don't remember her name.

Using merino 2 ply yarn and stitch pattern 139 (sunrise, sunset) from Vogue Knitting Stictionary.
cast on 21 stitches. (size 10 needles)

and also using FatCatKnits Merino Roving in "industry" navajo plied yarn.  size 10 needles

cast on a multiple of 3 sts
The pattern repeat is just K2, P1 on each side

I've been spinning a lot lately

yarn type: single ply
fiber source: terra bella fiber batt
fiber content: Superwash Wool, Wool Top, Bamboo, Mill ends Wool, Rayon, Sparkle & Glitz
color: icy moon drops
weight: 3.5 oz

this was my first try at cable plying.  you make 2 strands of 2 ply yarn and then ply them together.  suppose to make a nice strong yarn.

yarn type: cabled 4 ply
fiber source: roving from deep color
fiber content: 75% merino 25% silk
color: pale green & yellow/green
weight: 8 oz

yarn type: cabled 4 ply
fiber source: terra bella fiber batt & deep color alpaca roving
fiber content: batt was superwash wool & wool top.  roving was baby alpaca
color: strawberry, chocolate & coffee batt.  natural alpaca (chocolate brown)
weight: 7 oz

yarn type: navajo ply
fiber source: fat cat knits roving
fiber content: merino
color: quintessence
weight: 4 oz

fiber bought from all spun up (80% merino 20% silk) and it's navajo plied

playing catch up. here is some of the yarn I've spun in the last few months:

vesper south african fine fiber spun and then navajo plied:

Spunky Ecclectic BFL fiber also navajo plied:

Fiber Denn merino fiber also navajo plied: