More goodies Lisa made from my yarn.

Lisa, (who’s been knitting out magic with her kneedles as she goes to grad school) sent me images of the bag & scarf she knitted from 2 separate silk yarns I had spun & painted.
The pictures of the yarns used are inset.
Her Etsy shop is sacredpathways.etsy.com and her blog is http://sacredpathways.blogspot.com/
Lisa’s off to Earth day in downtown Richmond, VA with her knitted goodies soon. Good luck Lisa!

Desperate for cotton.

My friend from school had a baby 3 years ago & when she learnt of my spinning & dying asked if I spun cotton. At that point I said "no - not yet. It's a short fiber & takes really long to spin." A few weeks ago, i decided to dye an assortment of cotton lycra sock yarn for her & her child (both of whom are allegic to wools & animal fibers). She's knitting up a sock storm. I shall be uploading images of the socks once she's done. She says stockinette works up great & that she doesn't bother with a pattern since the yarn self striped by itself. Also she finds it extremely forgiving because of the lycra in the cotton - no loss of shape.
She & her knitting bud will later be knitting shells & tanks from more yarn I've dyed.

PURRRRRPLE

One of my best friends used to say "the older you get, the more Purple you see & want". Her words come back to haunt me just about every dye day.
As a child purple made me sad.
Anyone else feel the same?
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PAINTING SILK & WATER

I used to read a lot of Gerald Durrell as a teenager & couldn't get the picture of his descriptions of the shore & waters of Crete (Greek Island where he lived in with his family) out of my mind.
Well, here's a manifestation - handpainted, hand reeled Mulberry/Bombyx silk from what I've always imagined the Waters of Crete to be!
I shall soon be loading these on yarnahoy.etsy.com

The DELIGHTFUL Book Charkha.

I have fallen in love with the book charkha (Indian foldable spinning wheel). Given my obsession with spinning, it's my Morphine - my fix for the day. This is also know as the Gandhi Charkha (is accelerated) & is a wonderful production spinning wheel for short fibers like Cotton, Angora, Cashmere & other animal fibers like Samoyed dog hair.
It's hand crafted from Teak & has a wonderful earthiness about it. It has a ratio of 65:1 (approx) which means for every 1 turn of the larger wheel, the spindle spins 65 times!
I've been carrying it everywhere me. Great to spin on when I'm out in the park enjoying Spring & the sun or travelling. It snaps shut like a book & weighs a measely 2 lbs.

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