First..my day job (aka, how I support my fiber habits) has been sooooo busy! A good kinda busy, but whew. Need a break. I missed a few good blogging moments, but I am making up for it with this.
The Tale of the Outrageous Cowl.
I still have a couple pounds of my lamb’s wool locks, and I learned early on that this fiber created a Very. Heavy. Yarn. A sweater or vest would have been like a suit of armor. So I started experimenting with tailspinning–the simplest form that I could imagine. Basically, I grabbed a handful of locks, fluffed with my fingers, and spun a single. The solid grey looked something like this:
Then I spun a couple skeins with color:
And decided I wanted a simple (in design) warm, statement piece that could double as a shrug or a cowl.
Gotta admit, while I was knitting it I thought it might be a little much…but once I put it on I was hooked!!
Easy pattern. I will write it up and post it if anyone is interested!!
Spin on!
I love this funky yarn blending in with the grey, definitely something worth experimenting with.
Thanks! I appreciate it coming from such a color guru!!
Oh wow, what a compliment! 🙂
I love everything about it. You absolutely should write it up. Do you sell your hand spun yarns? Great look.
Thanks so much!! I haven’t done any pattern writing yet, so this might be a fun way to get started. I am going to start selling my handspun yarn soon..I love creating yarn as much as knitted objects.
Make sure you let me know. I love adding handspun yarns to my designs. 🙂
I will!!! Thanks..what a compliment!
You were one of the major voices of encouragement that pushed me over the edge. I launched my Etsy site this weekend!!! I have a few handspun skeins posted! Thank you so much for the support…I needed that to get it going!
awesomeness! I will be on the lookout for the pattern 😀 You rock girlfriend!
Hugs
Whoo! Thanks for your encouragement!
This is a great use of art yarn…
I’d like to nominate you for the WordPress Family Blog Award… I enjoy reading your blog and following your spinning process and progress…
Thank you so much for the nomination! What a compliment!!
You’re so welcome!
Congratulations on your Etsy store. That is Awesome. I can’t wait to see your yarns. What is your Etsy store name?
Thanks!!! I’m just getting started, so there’s only a few right now. “Seattlespinner” as one word. There’s a link on the menu bar of my blog too..