Yarnalong: Knitting, Spinning and Reading, 3/9/16

My goodness has it been busy…

My twelve year old daughter is in a Aladdin musical, which opens on Thursday, so her world had been super busy and mine also, but for other reasons. I work from home and my workload has increased. Which means, that it has not left me time to do too much, but I have taken time almost daily to spin… and a few of those days I knitted also.

I’m finally going to finish this Chevron scarf. It’s almost finished and I’m ashamed to say it’s been hibernating for a little over two years.

Knitting Chevron scarf and Hiya Hiya needles_3

Yes… let me hang my head in shame. I adore bright colors and the above color combination makes me smile. Which is another reason why I don’t know why I fell behind like this. It took me a while to figure out the variegated color combinations that I loved.

Merino wool and silk
Merino wool and silk

Last week, I’d ordered this merino and silk combed top roving from BeesyBee Fibers and this one of my purchases. I love their fiber, the customer sevice is excellent and so I will be purchasing from them again.

Isn’t it gorgeous? I’m a new spinner and have never spun with silk before, initially I was going to wait until I was a bit more confident but… I gave in to temptation and spun a tiny amount of the roving.

Merino wool and silk_2 03.06.14

I was thrilled that I had no issues spinning this incredibly soft fiber and before I knew it, I was taking my handspun wool off my Woolee Winder,

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wrapping it around my Niddy Noddy

Newly spun yarn
Newly spun yarn

and turning it into a skein! I finished my handspun yarn, which I wrote about here.

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Handspun yarn turned into a center pull yarn hank

I used my Boye electric ball winder and turned the skein into a center pull yarn hank. Isn’t it cute?

Knitting handspun yarn_1 3.8.16

Yesterday marked a first… I actually knit with some of my handspun yarn. I only knit a few rows, but I can’t tell you the feeling I received knitting with yarn that I created. No, it’s not perfect, but it’s my own handspun yarn. Handspun yarn is my favorite yarn to knit or weave with.

Books_1 3.9.16

What I’m reading?

1.  The MacArthur Study Bible

I read my Bible daily and I love this study bible. This year, I made a commitment to reread the Bible. It will be my fourth time. Currently I’m in Joshua and have just finished reading chapter 7. I don’t count this towards my daily devotions, but even still I’m really enjoying rereading my favorite book. I try to spend as much time reading Gods word as possible

The rest of the books are recommendations from those who participate in the yarn along. Thank you all so much!

2.  Pride and Prejudice – Illustrated Version by Jane Austen

3.  Seduction of the Heart by Tim LaHaye and Ed Hinson

4. Every Bitter Thing is Sweet by Sara Hagerty

 

I’m linking too, Ginny’s yarnalong, Wake up Wednesday and Stitch Along Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

10 thoughts to “Yarnalong: Knitting, Spinning and Reading, 3/9/16”

  1. What pretty fiber! It’s such a great feeling to know you created the yarn you are working with, isn’t it?

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    It is! I can’t stop smiling! I want to knit something, I just don’t know what to knit! ☺️

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  2. That roving is beautiful. I also loving knitting & weaving with my hand-spun yarn.

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    Thanks! I’m torn. I want to spin with it and I just want to look at it also. 😆

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  3. ooo yummy looking fibre 🙂

    I like the colours in your scarf. I think my first attempt at a scarf was hibernated for several years and my second attempt I ended up crocheting because it was faster. Not my specialist project lol

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    Thanks! I love scarves and have knit several, but for others. This one is for me, perhaps that’s the reason it’s taking so long!

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  4. I love the colors in the silk. I think the knitting is very nice. We are just starting Pride and Prejudice on audio.

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    Thanks! I’m finding that it’s very easy to spin, at least for me.

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