Orange Beanie & Scarfette

C.R Hope you like this Orange Beanie and Scarfette Set should be arriving in the mail this week. Keep the chilling winds away.

Using merino fleece, spun it up on my Babe Spinning Wheel, dyed it using Rust and yellow, then knitted using my denise circular needles and then using the magic loop method ( no double pointed needles required).

Scarf for Scarf Exchange 2010

View previous post for preparation before I knitted this scarf.
It is a very simple pattern, No 15mm needles and 11 stitches. Garter Stitch till the desired length. Then I added lots of individual tassles.
I call it my Octopus scarf.
Just for fun I made a felted flower and added a band which can be tidied at the back leaving the flower at a position you would normally wear a broach.

Scarf is hanging on my trusty BABE spinning Wheel.

Scrunchy Beanies.

Know why I can them scrunchy beanies, cos you can roll them up and scrunch together and they will just come back to their original shape.
It is raining outside and I am babysitting my sisters dog and cat plus my own dog, so its time to go and explore what I have in scrap/leftover handspun yarn, try and co-ordinated some colour scheme and thickeness of yarn.

I Love My Spinning Wheel T-Shirt

I Love My Spinning Wheel T-Shirt I have just printed a few. The Spinning Wheel is a Symphony double treadle Saxony Wheel. I do not own one but I'm sure there are many happy spinners using one. I have a (1)Ashford Traditional. (2)A Babe with a woolly winder double treadle,(3) a Louet single treadle, (4) one that is old and spins a lovely fine thread but I have tried to get a name for this one but not as yet and my(5) electric Spinner which I also added a woolly winder to.

Earflap Beanie Multi Colours Feb 2010

Warm, colourful & fashionable these Earflap beanies a must for winter this year and next. Lhs/ Blue, red, orange and green multi mix. Rhs/Green, black, orange & yellow mix. I handspun 16 micron merino which is so soft and dyed it to these lovely colours.



Lhs/Black and galah pink I chose with a touch of white, Rhs/ Autumn tones of brown, green and suntan yellow with a touch of white. I handspun wool that I purchased from Nundle Woollen Mills and dyed them as described.

Hand Spun and Dyed Yarn Jan 2010

I am in the mood to start my 2010 collection using 16 micron fleece.
I hand spun on my Babe Spinning Wheel. 6 Bobbins. I love dyeing and this time I left a little white showing instead of trying to completely colour all sections. I used mostly only two main colours as previously I have used three or more. Due to the lovely warm weather I hung them on the line and now dry and ready for me to create with my Denise Interchangeable Knitting Needles.

Natural Black Alpaca Beanies

In my stash I found this lovely natural black alpaca which I firstly spun up with mohair which I had prevoiusly dyed all different colours. picking at random different colours I plied it back with black wool yarn, so beanie "top" has this spun yarn at the band.

Second sample I plied with glitter which I dyed aqua and with an added purple angelina gave it a bit of bling. "middle" has this yarn at the band.







Third sample I plied with glitter I dyed gold to tan. "bottom" has this yarn at the bottom.

I just loved working with this natural black alpaca, I was very happy with the result they are soft and very comfortable to wear. I have a good stash so I'm keen to get out the spinning wheel and see what I can design from my other stash of mohair, glitter, angelina etc. please double click on photo to see more close up detail.

My BABE and LOUET Spinning Wheels

This LOUET s10 is a beautiful Spinning Wheel, very solid with a large bobbin and so easy to treddle.
I bought if from a friend who received in for her 21st birthday and has carried it around the world with her, but just didnt have the room to store it in her house for now.
Thats not to say I have the room, but I just love it.
I am hoping she will ring me up and said, Kaye I would love my SpinningWheel as I want to start Spinning again.
For more on the LOUET, website, www.louet.com




This is my BABE which I purchased from U.S it has a Woolee Winder which is a delight to use and now I find it hard to manually move my thread along the flyer if the machine I am using does not have it on. It is made in very durable PVC and has a double treadle.
The BABE is very light and find it easy to fit into the car and it travels mostly on the passenger side with the seat belt on of course.
If you want to find more about the BABE go to web site: http://www.babesfibregarden.com/ and if you want to know more about the Woolee Winder go to web site: http://www.thewooleewinder.com/

Luckily for me I found out that the LOUET S10 is compatible with the BABE so I can use the flyer and bobbin

on what machine I wish to use.