Spun, Plied, Washed

I'm back! :) I finished spinning my latest handspun (I blogged about my progress the post before this one) on Sunday. I'll be honest, it really wasn't that fun to spin! It just didn't go as smooth as I thought it would. I guess that's why it took me so long...

So here's pictures of it! Sorry they're so small- it helps a little to click on them.

It's 2 ply and around DK weight. The yardage though, I'm not sure about. I wrapped it differently, without knowing. 

Sorry for the lack of knitting related posts! I haven't finished a knitting project since December, but I would like to get back in the groove of things soon.

On the Spindle...

I'm so sorry that I haven't posted since the beginning of December! I really need to be posting more.

I'm currently spinning up some roving that I got around New Years. Here's what the roving looks like:

Not the best picture, but that's what it looks like. It's a mix of green, blue, purple, pink, and a couple small undyed sections.

I started spinning it one or two weeks ago; here's what that looks like...

And after making some more progress:

I've spun more than that, but that's the latest picture I have of it. So far I've spun about 2 ounces out of four, so half.

I know I say this every time, but I will try to be posting more on here! I seem to have more spinning projects than knitting, but hopefully I'll even that out soon with some new projects.

An "Excuse Post"

I really haven't had any crafting things to blog about- sorry! So instead, I'm going to make an exception and do a little "behind the scenes," post. Here's some pictures of when I made the header for this blog last December.

        (Oh, I'd definitely recommend clicking on the pictures to get a much, much better view of them!)

Here's the... uh... original setup?

After being moved to much better lighting!

After getting everything just right, and adding that bottom handspun strand, here's what I came up with!

After boosting the exposure and cropping it, this is the final result!

One Down, Many to Go...

Can you believe that tomorrow is Thanksgiving? It really snuck up on me this year, it feels like. And then on Friday, it'll practically be Christmas time! So I really need get started on Christmas presents. Lesson learned from last year: Never start knitting presents 2 weeks before Christmas...

Haha :) So here's the first present, a skein of handspun.

Love!! :)

Slowly but Surely

I really need to be working on more inventory for my Etsy store, Fiber Doodles... I finished crocheting some cat toys this morning though, so that was kind of a relief.

Oh, and I added a little widget of my store on the sidebar recently. How cool is that? :)

Progress

I started spinning my merino handspun last night. Here's my progress so far...

Just a short post for today!

Dr. Suess

Here's some handspun that I recently finished- I just got around to taking pictures today.

84 yards - worsted weight

And here's the roving before it was all spun up.

3.6 ounces - Polwarth

I ordered it from an Etsy store, Nooch Fiber. It spun up great. I'll definitely be back for more!