Spinning
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The Tour de Fleece 2026 has finished up and with it, I have finished my spin for the year. I took two matching gradient sets from Hilltop Cloud Fibres in a lovely blend of bamboo, BFL and merino wools, in the color “Wild Rose”, and spun myself up a whopper of a skein – 801…
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First up this week, I have finished putting together the top for the Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Quilt! I am very happy with how this turned out and excited to get it sent off for long-arm quilting this week! The fabrics are from the Jane Austen at Home collection, which is a group of 19th…
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It has been super hot and dry here for the last month. We are keeping our fingers crossed our summer monsoon moisture will start up soon – we really need the rain! I took “advantage” of the heat and stayed inside and did crafting and reading this weekend, so here’s what I worked on: Jane…
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Kicking off week one of year 16 of Year of Projects with the following things: Handspinning – Tour de Fleece: The Tour started on Saturday, July 4th, and I pulled out two 140-gram gradient packs from Hilltop Cloud Fibres in the UK. The colorway is Wild Rose, and it’s a blended roving of bamboo, Blue-Faced…
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This wound up being the week where I finished a few smaller things and they also were what took up most of my crafting time, so this post will serve double-duty as my weekly update and as a quick FO post. Norrland Hat: This project was my main focus and despite being fussy to work,…
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I hope everyone had a nice couple of weeks over the holidays and enjoyed some time off work, visiting family, or just staycationing, like we did. Here’s what I worked on this week: Jane Austen Block of the Month prep: I really wanted to get the 2 Shimmer Sky quilt tops done and sent off…
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We’ve been enjoying a few warm sunny days here although we did build the first woodstove fire of the season this weekend which was lovely. Here’s what I worked on this weekend. A very quick start and finish of the Everyday Brew hat by Clare Devine. I have had this pattern in my library for…
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This week was…a challenge. Lots going on In Real Life so I was a little surprised at what I got done. Those little moments definitely add up! I finished up the final braid of handspun for the Tour de Fleece with a light-DK 2-ply of blue-faced Leicester hand dyed by Funky Carolina. I’m going to…
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This was the final week of Tour de Fleece so most of my crafting time centered around my spinning. I finished up the Hedgehog Fibres handcarded Corriedale, merino, camel and silk batts with a sportweight 2-ply with 380 yards and 120 g. This really spun up more beautifully than I had imagined. I thought the…
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A couple of finished things for this week and a handful of other in-progress items: I finished my Sailing School Socks, design by Helen Stewart/Curious Handmade. I used Less Traveled Yarn’s 757 Sock in the Prickly Pear colorway. The design isn’t particularly hard – some 1/1 cables and a fake eyelet cable done without a…
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