Leslie | July 11, 2010
In this episode, Leslie pretty much calls everything by the wrong name (knitpicks instead of signature, cast on instead of spin, needle instead of flyer, etc) and neither of us have any real knitting progress to show you. Some weeks are like that, I guess. Shownotes coming soon! Laura’s WIPs: Norwegian Rose socks out of [...]
Leslie | July 5, 2010
I really can’t think of a snazzy title for this one – maybe Laura will edit it later with something funnier. Videos below – shownotes to follow. I hope y’all enjoy! Laura is back from Michigan! Laura’s WIPs: Nine to Five Socks out of Yarn Love in the Shipwreck colorway. Norwegian Rose socks out of [...]
Leslie | July 13, 2009
So it’s one week down for Tour de Fleece 2009 and I am feeling like I’m getting a lot accomplished! I have spun up about 14oz so far. 8oz of Creatively Dyed Seacell which yielded about 265 yards of 3ply Worsted: Next was some AllSpunUp (from Etsy) 70Merino/30Alpaca in a 2ply of about 300yds: Now [...]
Leslie | July 6, 2009
So I’m not spinning as much as I’d like to, but at least I am SPINNING. I brought out the braid pictured in the last post and split it evenly into three 2.8 oz sections. Ideally, I’ll end up with 450/500 yards of a 3ply sock yarn. I was shooting for fingering, but at this [...]
Leslie | July 3, 2009
…tomorrow begins Tour de Fleece 2009! I’m in the Climbers group, Team Memphis, and Team LSG. The ultimate goal is to spin a 3ply sock yarn. First on the chopping block? This lovely: Spinning commences tomorrow – I’ll also have some pics of past handspun up tomorrow so I’ll have a comparison point.