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And I plied the rainbow

December 11, 2011 by Susanne 3 Comments

So first I took all the little balls of yarn, and spliced them together to form a huge plying ball.

farbverlauf2

Then I chain-plied them which means you make very big loops like crochet chains, and twist those in the opposite direction of how you spun them. I managed to cram all 108 grams of plied yarn onto the spindle (I put the tiny spindle into the pictures for size):

spindlefull

This is how the cob on the spindle looked after I pulled the spindle out:

spindlecob

And this is how the yarn looked after I skeined it:

niddynoddy

I hope this makes your day a little brighter just like it makes mine every time I look at it.

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I spun a rainbow

December 1, 2011 by Susanne 2 Comments

It’s only an intermediate stage but just yesterday I finished spinning the singles for this fiber:

 

farbverlauf

I love it. Then I spent the whole afternoon winding it all into a ball for plying.

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I think I went on a shopping spree

April 6, 2011 by Susanne 2 Comments

without even realizing it. Here’s what I got in the past two days minus a pair of jeans that I’m currently wearing:

treats

I think it might be spring fever.

Yes, I realized it’s mostly spinning stuff, and books, books on spinning even. So there is one book I need for research for the knitting class I want to teach next semester (“How to knit perfect fitting sweaters”), then one on color in spinning because I might have to take the dive and start dyeing fiber as well, there’s the next installment of the Foreigner series which I love very much, there is a new flyer and bobbins for my spinning wheels which will help me make very fine yarn (I hope), and then there is all that cotton and a new spindle which will help in spinning it because my equipment is more suited to spinning wool.

And all this stuff is making me really happy right now.

But I might better stop buying things for the moment.

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Handgemacht/Handmade – Episode 10: First Ever Special English Edition

February 1, 2011 by Susanne 5 Comments

http://creativemother.de/audio/Handgemacht10.mp3

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So here it is after a bit of procrastination because I found that I was a bit scared of talking English in “public”, the über-long special English of my knitting podcast. Complete with German accent that gets worse towards the end, and a few “Germanisms” thrown in for good measure.

I mostly talk about all the projects I’ve been working on since August which you can find on my ravelry projects page. Sorry there are so few pictures.

I mentioned Tini because she gave me the idea for one of the topics, and

the Ouroborous Sweater by Debbie New.

Also there is a lot of mention of Wollmeise yarn.

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Handgemacht – Folge 9: Gute Vorsätze

January 12, 2011 by Susanne 2 Comments

http://creativemother.de/audio/Handgemacht9.mp3

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Ein gutes neues Jahr wünsche ich allen und nun zu den guten Vorsätzen:

http://creativemother.de/audio/Handgemacht9.mp3

Gute Vorsätze allgemein:

  • flylady
  • word of the year (Das ist ein Link zu einem Post von mir, in dem ich über meine Wahl eines “Wort des Jahres” für 2009 schreibe und der Post enthält auch Links zu dem Blog von dem ich die Idee habe.)

Terminplanung:

  • 3. deutsches Raveler-Treffen (15./16. Oktober 2011 in Frechen)
  • großes Spinntreffen der Handspinngilde
  • Backnanger Wollfest

Die nächste Folge wird eine Spezialfolge auf Englisch sein, aber keine Angst, das wird “Best of”, diejenigen, die nicht so gut Englisch können, verpassen nichts wesentliches.

Was ich gerade stricke und spinne:

  • Cool Leave Mittens
  • Sheldon
  • Maplewings
  • Ebony Turtleneck
  • Schnappdrachenhandschuhe
  • Vincent
  • Second pair of handspun socks in perfect colors
  • melierte Merino-Seide
  • handgefärbte Merino

weiter wurden erwähnt:

  • Tudora
  • Threadsthrutime
  • IST-Crafts
  • Ouroboros Jacket aus dem Buch Unexpected Knitting
  • Baby Surprise Jacket
  • Enchanted Sole
  • Frida Kahlo-Buch: “Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: The Fashion of Frida Kahlo” und auf Deutsch gibt es das auch: “Fridas Kleider” (Schirmer/Mosel)
  • Go WIP Go!-Gruppe auf Ravelry (deutsche Gruppe trotz des englischen Namens)

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Handgemacht – Folge 7: Stricken für Weihnachten?

December 6, 2010 by Susanne 2 Comments

http://creativemother.de/audio/Handgemacht7.mp3

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Es gibt recht viel zu erzählen, schließlich ist das die erste Sendung seit vier Wochen.

NaNoWriMo habe ich überstanden und mir meine “Gewinner-Urkunde” abgeholt, mein NaKniSweMo-Pulli ist fertig und ich war beim Adventsspinnen in Ohlstadt. (Ich kann leider nicht direkt auf das Spinntreffen verlinken, nur auf das Forum als Ganzes.)

Fertige Projekte:

  • Handspun Vine Yoke Cardigan
  • Silky Green
  • Beety Curves (der erste Socken), More Beets (der zweite)

In Arbeit:

  • Cool Leaves Mittens
  • Sheldon

Liegt dumm rum und geht nichts weiter:

  • Maplewings
  • Ebony Turtleneck

Außerdem wurde erwähnt:

  • Snapdragon Tam und Snapdragon Flip-Tops
  • Türkische Spindel von Threadsthrutime

Des weiteren habe ich noch einen blöden Fehler gemacht, ich habe des öfteren von linksgerichteten Abnahmen geredet und dabei jedes Mal gesagt, dass ich die Maschen links zusammenstricke. Das war falsch, ich stricke die Maschen natürlich rechts zusammen, verschränkt oder sonstwie….

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