First Fibre Club Arrival

No photo to post yet- as I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone in the club who hasn't been lucky enough to receive their parcel yet...mine arrived today and Woo Hoo! another SOFT, lovely creation from our friend Mandie. I am so excited to start spinning this- and the extra bit is perfect for the current popular trend ( or so it appears to me) and is a welcome surprise addition- just brilliant Miss Mandie! ( like I'd ever doubt you ! :) ) Thanks for making the club a fun addtion to my day. :)

PS.) Please give my thanks to your Wool Dude- he is AWESOME!

Socks

This is the first time I have knitted socks from my handspun yarn ... not too shabby, a little thin, but feels nice when tried on ... Mt Fuji, plied with itself, 100gms, approx 380 metres.

I have been a little bit busy........

I really enjoy looking at all the creative and beautiful yarns that people are making.....it is so amazing to see how the wool changes once it gets spun. I havent done any spinning for a while, but I have been busy with other things, so here is a sample of some of the things I have been working on lately.

These little "bags"are made of local sourced Romney wool and then felted and decorated with various materials.


Then there is a few new scarfs to the collection, all made with Mandie's beautiful wool.

This first scarf is made with Mandie's Mulled Wine Merino top, and I have added a little bit of angelina for sparkle, though it doesn't show up on the picture.

The next scarf is another "double, made with Mandie's Kooky kingfisher top and Mandie's hand dyed Enchanted merino top - sorry Haven't got a picture :-)

And then there is the "jacket "that I have been wanting to make for a long time, I just needed the time and the "right" wool to come along. It is made on gauze, with a little bit of white,light green,pink and a moss green merino tops, covered with Mandie's Meridian 2 top. It is not quite finished, I want to put a silk or maybe a velvet binding around the edge, but i have to find the right colour first.

And then last but not least, the two scarfs that I HAD to make yesterday when I received the bamboo tops from Mandie, Private dusk is on the black scarf, and Tally limit is used on the red scarf.


Well I think that is it for this time...

Cheers Maria

Featherbell

Hi all,

It's taken nearly a week of trying to get these pictures uploaded (anyone else having issues with blogger?), so here they are:

Featherbell as conceived;

I felt that what we really had was twins;

Here they are having a final hug before parting;

Margaret

Sorry I haven't been around much!

Hiya Ladies!
Sorry i haven't been around much but i have had the flu and it has been dragging on for me...and a few family hassles with not so well parents! and with my own family, times flies before you know it!
I have done a bit of spinning but not much lately, so some of theses are from a little while ago!

So here is some pics with some brief explanations of what i have been up to in the fiber world!

The first two pics is of some roving i got from Miz Mandie and dyed just with food colours! I was going for a Halloween type feel and i think i nearly got there but not quite....so i have called this yarn "trying to be Halloween", i plied the singles on themselves to get the finished product!

This next yarn is called spun from a Merino Silk roving of Mandie's called "Sacred Space" again i plied this in on itself and it feels lovely and silky!

This is a spun single from Mandie's earlier roving called "Ramen", this i spun with some pink Angelina.

ok..this next yarn is spun from dyed locks...some i got from Mandie and as i am writing this, i have no idea what they were called!!!...i would have kept the label...somewhere, it also also mixed in with some of my own dyes locks too....they are the more red and pink colours...


This next one is a baby batt from Mandie, and some dyes locks called "Intrepid" mixed together.

So that is kinda it for a while but i have been doing some other spinning and hopefully i will get the pics up soon!

Cheers

Suzi