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Friday, June 18, 2004
Yarnitorium
I’ve been making so much yarn lately I’m going nuts. Get it Yarnitorium – sanitorium. Maybe I am going crazy. Click on the pics if you want to see a larger photo.
Those little silk flowers are spun right in. This was such a fun experiment. Everything I see now, I wonder if I can spin it up with my yarns. *edit*I just realized someone may want to know how I did it. flowers don't stay magically and I know many of you can figure it out on your own. I used a needle and coordinating thread, and poked through the base of the flower. I left about a 6-8 inch string and centered the flower. The thread took a bit of work to work into the wool so it was more hidden. Over spin it a bit so that when you ply the thread doesn't totally unwind. I think little M needs a pink sweater with flowers all over it.
A whole bunch of single thick and thins. I can spin these all day and could essentially clean out my fiber stash in this manner. This stuff is just super fun to make.
I’m still working on Mandy red. I now have 25% of it done. The more I spin this stuff, the more I want to knit with it.
Next on my fiber fun list. Felted yarn. Not felting after its knit, but felting prior. Ann just did that and I think it sounds like fun. Especially banging the snot out of the yarn. I want to try it right away but I may just save it for a time when I need to get out some frustrations.
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