Dyeing for Lace

I was so very excited that some of the Yarns I have been dyeing this week are now dry and ready for sale in my shop. While there are still many batches left to dry from the week, my favorite one so far would have to be this Magic Splash. I love how the colours have come out and the subtle gradient effect in the yarn, perfect for a Lace shawl.

And I was excited to finish the fibre I've been spinning on my spindles, next step plying! 

Day 7

Happy Spinning! 
Thanks for your support! 
Liz :-) 

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Too Busy Spinning!

I can't believe the time has flown! I have been so busy spinning I kept forgetting to share my progress of the Tour de Fleece with you! So here is the photo's for days 11 - 19 of spinning along with the Tour de Fleece this month!

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

I have a couple more photo's, but they are still be on my camera! I shall return with more yummy Spinning and fibre photo's soon!
Thanks,
Liz :-)

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com

Day 10 Tour de Fleece - Spinning A Rainbow

Day 10

Well today's short little Tour de Fleece spin was the start of this "Rainbow" 50/50 Superfine Merino/Mulberry Silk top that I got a chance to dye over the weekend. 

 

It is so silky and squishy soft it justs wants to spin itself!

It is very fine though, so it might be a long spin, but a worthwhile one :-) The white Silky Merino is currently available in the shop and I'm hoping to get some more dyed this week, so keep an eye out for it! 

Thanks for looking! 

Liz :-) 

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com

Tour de Fleece - Day 8 & 9

Day 8
I started to spin a "Snowflake" Deluxe batt today, but didn't quite get it all done.

Day 9
Today was a challenge day and I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do until my daughter decided for me. She was teething, so my goal became quite simply to finish the "Snowflake" Deluxe batt in between cuddles. It was a challenge! but I got there in the end! I'm leaving this one as a singles to make her some squishy finger less mitts.

 I also managed to dye this in the process, so I thought I might spin this for Day 10 :-)

Happy spinning everyone!

Tour de Fleece - Day 2

Day two of the Toure de Fleece and the blending and spinning continues! New "Pixie" Deluxe Mini Batts are to just stunning!

A quick spin and the batt was turned into some delicious singles, ready for plying.

 But what to ply it with? it just goes to show how important picking a plying thread is. I experimented with a purple metallic thread, a variegated green metallic thread and also plying it back on itself. It was amazing how different the 3 mini skeins turned out!

Once that was finished I was itching for some more, so I spun up some more of the "Silver Wool Blend" so I could finish plying my "Passion" spin I started just over a year ago!

Another productive day blending and spinning away! I can't wait to see what gets created tomorrow! 

Happy Spinning everyone!

Liz :-)

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com

Crafting 365 - Knitting, Spinning And Fibre!

The fact that it has been over two weeks since I last posted just goes to show that life has been crazy, in both the sense of crafting, dyeing and blending, and a little Monkey occupying the remainder of my spare time (Wasn't sleep overrated?). So I've given in to the fact that my wishes for weekly updates on the progress of my Craft 365 Challenge are more likely to be be 2 weekly twice a month (and hopefully not longer! Here's having my fingers crossed on that one!). So here is my progress for the second half of January :) Lots of photo's and links back to my shop for those items that are available for purchase.

Day 15
More "Frozen" spinning

Day 16

I finally managed to wash and dry the skein that I plied at the beginning of the month. It wasn't much today, but it was something and it had to be done!

Day 17

A pink square

Day 18

Another lot of rainbow alpaca

Day 19

A little more progress on my wheel spinning. I'm thinking I might try a different wheel at this point the spin isn't as smooth as I would like...

Day 20
I didn't get much time today, but I did manage to start a variegated blue square on my blanket. Hopefully I'll finish at least this square before the end of the month!

Day 21

More of my "Frozen" spinning

Day 22

More rainbow Alpaca and Superfine Merino - this lot is destined for batts! ;-)

Day 23
And the blending begins!

"Love Heart" Deluxe Rolags

"Love Heart" Deluxe Mini Batt

Day 24

"Sherbet" Deluxe Mini Batt

"Lime Surprise" Deluxe Mini Batt

Day 25

"Deep Ocean" Deluxe Mini Batt

"Deep Ocean" Deluxe Rolags

Day 26
 I continued spinning my wheel spin on a different wheel today and I'm much happier with the feel of the spin and the progress

Day 27
More spinning... I only started with a single 50g batt at the beginning of the month and I'm determined to finish it!

Day 28

"Blue Haven" Rolags

"Strawberry Glitz" Mini Batt

Day 29

"Flame" Rolags

"Strawberry Glitz" Rolags

Day 30

I finished the Blue Square!

Day 31

I Finished my "Frozen" Spin!! It has been so rewarding to finish a spin in a month, something I haven't been able to do for over a year!

So far I have managed to be able to craft everyday for an entire month! I am both amazed that a little person allowed me to manage to do this and that no matter what I always managed to find a tiny bit of Mummy Crafting time :-) I wonder what the next month has in store!

Happy Crafting!
Liz :-) 

As always, to see the latest products and supplies that are available for purchase, please visit my shop:

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com
Thanks for looking!

Crafting 365 - Week 2

While I'm a little late in posting this weeks crafting progress, I did manage to get a fair bit of crafting done, which I was over the moon about. It was a hard week, and one or two days I came close to not crafting. But instead of giving up, I decided to make a cuppa and just sit for 5mins and do a little knitting and spinning. That short time passed very quickly, and I wished it would last a little longer, but regardless of the short time, I still managed to do a bit of crafting! So here we go...

Day 8

Lilac Square

Day 9

Dyed some purple merino for my "Purple Enchantment" wheel spin

Day 10

Finished the Dk Purple square and then knitted Lt Blue, Dk Blue, Purple Tonal & Light Green Squares

Day 11

Started second spindle of "Frozen" Spin

Day 12

Red Square

 

Day 13

"Autumn" Mini Batt

Day 14

"Ocean" Mini Batt

So 2 weeks down and 50 to go!