Friday, August 28, 2009

More projects and stuff

I am sorry that I have neglected this blog for a long time. I am still dyeing, spinning, knitting and crocheting. Firstly, I would like to share with you my new stuff. I have made or rather my husband had made me two yarn swifts. The first swift is rather big and heavy. I helped to sand paper and painted shellac on it :

Handmade Swift

Handmade Swift

So my dear husband made me another new swift which is smaller and much lighter :)

Handmade swift number 2

I was using my pvc niddy noddy and suddenly it rang a bell. A pvc inch ruler! So there I go again to the local hardware store and came back with this :

Pvc inch ruler

It is perfect and I love it! So...what do I need next? Ah ha! A ball winder! I have been thinking of a ball winder for ages. My dear friend Donna helped me to buy this ball winder from Knitpicks.com. Thank you very much Donna! :)

Ball winder from Knitpicks.com

I also hand spun and dyed this yarn :

Emerald Dream

Emerald Dream

I called it Emerald Dream and it is done using layering method in the oven. I spun it 2 ply before dyeing it. It is 111 gm of merino and the yardage is 421 m (460 yards). It took almost 3 hours to dye but worth it. I like how it turn out but not the colour. It is supposed to be a blueish green like the deep blue sea.

Elly

Elly

Elly

My latest project is called Elly because it is knitted for my friend Elly. This pattern was taken from Craft House Series 2 and it is knitted in the round from top down. It is knitted with double strands of crochet thread from Pyarn.com. She was too shy to model it, so I have to do it :)

Whew! This is my longest posting so far. There are actually two more projects that I have completed but still waiting for fitting and photos.

Now...I am thinking of blocking wires! Lol...