My Life in Sewing and Fashion Design
In my last post I shared the first outcome of my hand spinning in my new colorway, Mid Century Autumn. It was a bulky single spun in all the colors of the colorway palette. With this new skein, I used the same colorway, but took a very different approach: I spun 2 singles with the […]
I’ve been learning how to process the raw Alpaca that I bought from the farm earlier in the spring and summer of this year. To begin with, this stuff is dirty; albeit probably not as dirty as raw wool fleece, but enough to raise an eyebrow at when looking at the water in the sink […]
This pattern has been in my stash for a few months. I also had a couple yards of striped stretch denim that I bought at JoAnn’s last year, so M7547 + stretch denim = Overalls! I’d been working towards getting around to making up this pattern, and I finally did in the past month. I’m […]
I’ve been busy processing alpaca lately….I visited a farm and bought some fleece. Washing, combing, carding, spinning. This is my first experience prepping raw fleece for spinning, and if you’ve seen my Instagram feed then you’ve seen part of the process. I had to buy some wool combs for this, it was the only way […]
I’ve had this pattern in my queue for a few months now. It’s a design by Rachel Comey. It’s very much my kind of pattern: pants, which I wear on a daily basis, and a design that is both unique in style and also well suited for everyday wear. I decided to make a muslin, […]
I’m currently juggling three knitting projects: a pair of tabi socks for my daughter, and a new genre of knitting that I’ve recently learned, called modular knitting, more commonly referred to as mitered squares. The third project is a washcloth of my own design. I’ve been adding on projects on an as needed or “I’d […]
Remember those rolags that I made? Well, I spun those up into an art yarn single that I just realized I only posted on Instagram. I recently knit that into a small, free form art yarn scarf/wrap. Modeled by my daughter: The scarf is best worn with a brooch, or shawl pin. Take care and […]
A couple of years ago, I was simultaneously perplexed and shocked by the large volume of plastic bags we’d been accumulating in our household. I always thought that something could be made from them, so instead of returning them to the recycling bin at our local store, I decided to save them for the future […]
I had so much fun spinning the first go round of this colorway that I decided to do it again! I wanted more yardage than the first skein which measured 140 yds. (128 m.), so I dyed and spun the remaining wool/silk the same way. This time I came up with 245 yds. (224 m.). […]
Determined to improve my spinning skills, and armed with a bagful of wool, I embarked on a journey to spin a more consistent single. I began by spinning this blue wool, which was hand dyed by me: I had a real breakthrough, thanks to my intent. I finally spun something more even: & At this […]
