http://seamaidenstudios.com Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:29:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, a couple weeks of this: finally gave way to two days of this: and this: Meanwhile, I finished these: Both are Anne Hanson of Knitspot (her Wing O' Moth shawl). Both are in their "unblocked" states, but I still think they look pretty. The lilac is Misti Alpaca laceweight yarn. ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/08/12/ive-been-a-little-busy/ Remember, before I began the Tour de Fleece, I was working on a project to spin a pound of Cormo into enough laceweight yarn to knit that fabulous capulet from Victorian Lace Today? Well, I've been working on it. I have one full bobbin and the second is ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/08/08/the-cormo-project/ but I have just spent the best few hours of my life trying to figure it out. My iMac came with GarageBand, and I've been dying to use it for a couple of years. Well, tonight I needed to relax - knitting, spinning, bookbinding, drawing, reading, playing my ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/08/04/i-have-absolutely-no-idea-what-im-doing/ Oh, the trials that I have endured with Bob, Bobcat, Bob the Cat - or Bad Cat as he was known in our house at the beginning. Now that we have turned a corner in our relationship, I can elaborate on what has been quite a painful beginning (literally) ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/28/the-cat-formerly-known-as-bob/ I just said good-bye to the guys who pick up the stragglers who couldn't finish the race. I decided that instead of just hopping on board the trailer with my wheel and calling it quits, I would forget about the Tour this year and enjoy this project I've "accidentally" ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/28/waving-the-clean-up-car-by/ This has been quite a dirty race! (And it's not over yet). I'm finding a lot of debris in the fiber as I spin - sharp, grassy, twiggy debris. The kind of debris that will ultimately weaken the fiber over time. I hate that. So, like ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/24/dirty-race/ I'm making progress, but I am behind. I was hoping to start the plying stage of the Tour tomorrow, but that isn't happening. I lost an entire day yesterday. I had been running on fumes this last week - covering for someone at the store who took vacation ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/20/as-the-whorl-turns/ I'm making progress on spinning the singles. I'll have photos to post soon, but the core of the bobbin is completely covered with several layers of spinning. The singles are very fine, and if I ply 2 the yarn will be finer than laceweight. I'm okay with ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/11/tour-de-fleece-2008-part-deux-or-can-i-stay-home-and-spin-today/ Check out the Tour de Fleece 2008 website. I'm getting a late start, but I'm giving it a shot! My goal is to spin from my stash all of my alpaca/angora/wool roving procured from some nice people at the Newport Spin In earlier this year. I'm going ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/10/tour-de-fleece-2008/ sort of.... I have wanted to knit this the moment I laid eyes on it - the capulet from Victorian Lace Today: (sorry for the fuzzy picture). The original is made with Kidsilk Haze - a yarn I like to knit with, but not to wear. I've looked at a ... http://seamaidenstudios.com/2008/07/04/declaring-creative-independence/