This isn’t newly completed, but I never had a photo of the completed quilt. It was recently given back to me so I could install a hanging sleeve, and is now hanging up in my brother’s house
PENGUINADE
Saving the world . . . one dancing penguin at a time
I recently finished spinning two skeins yarn on my Tom Forrester (http://www.the-wheel-thing.com/products/Spindles/forrester.html) drop spindle. I initially thought the spindle was a little bit of a splurge, but it spins so fast and evenly, and has made a big improvement in my spinning skill. The dark green is 100 grams of dyed wool that I got from Little Barn (http://www.littlebarninc.com/) at Rhinebeck last Fall. The natural yarn is a bamboo and alpaca blend from Hubbert Farms (http://hubbertfarms.ca/) with the perfect blend of sheen, drape and soft hand. Both spun up like a dream, but I have a special place in my spinning heart for the alpacas at Hubbert Farms. I’ve spun from three different lots of their fiber, and each experience is like spinning with clouds.
The alpaca/bamboo blend is already on its way to becoming a gift for a new member of my family. The centerpiece is taken from Sivia Harding’s Tibetan Clouds stole (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tibetan-clouds-beaded-stole), and the shawl will be beaded with silver and pink/iridescent glass beads.
Thanks, Rita!
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Check out my stranded knitting chart, available as a free download on Ravelry!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/i-just-want-a-hug
Is it a t-rex chasing a brontosaurus? Or is the brontosaurus chasing the t-rex?! Stranded t-rex and brontosaurus knitting chart by Penguinade. Stitch your scene of love over a canvas of 40 stitches x 30 rows. While it looks fantastic as part of a manly scarf, you could also use it as a decorative element for a child’s jacket or an entire blanket of loving dinosaurs!
Spinning and quilting update:
I’m up to 106 modules for the quilt, and I’m a little sick of it. It’s not color fatigue, and in fact the flowers that I dislike the most are the least saturated. I still have at least 40 left to go, so hopefully I’ll like it better by the time it needs to be sewn together.
The skein on the top left is shetland from Hopeful Shetlands (http://from-hopeful.blogspot.com/), but it’s much softer than shetland usually is. My favorite hat is made out of yarn I spun last year from their herd. The top right and bottom left are both merino from Studioloo (http://www.studioloo.com/). The greyish-purple was from mill ends (ends of fiber from spinning commerical yarn with lots of unusual forms), and was surprisingly nice to spin on my 34g nurse shark top whorl from Spinning with Sharks (http://spinningwithsharks.ca/). I love the colors of the green, but I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not a batt spinner. I don’t like making rolags, and I don’t like stripping it. The blue streaks in that yarn are so bizarre, they almost feel like a synthetic. They were slippery, but in a slick sort of way, not an alpaca sort of way. The last yarn in the bottom right is merino/seacell from Lofty Fibres (http://loftyfibres.blogspot.com/), spun from the fold.
Batik flower garden quilt—79 modules complete as of Sept 10, 2011
I overdyed Rob’s pink scarf with bright blue, and it’s much more tolerable now.
I also had my first drop spindle experience! Unfortunately, my camera battery died, so this is the only picture for now. I have about 37 yards of a bulky 2-ply, with mohair, merino and silk.
Weekend finishing session
Sorry for forgetting the finished cardigan photos!
