Maritimer Socks (2014)
Pattern: Usual Hybrid Sock Pattern Yarns: Noro Silk Garden Sock Method: Hand knitting Completed: November 13, 2014. These are my standard socks — toe up, following Wendy’s Toe-Up pattern, and Cat Bordhi’s Riverbed Arch expansion/plain heel. Used less than
Box Sweet Pullover (2014)
Pattern: Box Sweet, by Candace Eisner Strick and Ann FeitelsonYarns: Shelridge Farm Soft Touch UltraMethod: Hand knit Completed: October 8, 2014. I bought this as a kit at Maryland Sheep & Wool 2012. Then, at MDS&W 2013, I bought
First Spinning (2014)
Fibre: Blue faced Leicester (BFL) Method: Drop spindle Completed: August 30, 2014. I posted a blog post with my first efforts at spinning with the drop spindle and then plying. This was the first effort in creating yarn I
Spring Flowers Socks (2014)
Pattern: Usual Hybrid Sock Pattern Yarns: Blue Moon Fiber Arts SocksThat Rock Lightweight (Queen Charlotte colourway) Method: Hand knitting Completed: July 25, 2014. These are my standard socks — toe up, following Wendy’s Toe-Up pattern, and Cat Bordhi’s Riverbed
Overshot Tablerunner (2014)
Pattern: Anne Dixon’s “Small Honeysuckle”, page 106. Yarns: Warp & tabby weft: Pacolet Valley Fiber Company Southern Bales Fingering; Weft pattern is Sakura Cotton (by Estelle Yarns) Method: Weaving Completed: May 15, 2014. My first project in overshot, on
Tartanic Scarf (2014)
Pattern: Made it up Yarns: Plymouth Yarns Baby Alpaca Lace, DROPS Alpaca Method: Weaving Completed: April 18, 2014. Woven in plainweave on my 15″ rigid heddle, 12 dent heddle. Finished measurements: 10″ x 70″ (exclusive of fringe). Both yarns
Pink Panda Silk Socks (2014)
Pattern: Usual Hybrid Sock Pattern Yarns: Panda Silk Method: Hand knitting Completed: March 16, 2014. These are my standard socks — toe up, following Wendy’s Toe-Up pattern, and Cat Bordhi’s Riverbed Arch expansion/plain heel. Used 2.25oz (about 260yds) of
DragonTale Purple Painted Warp Scarves (2013)
Pattern: 1 Plain Weave, 2 Twill scarves and an end piece Yarns: Warp: Dragon Tale 5/2 Rayon and Rayon Slub painted warp; Weft: 5/2 Dragon Tale Rayon (various colours).Method: Weaving, Schacht Baby Wolf 8S10T Completed: December 30, 2013. I
Summer Filet Crochet Cardi (2013)
Pattern: Jean Frost custom jacket dimensions; allover filet pattern from Design-A-Knit (DAK) Yarns: Handmaiden Marrakesh (Laceweight silk/camel) Method: Crochet Completed: December 24, 2013. Drop-shouldered, boxy jacket. Done in filet crochet in order to be very light, summery, lacy. The
Rigid Heddle Rustic Placemats Too (2013)
Pattern: Plain Weave Yarns: Sakura Cotton (by Estelle Yarns) for weft; Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Ultrasoft for warp Method: Weaving Completed: December 10, 2013. This was a second warp to repeat a project on my rigid heddle loom (Schacht Flip,