Knitting Dragonflies

I did finish spinning all of my fiber from Etsy's CJ Kopec creations. I don't have all of it off the spindles yet. This is my first time at spinning something other than practice fibers. I'm happy with the result and with the 4 oz I spun, I hope to knit a hat to wear while I'm dog walking. It is soft and I love the colors! Thanks also to Knitwitch, I bought a spindle bowl and without that I wouldn't have gotten it all spun. It really speeded things up. All of this has really gotten me hooked on spinning. Now I need a hat pattern.....giggles You know how I love to shop, I found the cutest little drop spindle earrings on Etsy . I think I need a pair!! Technorati Tags: le Tour De Fleece 2008

Here is a busy bee in my garden... I have been busy spinning, working and cleaning, how do two dogs make so much hair? I guess if I had that much hair all over my body and it was in the 90's I would be dropping an alarming amount of hair also. Here is the amount of yarn I have spun during the Tour De Fleece . This shows the amount of fiber I have left from the 4 oz. that I want to spin during this time. Also the primary spindle I have been using, a bottom whorl made by my hubby and a spindle bowl from the Knitwitch . I did get my Sursa shawl done. And I'm still working on my Lola bunny . Technorati Tags: lola Bunny knitting pattern link , sursa shawl , tour de fleece 2008 , knitwitch

And Tour de Fleece update.... I am new to spindles and have been practicing tenaciously, insert giggles here. Coming along fairly well, watch some You Tube videos which helped quite a bit. Then I joined the Tour De Fleece to help motivate me and meet some spinners, spindles, I had met KnitWitch online and lusted after her yarn bowls before I got my spindles. I noticed that she also made spindle bowls , and thought "would that help me much?" OOOO so pretty, so I ended up ordering one, see previous post. Wow, I started really using it today and cannot believe how much it has increased my speed. During my light speed spinning, actually wondering if I would break the sound barrier . It has been many years since my last physics class, so I was wondering as I was spindling along what was going on. Well, knowing the answer to almost every question is on the interest I looked and found Wendy from pointysticks and her spindle physics tutorial . Interesting stuff. Enjoy your sp...

I finally decided to buy a spindle bowl from KnitWitch . My spindle fit nicely in the dimple in the bottom of the bowl, giving me support (and more control, for me) and faster spin. I have tried the bowl with my bottom whorl, and top whorl spindle, it works nicely with both! I couldn't decide which one to get. And it's so pretty! The bottom gives it good stability. Thanks KnitWitch ! Now I'm ready to start super spinning with my spindles. On to the Tour De Fleece ....   Technorati Tags: Knitwitch , Le Tour De Fleece 2008 , Spindle Bowls , Drop spindles

Just a little roving spun up. I seem to have spindle ADD, A little on this spindle, a little on that, lets see how this works, no how about that? The Spind olyn is fun! CJ Kopec Creations.. adding fiber to your creative diet. I love the roving!! Thank you Cjkopec! I was originally planning on making socks with this yarn, now I am considering a scarf, if you have the new issue of Spin Off (thanks to Phyllis of Spin, Knit and Life) , one scarf 10 ways, Morning Surf Scarf, it is fun to look at( scarf on front) Also a excellent article on Choosing your first wheel, get it right. Enjoy your spinning! Technorati Tags: cjkopeccreations.etsy.com , Le Tour De Fleece 2008 , Spindolyn , Spindles , Spinning , Roving , Hatchtown spindle , Drop spindles

  In the middle of spinning, I did a little shopping.... Check out this seller A Keepers Jackpot My favorites are A Black Widows Web Necklace Custom Beaded Hiking Safety Whistle SALE Shades of Purple Necklace WITH FREE EARRINGS , who can resist a sale!!   Blue Egg Earrings   Her prices are very reasonable, who doesn't love a little bling every now and then. She has a nice blog here While I was there, I ended up buying more roving, I don't know how that happened, I am in the Tour De Fleece, in which we are using our current stash and oops, more is on the way! Check this out From The Ranches Angoras But I am spinning, I promise, pics to follow.... Technorati Tags: Etsy Featured Seller , Le Tour De Fleece 2008 , Roving , The Ranches Angoras

  Check out the info here ! Sounds fun, and it will give me another reason to spin!           Technorati Tags: Le Tour De Fleece 2008