Tag: yarn

  • Weaving on the Rigid Heddle Loom

    Christmas 2011 I received an Ashford rigid heddle loom. It took pretty much all of 2012 to 1) gather enough yarn for a project. 2) put the thing together. 3) Learn how to warp the loom.  4) Mess that  up and re-warp the room. Then as I finally set to weaving I found I messed up the warp…

  • Back into the Swing

    Trying to get back into the habit of things, lots of things. Part of my past year has been dealing with Fibro. I got the results from my MRI. Clean. That’s awesome but it means that this is part of the Fibro/PCOS/Hypo cocktail that is my physical problem. Basically this is yoga, meditation and daily…

  • My First Yarn

    So that spinning thing. I did get new spindles (pictures later!!). The gray alpaca I’m still working on. It’s stringing and rubbery and pretty. But that’s not what this picture is of. At Hobby Lobby, I found this pack of vintage colored wool for needle felting. Six colors in two ounce balls. I figured this…

  • Tri-Loom Weaving

    So back on this weaving thing. I’m going to try to make a shawl. With a 12″ loom that looks kind of daunting. I’ll need 49 triangles…I have no idea how to join them or if have enough yarn. I don’t really know how to finish off a triangle so it won’t unravel. Yeah Internets!…

  • New Crack: Yarn Spinning

    What’s a day at the Renaissance Fair without learning something new and addicting? Learned to spin on a drop spindle, I did. The yarn shop at the fair gave me a lesson. I bought a drop spindle, gray wool of some sort (12 oz) and some soy silk (like corn silk) for fun. So far…