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A little of this and that

14 May 2011 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in amigurumi, Chainmaille, Crafts, crochet, Destashing, Handmade, Spinning, Weaving Tags: amigurumi, crochet, doll, drop spindle, handmade, soda tabs, spinning, weaving, Webs, yarn

First up is this amigurumi I started last week. He is huge and I ran out of yarn to give him arms. I was just playing around and trying to figure things out so he is a bit wonky.

I made this little guy with what was left of the yarn.

I went to Webs today for the first time and got some pretty yarn along with this super soft and pretty roving. I have only spun up a little of it so far and I’m loving how it looks. I have also managed to mostly keep the yarn the same thickness so I’m super happy about that.

I have also started playing around with all of the soda tabs that I have been collecting. At first I started weaving ribbon through them until I ran out, then I made a 6×6 square with jump rings. Not sure what I’m doing with anything just yet but here’s what I’ve got so far.

Handspun yarn

14 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, knitting, Spinning Tags: drop spindle, hand spun, hand spun yarn, handspun, scarf, yarn

Here is the hand spun yarn I have done up so far. I started knitting with it last night and it makes an interesting texture with the thick and thin yarn. I still have a whole ball of roving to spin up too, so hopefully it will be a bit more balanced out.

Knitting, spinning, punch needle

26 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, knitting, Punch needle embroidery, Spinning Tags: drop spindle, embroidery, experiment, handmade, knitting, new, punch needle embroidery, spinning, yarn

Okay, here are the pics.
Finished charity scarf #4

First time trying punch needle embroidery. As you can see, some of it came undone. I think I need to make the loops longer. I’ll have to read about that later. Just the outline so far.

This is the yarn I’ve spun so far on my new drop spindle. I was having problems with it so the yarn is far from perfect. I got very frustrated so I only did one strip of roving so far.