Handmade Loom
08 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in Crafts, Weaving Tags: DIY, frame loom, handmade, handspun, handspun yarn, loom, weaving, yarn
I bought a wooden picture frame to make a loom out of and it turned out to work pretty good. For my first project, I used regular acrylic yarn for the warp but I used yarn that I handspun for the weft. It was a pain to spin but it turns out that it works great and looks pretty fantastic used this way. Lots of color and texture to it.
Right now I don’t know what I’m going to do with the finished product, but I’m thinking I might just make it a wall hanging in my craft room.
New experiment
24 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Crafts, crochet, Destashing, Handmade, Spinning Tags: crochet, experiment, handspun, soda tabs, yarn
Since I have a ton of soda tabs to play around with, I decided to try out something. Right now I am crocheting around tabs and will probably put them all together and make them into a bag. I’m hoping the tabs will had a bit of firmness to the bag to keep it from being floppy, but I’ll see what happens when I get to that point.
Here is what I have so far:
I want to try something like this next.
I also washed the yarn I spun up and had it hanging to dry in the shower this weekend though it still feels damp to me! I’ll take a better picture when I get it wrapped up. I also have more waiting to be wash on my spindle.
Handspun yarn
14 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
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.
