Wrapping up
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merrileemakesI've been working on finishing up some long term projects and it feels good to have some small wins.
My first finish is this giant spinning project I've been working on for over a year. I wrote about my plans back in May 2024 and I'm really pleased with how closely the resulting skeins match my initial idea.
Here's the 3 finished skeins. I planned the project so that each skein would have an interesting colour transition within itself, but also within the larger set. Check out Preparing for spinning season for more details.
100% Australian grown and processed Polwarth wool
Approximately 4pl/fingering weight 3 ply handspun yarn
598g total for all 3 skeins, approximately 2,500m
And here's the side by side of how I pictured these 3 coordinating skeins would look (left) compared with how they actually look (right).
I'm really chuffed on how close they are! These skeins will nest likely become a knit jumper, but for now they are going into stash to marinate for a few years.
This ridiculous mess is a spindle storage/transportation box.
I bought a cheap and nasty wine gift box on Amazon with the notion that I'd decorate it and use it for safely transporting spindles, which can be a bit on the delicate side.
I collected a whole bunch of old, unwanted fibre arts magazines that were going for next to nothing in the recycling room at Canberra Spinners and Weavers and cut out a bunch of cool looking images.
I painted the box with a base coat of purple acrylic part, decoupaged the images on with mod podge and then finished the whole thing with a coat of FolkArt Dragonfly Glaze. The box is ridiculous, kinda tacky and I love it. Especially the over-the-top shimmer glaze. It's also actually perfect for staring spindles and ne related fluff.
Finally, I finish this beaded brook's bouquet scarf, which is based off a design in Deborah Jarchow's Rigid Heddle Weaving: Basics and Beyond book. I threw this on my loop in April to weave a quick (ha ha) scart to sell at the Canberra Spinners and Weavers exhibition in May. And 6 months later it's finally done. Sigh.
Honestly, the beading was really slow, but totally worth it. I really like how it turned out. The yarn is handspun Corriedale/alpaca and the beads were left over from a previous project (beaded knit socks! turns out they're actually kinda uncomfortable...). I did buy a bunch more beads and I still have most of a tube left over. So I will be forced to do yet another project with these stunning purple lined crystal AB seed beads. Such a terrible cross to bear.
There is are bead out of alignment and I'm trying to work out if I can be bothered to fix it. I think I am. I'll feel better putting this into the exhibition next year if I know there's not a mistake in it.
I'm really looking forward to having some time off after Christmas and being able to work on more random projects. I might ever free up some space in my craft room (laughs while drowning in yarn).
My first finish is this giant spinning project I've been working on for over a year. I wrote about my plans back in May 2024 and I'm really pleased with how closely the resulting skeins match my initial idea.
Here's the 3 finished skeins. I planned the project so that each skein would have an interesting colour transition within itself, but also within the larger set. Check out Preparing for spinning season for more details.
100% Australian grown and processed Polwarth wool
Approximately 4pl/fingering weight 3 ply handspun yarn
598g total for all 3 skeins, approximately 2,500m
And here's the side by side of how I pictured these 3 coordinating skeins would look (left) compared with how they actually look (right).
I'm really chuffed on how close they are! These skeins will nest likely become a knit jumper, but for now they are going into stash to marinate for a few years.
This ridiculous mess is a spindle storage/transportation box.
I bought a cheap and nasty wine gift box on Amazon with the notion that I'd decorate it and use it for safely transporting spindles, which can be a bit on the delicate side.
I collected a whole bunch of old, unwanted fibre arts magazines that were going for next to nothing in the recycling room at Canberra Spinners and Weavers and cut out a bunch of cool looking images.
I painted the box with a base coat of purple acrylic part, decoupaged the images on with mod podge and then finished the whole thing with a coat of FolkArt Dragonfly Glaze. The box is ridiculous, kinda tacky and I love it. Especially the over-the-top shimmer glaze. It's also actually perfect for staring spindles and ne related fluff.
Finally, I finish this beaded brook's bouquet scarf, which is based off a design in Deborah Jarchow's Rigid Heddle Weaving: Basics and Beyond book. I threw this on my loop in April to weave a quick (ha ha) scart to sell at the Canberra Spinners and Weavers exhibition in May. And 6 months later it's finally done. Sigh.
Honestly, the beading was really slow, but totally worth it. I really like how it turned out. The yarn is handspun Corriedale/alpaca and the beads were left over from a previous project (beaded knit socks! turns out they're actually kinda uncomfortable...). I did buy a bunch more beads and I still have most of a tube left over. So I will be forced to do yet another project with these stunning purple lined crystal AB seed beads. Such a terrible cross to bear.
There is are bead out of alignment and I'm trying to work out if I can be bothered to fix it. I think I am. I'll feel better putting this into the exhibition next year if I know there's not a mistake in it.
I'm really looking forward to having some time off after Christmas and being able to work on more random projects. I might ever free up some space in my craft room (laughs while drowning in yarn).
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Date: 13 December 2025 03:36 am (UTC)I have a floor loom and weave blankets and rugs. A lot of tweed.
I am trying to weave tartan but my yarn is stuck in Canada (thanks Trump).