Drop Spindle Experimenting

Hello! It's been a busy month! The Lord is leading us back to CT, so we've been packing and going through our things this month and now, it's only a little less than a week before our big move! However, between packing, and going through things, I wanted to start doing a little experimenting with my drop spindle by trying to spin different fibers. I've spun dog hair before, and that was really interesting, so I decided to try to spin some of my own hair! Over the last month or so, whenever I brushed my hair I cleaned my brush, washed the hair I got from it, and put it in a Ziploc bag, I didn't realize just how little hair I actually shed throughout the day! It took me nearly a month to be able to spin enough yarn to make a 2 inch granny square!

 

I had a lot of fun using my own hair to spin yarn, it was really neat to see it all come together, and I was very surprised to find that spinning my own hair is VERY easy! =) After my hair was washed, spun, and crocheted it looked a little darker than it actually is, so I thought that was really interesting!

 

This is the picture of the granny square I was able to make out of the few yards of yarn I was able to spin!

 

 

I'm considering trying to collect more of my hair throughout the year to see just how big I will be able to make my square, it'll be very cheap to make. =) hahaha

 

 

 

 

I really enjoyed experimenting like this and want to try to spin other things in the future! I tried spinning dryer lint, but that didn't work well, and I spun a small amount of poly-fil , but not enough to make anything. I'm pretty sure that for now I'm going to end up taking a break with experimenting and spin up some of the wool that I bought.

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 After we get settled into our new house, I'll have more time and feel more relaxed to work on things! Right now, other than spinning, I'm working on a crocheted tablecloth and a small afghan! I'm hoping that after we're settled I'll be able to get my tablecloth finished! I'm hoping that my next post will have more finished projects, but that's it for now! Have a great day!

Log Cabin Afghan and Much More!

 

 

Log Cabin Afghan

 

 

Hello! It has been a very long time since I last posted and I've gotten a lot accomplished, I won't write about all I've gotten done though, just some of the bigger things! Soon after I finished my "Ripple Afghan" I started and another afghan. I have a pattern book filled with different afghan patterns and my favorite one was the "Log Cabin" afghan, so I decided to order some yarn from knitpicks.com to make it. I was able to finish the afghan in under two weeks, it was so much fun to work on! It's been finished since the day before Easter, but I haven't felt much like blogging.

 

Here is a picture of all of my pretty yarn wound up nicely!It's "knitpicks brava sport" yarn, it's really soft and I was really happy with how far the yarn goes, I have a lot of leftovers, even after making and entire afghan!

 

 

 

 

This is my first completed square, the way the pattern worked up was really neat! There were a few things in the pattern that I hadn't done before, so it was great to learn something new!

 

 

 

It was really fun to watch the afghan come together, and I was REALLY happy with my color choices! =D

 

 

At this point in making it, it was time to sew the pieces together, which is always my least favorite part. However, it went super quick so that was a praise!

 

And here a few pictures of the finished product! I was, and still am, so excited about the way it ended up coming out!

 

 

 

I decided to make a different border than the one in the pattern book, I wanted to incorporate all of the different colors in the border.

 

This is definitely one of my favorite things I've ever made!

 

Some Smaller Projects 

 

 

I love to make bookmarks, and try to think of some different kinds of bookmarks to make. A few weeks ago I tried making a cupcake bookmark and this is what I came up with!

 

I like how it sits at the top of the book, I think it looks cute! =)

 

 



 

I've also been doing some wood burning, it's been fun doing something a little different than what I usually do! I find all of my pictures online and try to copy them, then wood burn them.

 

 

I think chipmunks are adorable, and thought this little guy was pretty cute!

This one is a picture copied from a cross-stitching website I like going on. The picture is called "Divinity", it's by Julie Fain. She has a lot of pretty silhouettes! The cross-stitch piece is a little too ambitious for me, so I decided to try to draw it myself and wood burn it.

 

 

 

When I came across this one online, I had to do it! I loved how it looked "black and white"!

 

 

I thought this one was cute too!

 

 

 

 

I also made a couple of baby afghans, this one is done with leftover scrap yarn.

 

This is my favorite of the two baby afghans, I like the looks of the black with the other colors.

 

 

 

 

This here is just something I thought was cute, it's a couch tissue box cover =)

 

 

 

Now for the doilies! I've made three since my last post! And am currently working on a crocheted tablecloth made out of size 10 thread!

 

This is my favorite doily out of the three!

 

 

This is a super long blog post, but it had been SO long since my last post that I had to update it! I've gotten a decent amount done these last few months, praise the Lord! I'm working on a few larger projects right now, so I haven't had as many "finishes" as I'd like, but that's okay! I hope to get better about posting, I had gotten good for a while, but haven't been as good lately!

Have a good day! =D