Lost time

I was quite irritated after finishing this babyjacket. The shape of it is horrible (I think). I followed the pattern but my mother in law warned me, cause she used a pattern by the same producer, and it went out horrible for her too. Sooo, no more pattern of this type for me.

Anyway, I hope it will fit the baby I made it for.

Back again :)

After my last 3 weeks at work, I arrived last sunday and the first 2 days I just relaxed with my spinning. I ordered some Masham wool at http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/index.php (my favorite fiber shop). It was a blend with silk in it. Not sure how much it was, about 20 or 30%, but anyway it is lovely to spin and feels great.

I combined it with a pure silk thread. First time i spun with silk. Was a bit difficult in the beginning, but the result is nice I think. Not sure yet, if I will dye it or not.

And Iam still knitting my Lions shawl. Well, I was so proud about understanding the pattern, but now Iam not sure I did:p. The shawl itself looks very good, but I think the sites are different from the original and the middle too.

But who cares...the rest of the shawl is great and I like the colours too. I hope I will soon finish it. Some days more.

My first Nuno:)

Now its time for me to travel back to work for the next 3 weeks. The last thing I did yesterday was trying to do some nunofelting. I like my result but still its far from perfekt. I used black cotton in the middle and its wrapped with silk, alpakka and sheep fibers. Like a sandwich:) It feels very nice and its big enough to use as a shawl.

Ok, Iam off for now.

Cu soon.

More dyeing of fiber:)

Yesterday I startefd knitting these socks for a friend who got a little babyboy. They are not perfect but I rly like them anyway.

This was an english pattern and Iam not so good at reading them yet, so I struggled a bit on the upper part.

The fibers on the picture are from a "norwegian wild sheep" breed. It feels lovley and the colours are great I think.

I have some ideas what to do with it, but the prosject must wait. Now I have to go on producing a bit more yarn for my shawl.

I joined Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/ som month ago and found the pattern there.

The pattern for the socks can you found here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saartjes-bootees

Here is the thread

Hello everyone. I was busy couloring more fibers and spinning to get my thread ready. And i must say that Iam quite proud of the result. :)

I wanted to knit a shawl, so I went for that one: http://beyenburgerin.wordpress.com/category/free-patterns/shawlsscarves/

Nice blog she has and nice patterns too:)

Sure, its no lace but I wanted to try anyway. My knitting needles are slightly thicker, but who cares:p I think the result will be fine anyway. And best of all was that I understood the pattern:p

Colouring wool

Finally I am home again from work and I was not lazy this week. But I just did things I wanted to do.

I ordered some Ashford colours while being away at work and yesterday I tried them. It was great fun to see the results. Unfortunatley I was a bit scared of the whole thing so I coulored not so much fiber.

But well there is a new week coming. I think I will colour some more wool:)

And ofc the upper picture is from the yarn I spun out of the fiber today. I rly, rly love it.

Smelly yarn:)

Before i leave the island on friday for some work i wanted to show you what I made the last days.

I wrote smelly yarn, cause its made from unwashed sheep fiber. But it was easy to spin with. And my mother in law allready uses it for a garnment.

I made no soap this period, I was not motivated enough. So its lot to do in march, when iam back.

The upper picture is showing some wintermood, with dogs here on the island...it is so wonderfull outside:)