Looking out the window now it is hard to remember how nice yesterday was. Actually it was a pretty darn decent weekend all around. I had a lovely mother’s day, spendning most of it outside with the kids playing and Ladybug keeping me company.
I finished the spinning the Still River Mill Mystery Bump singles, as well as 8oz of BFL from Little Barn to ply with it. I just need to pull out the Fricke electric, find an empty Majacraft WW bobbin or two and then I can get to work. You can see the range of colors through the two cakes. Paired with the natural BFL, it should make a nice sweater for the little miss. I’ll do a top-down raglan for her as I think that will bring out the best in the color changes plus.
I can’t believe I spun a pound of fiber in a week. I even finished another bobbin worth of the black corriedale on the Vermont wheel.
Amazing! I started a new project yesterday. This time it is dyed Merino from Clover Leaf Farms in Jungle Fever. I picked up two 4oz braids of it at MDSW this year. I’m hoping to get a solid merino in either a dark blue or maybe a hunter green to ply with and make Alex a sweater. Those colors would look gorgeous on him.
And now a pictorial essay of my weekend:
I hope other mother’s had such a nice special day.
Craft on!
9 responses so far ↓
1 Nancy // May 12, 2008 at 10:10 am
That looks like the perfect weekend to me!
Happy belated Mom’s Day!
That merino is stunning. I love the colors. I really need to do some spinning. I miss it.
2 Rosa // May 12, 2008 at 11:16 am
Too cute! It looked like a lovely weekend for all. I love the colors in the Jungle Fever fiber. It will definitely be a great sweater. Happy Spinning!
3 Hillary // May 12, 2008 at 11:19 am
That looks like the perfect Mother’s Day. I really like that Jungle Fever Merino. It’s beautiful.
4 sophanne // May 12, 2008 at 11:58 am
dem kids iz adorable.
5 Kim // May 12, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Great photo essay! Happy Mother’s Day, mutha! That is a lot of fiber to spin in one week. Love love that jungle fever from Clover Leaf.
6 --Deb // May 12, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Aw, look at the twins at their own spinning wheels! And that tire picture is so cute!
7 Ina // May 12, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Happy Mother’s Day! Great pix!!
8 Elsie // May 12, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Looks like cats, kids and Mom had a great day!
9 Jessica // May 13, 2008 at 8:50 am
Looks like a great weekend. Guess you got inspired to spin at Maryland too, eh?