Argh by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 25, 2009 in Uncategorized tour de fleece WWM I’d be posting more if my stupid wheel wasn’t kind of a big snafu right now. For some unknown reason, the wheel is pulling on my single like the brake band is super tight when it isn’t. Color me frustrated, I’ve been battling...
NOM NOM NOM by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 21, 2009 in Uncategorized chain chomp hat glasses hat WWM Yep, Matt’s worry hat is done (as seen here on accomodating but not so talented at acting husband, Cory). I made the teeth out of polar fleece, and sewed it down only vertically, between each tooth, to maintain the stretchiness needed. I think...
1200 yards by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 20, 2009 in Uncategorized spinning tour de fleece WWM That’s aproximately how many yards of single, totalling up all three bobbins, that I had before I plied. After, I have 315 yards of nice, soft, sport to dk weight 3 ply.
Don’t blame me by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 19, 2009 in Uncategorized hat Janelle spinning tour de fleece WWM …if Janelle gets heat stroke. I warned her that if I made her hat in the summer she’d wear it all the time and get horribly overheated, and I was right. At least she likes it, eh? Anyway, this is my own design, using handspun wool/possum...
State of the Knitting by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 18, 2009 in Uncategorized chain chomp hat spinning tour de fleece WWM A quick update for those keeping score. Chain Chomp Hat: the main hat is done, and the i-cord for the chain links is barely started. I’ve decided to use polar fleece for the eyes and teeth. Wool/seacell blend roving: 1/2 of 1/3 spun up. It̵...
You are success! by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 12, 2009 in Uncategorized design hat Janelle spinning tour de fleece WWM zines I had an extremely productive and successful weekend. First of all, this weekend was the Minneapolis “ZineFest”, a zine selling and trading show where my friends Autumn and Tiffany had a table. (click here if you don’t know what a z...
A good reason for once by Sheepish Little Blog on Jul 9, 2009 in Uncategorized camel down tour de fleece WWM I didn’t blog last night, it’s true- but not because I was tired or lame or didn’t have anything to say. I didn’t blog because I was up until midnight franticly plying… This. It isn’t washed yet, and I think it w...
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