i left town last week and took my spinning wheel with me. i almost didn't bring it but was so glad that i did. the yarn turned out to be very beautiful on my self striping attempt. here's the wip. the stripes are subtle but they're there. hurray!
it's going to be another lined bag.
here is another finished quilt. why am i making baby quilts? who knows, but there are two more tops waiting for me to finish.
today i made my first attempt at hand dying roving. i am trying to make self striping yarn. here is the step by steps.
· picked out two 2oz merino rovings from my stash, set them in a tub of water to soak for about 15 min.
· while this was soaking i got out my cool-aid stash and decided to use all that i had. 3 blue something or other, 2 green apple, 2 pink lemonade, 1 grape, 1 orange· moved out side to driveway and laid down two garbage bags and places my two roving side by side so that they would be the dyed the same.
· applied cool-aid in about 6-10 inch sections. I just sprinkled it right on top. picture
· added about a cup of water to each dyed section to moisten the cool-aid that was just sitting on top.
· rolled bag over roving and let sit in the sun for about 3 ½ hours. (i did find another bag of pink lemonade and sprinkled it over the green during this time) picture
· after the kids went to bed i went out side expecting to have to rinse out the excess cool-aid but the rovings had absorbed it all; as i went to rinse it no color came out at all. picture
· gently squeezed out excess water and moved the roving to the house to roll up in a towel to remove any remaining water.
they are now hanging in my yard drying. the colors are a bit muted; not as bright as i was expecting but i like it. picture
yesterday i headed over to laura's and got to work on the skirt for thisbe. i was surprisingly painless. i hadn't sewn clothes for her since she was a toddler. i have to say that i wasn't a fan of the fabric she picked out at joann's the other day but when put together as a skirt it turned out pretty cute. it was made from the 3 peas tutorial here at kuky ideas.
i also finished the purse i started at the black sheep gathering. adding the lining and zipper was much easier than i thought it would be.
i also think it's pretty cool how the yarn i spun up self striped. now that i have finished this i am going to try and dye my own roving to see if i can get it to self stripe again.
well my summer started late june and i've been working on a few things after the kiddies get to bed. i got four quilt tops made including this one, and completed one of the quilts.
i have quite a few wip.
three more quilts to quilt and bind, a purse that i started at the black sheep gathering. i had purchased some beautiful hand dyed roving. i spun it, plied it, and started knitting it up while there. after finishing the purse and strap i now have to line it and add a zipper. i started knitting a hat for magnus, and yesterday thisbe picked out some fabric and i plan on attempting to make a skirt for her.
last night at about 10:30 i started working on a quilt using up some scraps. hubby was gone and i didn't want to go to bed so i thought i would try the tutorial at happy things. here is the finished project.
i bound it pillow case style and than did a few stich in the ditch quilting lines and than top stiched around. it turned out a bit sloppy (i shouldn't work so late at night) but i really like it. i may try this again.
