Sky blue cardi
In early 2019, I blended some super soft light blue fibre from Underdutchskies and Nunoco with a sprinkling of sparkly…
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Midwinter gradient
About two months ago, when I was on holiday in Germany, I brought with me a large skein of handspun…
The skyest of blues
The MirkwoodArts group has another spin-a-long ungoing: the All*Stars SAL. The theme is stars, and every participant chooses a favourite…
Snowrora
During the Bettina’s Pegasus SAL in the MirkwoodArts group, I have spun another project. After the colourful rainbow that I…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Dwarves
The last stage of the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon, Dwarves, ran during the month of October. I started my last spinning project a…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Hobbits (part 2)
Last week I started a new spinning project in the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon. After finishing my hobbit-green project, I felt like…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Hobbits (part 1)
The second part of the MirkwoodArts spin-a-long is at its halfway point, and I have just finished spinning my Hobbit-inspired…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Elves
Two weeks ago, the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon began. The Thriathlon is a SAL (spin-a-long) that runs for almost three months. It…
Japanese ingeniousness
Two days ago, I finally finished my latest knitting project: the Hosukai Cowl by Hiroku Fukatsu. Hasukai means diagonal in…
Tour de Fleece: Subtle epilogue
Now what? I finished my Tour de Fleece project with almost a week to go… I was in need of…
Mega project is done!
Last February I started spinning my largest spindle spinning project to date. I combined five braids and batts of fibre,…
Flippety-fade
Another handspun shawl is finished! I’m particularly happy with this one, mostly because of the nice combination of colours, gradients,…
Spring gradient
A couple of years ago I participated in the Just Batty 2 Challenge. This challenge was part swap, part spinning.…
Startitis
Startitis. I’ve got a bad case of it. As I’m spinning my largest project to date (500 grams of rolags)…
Spinning pure bliss
There is something about working with undyed fibres and yarns that touches me. Especially (off)-white fibres have a special place…
Icy green
When I started spinning this Nunoco roving it was still July. I had just finished my Tour de Fleece spinning,…
Tour de Fleece: Finished!
Yesterday was the final day of the Tour de Fleece. Time for a sprint! I was still spinning some lovely…
Colourful December
My multiscarf is finished! I used up almost all the ReSkein yarn (I had a bit more of the silver)…
Spin Cycle October: Malcolm Fielding
Every month the Yarn Therapy Zone on Ravelry organizes a spin along that celebrates a spindle maker. In October it…
Tour de Fleece – it’s over!
Today is the last day of the Tour de Fleece. Over the past three weeks I have been spinning quite…
Tour de Fleece
Today is the first day of the Tour de Fleece! Spinners around the world spin along with the cyclists in…
Subtle spinning
At the moment I’m spinning a very nice bit of Nunoco roving. It’s in their Cobweb colourway. I actually spun…
Spin a dozen
The Giro de Fleece ended last Sunday, but I finally finished spinning my 200 grams of singles last Wednesday evening!…
Giro de Fleece
Today the Giro d’Italia is starting here in The Netherlands, in Apeldoorn. Like the Tour de France, this is a…
Toes are up
At first I was a bit busy with other things, but two days ago I got started on the Sock…
Tour de Fleece – Finish!
For three weeks, I’ve been spinning a lot in the Tour de Fleece, in several teams at once. Of course…