That’s ORANGE….

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I am really not on a good roll with the advent spinning. I am moving from super sparkly and hard to spin green to blaze orange. I am feeling very Oregon Ducks over here.

I guess the upside is that the orange fiber is a high micron fiber count of some origin. It is very soft and spinning fairly easily. I am trying to spin this fiber in the order it came in the calendar. Some of my bags have lost there stickers and so I am guessing on some of them. Though I do know this orange is day 16.

Just going to keep spinning along.

A Pair Of Zebra Heels

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There are two turned heels on my Rhiannon’s Socks.

I had to dig out the pattern I have saved on my phone because the online pattern I used is on a website that doesn’t exist anymore. But it is a toe up gusset heel. And they pretty fast when you are only working 60 total stitches.

And bonus points to me that they slightly match! I didn’t try to manipulate it that way, just a happy accident.

Happy Knitting!!

I Hate This One

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Okay this third advent mini on my 2024 Advent Spinning #2 project is AWFUL. I hate spinning it.

This is some sort of long wool fiber mixed with a metric poop ton of stellina. It sheds everywhere and feels awful moving through my fingers. And it’s terrible to keep a consistent single size. 10 out of 10 would never do again.

I have most of it spun and I’m going to make a second cup of coffee and power through so I can pull the next skein and move the heck on!

Happy Spinning!!

Finished: 2026 Comfort Blanket

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That Handspun Pull was very effective as was the stomach bug that kept us home for a couple of days. The 2026 Comfort Blanket is completed and frosty in the snow.

I ended up adding four of the six skeins I pulled. I ended up fully using my Frosty Roses handspun for the mini skein, Moonstone Dyeworks Purple 3-ply, Cotton Candy yarn, and Woolfiend Fiber Super Fine Merino.

This blanket started with 150 chains and I just worked a granny stitch. It’s mostly square and I think I managed to keep my stitch count pretty even. All the yarn I used was handspun and varied WIDELY. But all mixed together it blends nicely. I alternated three skeins at a time to help break up the color blocks.

The finished blanket was 1,649 yards of yarn so it consumed a TON. It is roughly a finished lap quilt that goes from toes to armpit. After a good wash and freshening, I will add this to household blanket pile. And I’m super happy to actually use some the first handspun I made and it be useful.

Happy Crochet!!

Finished: 2025 Fall Hat

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The 2025 Fall Hat is complete and ready to into the hat bin.

Pattern: My own basic beanie recipe with 112 stitches

Needles: US 5s

Yarn: Yarns Northwest Silk and Merino

The finished hat used 1.5 of the 50 gram skeins of the yarn. That’s about 185 yards of yarn With the silk, this will be a warm hat and I will likely never use this yarn for hats again. It shows EVERY mistake and it a little fuzzy being a single.

The hat came out blocked to an adult medium size or large child. I think I will let my teal loving PB have this hat for school use. I won’t be sad if this one gets lost along the way. It will have served its purpose 🙂

Happy Knitting!!

A Wee Bit Of Spinning

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Plodding along with my desk spinning. I am onto the second mini fiber bump of my 2024 spinning advent calendar.

I CANNOT explain how soft this fiber is. It’s like melted butter meets baby kitten. I am loving spinning this fiber. I am having to concentrate to not let this get too thin as it will break due to the softness. Therefore I am concentrating on thickness and adding twist to keep it together during plying.

I think some dedicated blocks at my desk will get me moving to get this fiber onto the wheel and out of stash. Happy Spinning!!

Fireside Blanket

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This is going to be short. Jellybean and I got a stomach virus so we are spending a lot of time horizontal this week.

The healthy two made us a fire and brought us ramen. So I’m working on adding the extra handspun I pulled to add to my 2026 Comfort Blanket. I think I will have PLENTY enough to make a decent sized, albeit small, throw. And now I have the dedicated time to work on it.

Stay warm and wash your hands!!

Snow Washing Shawls and Hats

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Today is the snow wash day for all the shawls and cowls. It continues to stay very cold here so that is key to the success of this process.

This is a thing I did with my sweaters and blankets when it was actively snowing. For this round I had to kind of sprinkle and kick snow over the knits. I let these lay out for 4-5 ours and then dried in my basement. I did spritz them with some soak scented spray for extra goodness.

I am finding that the finished objects did relax (a little) like they do with a bloc. And they smelled better even before the spray. For more benefits and better explanation, I like this article by County Living. Basically is it’s like ancient dry cleaning.

Happy Winter!

Coffee And Decreases

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I am fully caffeinated and ready to knit. I really want to finish this dang 2025 Fall Hat.

This singles yarn really shows ALL my mistakes or poor stitches. It is also really easy to split with the needles I chose. This will for sure be for the “school” pile or keep at home pile as it’s not the most polished piece of work.

I need like three more row and then I can start the decreases. I have 112 stitches total so I am thinking eight star decreases with 14 stitches each. And another cup of coffee….

Happy Knitting!!

Snow Washing

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I’m channeling my inner Yarn Harlot or Norwegian ancestor. We had some SUPER cold temps and very dry fine snow. So I decided at 6 pm to snow wash some of my woolens.

I started with all the wool hand knit sweaters I could lay hands on. There is my Autumn Gold, Love Note, Round Yoke pullover, and Rainbow Radiate. And a few more not pictured 🙂

And with the kids (and dog) using the knit blankets more, I decided to snow wash the blankets as well. I left everything out for about 3 or 3.5 hours before I shook out and took inside. I splurged a little and pulled out that woolen spray from yesterday and gave everything a spritz of yummy scent.

I think next up will be my shawls…..they could use a wash.

Happy Winter!!