Monthly Archives: October 2025

All Plied Up

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Happy Halloween! To celebrate today I bring you two plied skein of some kooky handspun.

As predicted I did have to spin these singles into two skeins, even with a jumbo bobbin. One is slightly bigger than the other as I didn’t get the exactly even. The first skein went great and I didn’t have many issues with the singles.

The second skein was a different story. The pink bobbin ran out super early and I only had two bobbins left. The remaining two bobbins were not spun enough in spots and I had a lot of breakage. And finally I was left with only the blue bobbin and I had to chain ply to finish all the singles.

Now these are off to a bath and whack so I can measure my final weight and yardage!

Happy Spinning!!

Dividing For Round Yoke Pullover Sleeves

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I have been cruising on my Round Yoke Pullover. I am just barely past the divide for sleeves.

I have plenty of yarn and I torn about knitting an inch of two body and THEN doing sleeves. Or doing the sleeves last since I don’t have to worry about yarn chicken. This is a commercial enough yarn that I don’t think I will have to worry about helical knitting the body.

It’s finally getting chilly enough here that I am excited about sweater season! Happy Knitting!!

Plying The Crazy

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I decided to break out my Hitchhiker spinning wheel to ply my 2025 Pigskin Party spinning project.

I got all three bobbins situated on my lazy kate under small but of tension. I chose my Hitchhiker because it came with a jumbo flyer and bobbin.

I rarely use this wheel as it is single treadle and not as intuitive for me to use. And this go around I ended up needing to replace the tension spring before I could go very far. Eventually I got going and consistently in the correct direction.

I am pretty sure I have enough fiber I will need to fill this jumbo bobbin and let it rest to take off the first skein before I can do the second. I am confident 12 ounces is too much for this.

Happy Spinning!!

Cast On: Dragonfly Hat

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I needed another hat for my work bag after I finished my Online Training Hat. I grabbed a skein from my abstract fiber haul and got started.

True to my broken record, this is my 88 stitch beanie “recipe” on US 8 needles. I am working a folded stockinette brim. At this gauge I am going to get big lime green stripes/pools and mini/micro stripes of the light blue and purple. Should be an interesting look when finished!

Happy Knitting!!

Three Finished Bobbins

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I succeeded and all the minis from my 2025 Pigksin Party KAL spinning are DONE!

I finished the pink singles over the weekend and they are now resting. I should rewind the bobbins since I have spun some of the first two bobbins multiple weekends ago. But I probably will not, lol.

I need to make a plying plan and set aside some time and I should have a finished yarn. I am very excited to score this for some KAL points for the current Down Cellar Studio KAL and blitz points. I hope this yarn turns out somewhat pretty…I have some crazy colors going here. It’s all about experimentation!

Happy Spinning!!

The Last Of The Pinks

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It’s finally Friday and this is all the fiber I left in my 2025 Pigskin Party spinning project!

Jellybean and I have started a Psych watch/rewatch together. And I decided that since I was rewatching that I would focus on my spinning that is going on my sparrow e-wheel. I laid out all the remaining minis and put the in a “random” order to finish out.

My bobbin is looking so pretty I can’t hardly wait. I still have the blue bobbin and the crazy bobbin already done and waiting. I need to finish these pink singles and let them rest. And then I can start plying them. I am considering plying them on my single treadle wheel as it has a giant bobbin. I need to do some thinking….

Happy Spinning!!

Finished: Love Note

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My Love Note is done and blocked! I can’t tell you how buttery soft this sweater is after a good was in yummy smelling Soak.

Pattern: Love Note by Tin Can Knits (Rav Link)

Needles: US 9s and US 7s

Yarn: Old Rusted Chair Sock in colorway Back in The Pulse and Malabrigo Mohair in Whole Grain

Mods: Chose the longer body option

This sweater ended up with over 1,500 yards of yarn. I used 1.81 skeins of the sock yarn and 3.6 skeins of the mohair. That is 271 grams of yarn in the finished garment. I knit the 48.5 inch bust size which came me just slight positive ease. The fabric is pretty stretchy so it has a lot of forgiveness.

I pulled out the dress I plan to wear this with. It’s a sleeveless black dress that has an A-line skirt that hits me below the knee. It has the benefit of showing the lace and my bra won’t show through the lace. I don’t imagine I will ever wear this one without an under shirt. And I think this outfit feels smart and polished so a great candidate for work this winter!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Round Yoke Pullover

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With my Love Note almost done and my swatch successful, I couldn’t help but start my next sweater. This creatively called “Basic Round Yoke Unisex Pullover” and I think I will just called my Round Yoke Pullover for simplicity.

I chose the 44 3/4 bust size for the pattern. I really like this starts with a knitted collar. I might have gone done an even smaller needle size for the ribbing. And this will be a nice easy/wide collar regardless. I can always go back and crochet a stronger foundation.

I had to get some work done on the Rachelle-mobile at the dealer. Dang kids denting my doors! So I managed to get a couple of increases done and several inches of sweater. I didn’t feel like lugging my huge Love Note so this got all the love.

Happy Knitting!!

Time For A Hem

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My Love Note is so close to being done! I am finally at the hem of the longer version.

I am under half of the last skein of sock yarn and on my last ball of mohair. I briefly considered making this longer but I don’t want to play yarn chicken with hand dyed sock yarn that I can’t easily source.

This will be a cropped sweater by my standards and I think that is going to be fine. I have a specific dress I want to wear this with. I will have to do some figuring on what kind of pants I will want to wear this with, if I do at all.

Happy Sweater Knitting!!

Prize Package

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This past summer I participated in the Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Podcast KAL called the Summer Spin In and I won a prize!

I was the lucky recipient of a $50 gift certificate from Abstract Fiber. In true crafter fashion, I spent a little more than my gift certificate. Starting on the left I grabbed a skein of the Worsted base called Dakota and the color is called Dragonfly. In the middle a sport weight OOAK called creatively “Color 8”. And finally there is a skein of DK in the Tahoma base in the color Molly.

These will all probably end up in some sort of a hat situation. It’s my go to easy knitting and my gift stash is getting pretty low. For now I need to get back to sweater knitting!

Happy Crafting!!