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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!!

Spinning All The Minis

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I have wrapped up my last SSK fiber mini spinning project and I am itching to start another one. I still need to wind and measure those handspun skeins but I can’t find all my tools at the moment.

In the meantime I am prepping my next set of fiber plans. I have 12 ounces of miscellaneous fiber types and colors and I wanted to do a sort of combo spin.

I split the fiber up by colors in three equal parts to the best of my ability. Then for each color I broke the bigger bits up into smaller bits and bobs. I will pull randomly from the pile and complete for each of the three plies.

The blue pile was my favorite! Each section is just a hair shy of 4 ounces. This blue pile does have a ton of silk in it and that’s not my favorite but I will survive, lol.

This last pile was kind of the “et all” section and got most of the neutrals and whatever fiber made the weights equal out. It will be the wildest of the three plies but should make for an interesting yarn.

Now just to find extra time in my day for all this spinning!! Happy Spinning!

Catching Up Advent Fiber

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I completely flamed out on my 2024 advent spinning. But I did finally open up the rest of the days to see all the pretties!

There were a lot of purples and greens in this run. And one mini had a teeny Christmas light stitch marker. I don’t trust my memory so I put these back in the numbered bags for when I finally get around to spinning. I think finishing this spin will be one of my February craft goals?

Tomorrow I will wrap up this calendar and show the full braid that came for day 25! Happy Spinning!!

Advent Socks, Ready For Mini #3

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My 2020 Advent Socks are growing little by little. I have worked in the first two mini skeins and ready for the third.

It’s very apparent that all 24 minis are NOT going to fit into one pair of socks. I could rip back and make skinnier stripes but that seems like extra work. I think I am going to just keep working the minis as is and see where I end up. I could always start a second pair?

The BFL sock yarn is really nice and should make hardy and warm socks. And I have successfully been able to spit splice my joins to cut down on the weaving in ends.

Happy Knitting!!

Mini Madness

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Happy Birthday to me!! I received some birthday money and decided to splurge on another month of Row One Yarn Carnival of Color club. (I didn’t quite meet my healthy lifestyle goals this month…but I didn’t back slide either. I’m just going to continue to make better choices every day.)

This month’s yarn is from Emma’s yarn in her Hella Hank base. Guys…this is like a 17 year old entrepreneur. She has a great website, excellent marketing and amazing yarn. Oh if only I was that smart as a teenager!

Happy Knitting!!

Daunt Cowl Preparation 

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Jellybean is now officially three. We had a blowout family bash that was totally spooky and Halloween themed. Literally my kid has not stopped talking about Halloween since last Halloween so we just kinda leaned into the theme for his birthday.

Well birthday party meant quality grandparent time which then correlates into mommy free time. I had been thinking more and more about the Daunt Cowl. The only thing holding me back was the lack of a good neutral in my stash. All my sock stash is highly variegated or self-striping. So I tip-toed over to my LYS and found a neutral sock yarn…..Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet 100 Splash in the Autumn color….

So while Jellybean was showing Papa around the local Zoo…I culled my sock scraps and found a rainbow’s worth. That’s 24 minis that go from grey/pink through the rainbow and back to grey. I made a pattern page here and you can see what my scraps are.

I painstakingly weighed and wound according to the directions and look what beauty I got!

Isn’t this about the best thing you have ever seen? My ball winder JUST barely was able to wind this bad-boy. It’s over 1,000 yards because some of my scraps were over the 5 gram suggested allotment. I wanted to use up as much as possible plus this now counts as a Blitz project for the #pigskinparty17 KAL!

I’m going to cast on as soon as my Reyna is finished 😉

Happy Knitting!!

More Minis

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I recently found the Sock Yarn Swappers group on ravelry. I had just been a lurker and a stalker but I kept seeing all the swaps and swapless swaps going on and wanted to try one. So back in August I signed up for a Felici swapless swap for the new range of striping color ways that Knit Picks put out this fall.


I got 20 minis of 20 yards to add to my Memory Scrap Blanket. This project is currently hibernating in Area 51. But I know I’ll love adding these self striping beauties to the mix when I pick it up again!

Have you ever done a swap?