Hand spun Scarves

 

Hand spun Scarves

 

 

I've spent last month doing some acid dying, spinning yarn form my stash of fleece and knitting.  Here are a few of the scarves I've made.

Winter Shawls

Winter Shawls

 

 

 

 It's been very cold here and I decided to crochet a few shawls. These are 2ply yarns from my stash,  hand spun and hand dyed Romney wool from my girls. The variegated yarn was used for the trim on the brown shawl.

 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

 

 

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

  

 

Spinning, Dyeing and Handweaving Small's

Cheryl's Small's

 As luck would have it I came across a tiny weave-it loom while out on one of my antiquing shopping trips.

I was so excited I could hardly wait to get home and try it out. 

 Out came the hand spun, hand dyed small balls of yarn I had saved.

 I was sure I could find a good use for them eventually.

 The result was these earrings.

 I had started to teach myself free motion embroidery ( not the easiest thing to learn) especially if your a neat nick.

So, applying all of my skills this was the end result.

 A pair of hand spun, hand dyed, hand woven and stitched earrings.

I just love them. Hope you enjoy them to.

 

 

 

Handspun Bracelets and Dragonflies

Hand spun Bracelets

 Hand spun silk and camel hair. Hand knit in seed stitch.

 A set of three.

Beautiful Dragonfly

I came home the other day from walking Zoe and found this beautiful dragonfly greeting me at my front door.

Summer is going by quickly and I'm busy with knitting and spinning.

 Hope all is going well for everyone.

♥

Babies in the Garden

Baby Rabbits

 Just wanted to share this wonder of nature. We have a resident mother rabbit that lives under our deck. Manford was working in the garden, planting things and came across a nest of baby rabbits in the middle of the garden.

I just love them. I hope they survive.

Still knitting working on thrummed mitts. 

It's summer so I'm enjoying the warm weather, I hope you are too.

♥

Spring time in the Neighbourhood

 Spring Time

 I've been working on thrummed mitts. These are hand knit. Lovingly made with hand dyed yarns, green cuffs and Carmel coloured thrums. Using natural brown 2 ply Romney yarn from my girls. I'm building up stock for the fall. My work will be for sale this September in the Cambridge Centre for the Arts.

 This robin has made a nest in my neighbour's garden. I took this picture on my walk with Zoe.

Quince bushes are in bloom.

 Magnolia's are in bloom.

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