I've Been Spinning Again!

Crafting like mad!  It's the season for it.

Right now I have some suri on the wheel, blended with bamboo and a little bit of red firestar.  It basically looks like I've torn the hair right off of a goddess's head and am now tenderly and completely obsessively drafting it out onto the bobbing in tiny, lace weight plies.

Guys I know I say this all the time but it's fibersex.

I've recently finished a true three-ply (not chain plied!  First time ever!) of fall-colored BFL that was a blast, and a single (second time ever, eee!) of merino based heaven-batt with awesome stuff in it that I can't remember right now.  Both are waiting on me to set them, and I plan on thwacking the single a bit because I am horrified any single I make is going to drift apart mid-knit.

That 3 ply I made, by the way?  Used my new lazy kate.  Husbandcreature crafted me a three-bobbin lazy kate to attach to the base of my wheel to replace the kromski 2 ply one.  It's charmingly simple, and extraordinarily effective (even if the bars do point the wrong way).  I adore it!

He also made me a new orifice hook for Christmas, well, the handle to it.  He'll put the wire in it soon and I'll get to take it for a...spin.  Get it?

Ha...haha...

I love handcrafted shit.

Hmm, what else?  Crocheting!  And knitting!  I have picked up my husband's abandoned gift scarf for me made much too wide and out of red heart, because someone had to and it was just staring at me.  I've also finished a scarf for a cousin (who loved it!), made a poi (but not its mate), two fingerless gloves, half a bag for the baby toys, a pouch for my DND dice (don't judge), half a doily for my mum, a set of mittens and a matching hat with ear flaps and pompoms for baby Jack, uh...I can't remember what else.

CROCHET ALL THE THINGS.

And there's no slowing down now!  It's still cold outside!  KEEP TREADLING AND HOOKING.

Pictures to come, probably, maybe.

Later y'all!

Knotted Box Pillow

I finished everything on Sir's pillow today except the final edge and stuffing it.  I'm going to use a pillow case filled with fiberfill, I think.  It may wait a couple of days until I can find a pillow case I'm willing to part with and cut up/sew shut.

The link to the project is here.

That's a Ravelry link, so you'll need a Rav account to view it, I think.  Blogging is tough for me without my own computer right now, so that might be the best way to share photos for the time being.  Sorry!

The two panels were knit flat separately using some yarn from a cute little shop in Ames, Iowa.  I used a knitted box stitch from NewStitchaDay on Youtube (check them out!).  I thought the fastest way to link the panels was to turn them right side in and take a crochet hook and slip stitch all the way around (except that last side I need to use to stuff) using the ends from knitting.  This was the quickest way and conserved the little yarn I'd left for myself, plus it won't come apart later if I knot it up at each end point.  Since it's seamed on the wrong side, when I turn it right side out to stuff, those seams won't be as obvious or stick out.

Ooh, and the best part is that since it's a pillow, I don't have to sew in any ends!  Woohoo!!

Okeydokey, I'll be back with more updates later!