Getting ready to teach Intro to Supported Spindling this morning. Trying out using a mini whisk as a distaff - works great and only cost $4! Also practicing on our new double sided spinning bowls - we will have a limited number in the booth this weekend! #supportedspindle #supportedspindling #marylandsheepandwool #fiberartsworkshops
Started another Athleisure Cowl by @shanalines_designs in HipStrings Targhee Worsted in Haunted. Pick your own skein up at MDSW, Booth North 4 next weekend! #handdyedyarn #breedspecificyarn #marylandsheepandwool
Finishing up this Triceratops Cowl by @pnw.knits in HipStrings Polwarth DK in Haunted and Undyed. See it for yourself in the HipStrings booth at MDSW (North 004)! #strandedknitting #handdyedyarn #marylandsheepandwool
packaging stitch markers for MDSW. Our booth has moved to North 4 at the top of the hill! Can't wait to see you there! #marylandsheepandwool #stitchmarkers
Looking for a cowl that's well suited to poofy wools like Targhee, Rambouillet and has a potato chippy pattern with just the right mix of set it and forget it stockinette and some purl texture to break it up? Then go grab @shanalines_designs new cowl design Athleisure - written for HipStrings Targhee Worsted and Targhee Sport and easily adapted to handspun (shown here in This is Fine) Link in bio. #handspuncowl #knittedcowlpattern
Hand spinning for the win! I ran out of my millspun Buoy Mussels fingering for this vest, but I still had more of the original fiber. So I was able to spin a matching 2 ply so that I can finish this vest! #colorworkvest #strandedknitting #handspunyarn
New wood option coming soon for our tools! This 1/8" laminated birch is strong and laser etches well. #spinningtools #controlcard #wrapsperinch #handspinning
I'm so excited to teach again at Maryland Sheep and Wool with SIX workshops - Getting Started with Supported Spindle, Short Stapled Fibers, Next Steps in Supported Spindle, Reliable Wools, Fiber Speed Dating and Simple Fiber Prep Tools. Registration is open! Link in profile.
When you knit a fingering weight Fair Isle vest for your kid, but the kit you bought for yourself 15 years ago still sits untouched. But soon....it doesn't hurt that I'm using up some precious Buoy Fingering for this project (and I might have to spin up some Mussels). #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #knittedvest
