Mittens

Winter is over and I've finished my mittens.
I frogged them three times, changed pattern twice and finally ended up with stockinette stitch. Nothing fancy.
They are knitted from singles I spun a couple of years ago on a drop spindle. They are thick and thin, not on purpose though, just because I was knew to spinning.

Spinning frenzy

I have no idea when I will be able to spin it all but anyway...
Hemp to the left, nettle to the right and soy, bamboo, tencel, seaweed - centre bottom.

At the same time somewhere in the leaving room...
Wool

Yak

Cotton

Spinning study

I am done with my fibre studies.  First of all I need to say that this fun became possible only because I managed to buy several types of fibres at one place in very tiny 5g amounts. 

Flax
I bought all this staff at a felting store and I guess the flax they have is the one used for felting but not spinning. The fibres were rather short and torn. But I enjoyed spinning it and hope this will help me in spinning real linen.

Hemp

It was a bit like the flax above but softer and nicer and easier to spin into a unified thread.                   

Nettle

This was such a pleasure to spin, so silky and smooth.

Cotton

This was combed cotton. Not as easy to spin as the easy-to-spin cotton I used to work with, but the result is really nice, smooth and shiny.

Overall, this was a very pleasant experience and I am already thinking about buying all 30 colours of cotton and hemp and maybe even 10 gram of each. And than weave a stripy something out of them...

 

Something long...

Once again I've chosen a big cross-stitch project. One thing for sure, it will take a lot of time to finish.

At the same time my coat is slooowly coming to a nick line. I am dreading the steeks.

 

Spinning

What I like about spinning is that if you have fibres you can pick up a spindle and start spinning - no preparation needed.

Yesterday I treated myself with a bunch of "exotic" fibres to play with.

Cashmere...

To be plied with Mulberry silk later

Coloured cotton

Flax

Hemp

And nettle

Time to weave

Finally I am done with the warp. After correcting mistakes I am ready to weave.

Cobble Quay

The third part of the set is finished. Now the question is what to do with them?

Warp rep debut

After long pause I found strength to start new warp. This time I'll be trying warp rep.

Maine Island Runner from Handwoven May/June 2007 seemed like a good choice but... 

This time I decided not to buy new yarn and use only what I already have. I have nothing similar. Out of ten colours of 5/2 cotton I have I used nine in a kind of similar sequence. Hopefully the result will not be a total disaster. 

Look at my warping paddle!

In braids warp looks nice. Now I think I should have used fewer colours.