Episode 2: Spring Break Speed

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Catch up

Thanks to Michell’s posts many year’s ago, my son is still enjoying Kiwi Crates. I look forward to the time when TJ is old enough for MEL Science for older kids! 

Our lives are full, this episode we talk not only about our full schedules, but also our plethora of stuff. Erica is enjoying the Kon Mari process. Michelle shares what she enjoys about The Life Changing Magic…by Sara Knight.

FO's

Erica

I finished the handspun hat for TJ. This hat was knitted on Zing 4.5 mm DPN needles. The yarn was Falkland fibre Z spun S plied Fireglow colourway. I purled in the round in Portuguese knitting which produces a stockinette fabric on the inside.

        "Design Feature" I took this project to a playdate. I was early, but still managed the pick the project up the wrong way and purled backwards or with the hat inside out, which put the public knit side went to the inside. This happened right at a colour change, so by the time I realized what had happened the next day I decided to just leave it as a "design feature". 🙂 Weaving I will fix, but knitting is still my just for fun art, so I do not rip back very far unless I absolutely have to.

Erica Semicircular shawl Gynx Yarns (no longer dying)

        This shawl was knit in superwashed merino worsted weight yarn emerald colourway on Zing 6mm circular needles. My first set of circular needles were symfonie needles. I knit quite tight, so for this project, I bought just the Zing tips and used the cable from the symfonie interchangeable set. I have to admit the cable on these needles was not my favourite, I prefer the cable on the Chiagoo circs, but don't like the tip on the Chiagoo circs! At the moment Signature Needle Arts stiletto tip is definitely my favourite tip and the cables on the convertible circs is very nice too!

Michelle: finger loop braided ties

My husband was given a dice bag by a friend. A ribbon was used for closing the bag but the ribbon started fraying. I had done a small amount of fingerloop braiding in the past, so I figured I could make a tie for the bag. I needed a refresher, so I looked up some instructions and used the ones here. I tried both braids, but liked how the flat braid turned out better.

In Progress

Erica

Weaving handspun, transferred to Ashford Table Loom. 

Damask fabric for Sasanid Persian cowl, possible wrap, the rest of my yarn arrived the day after the recording and I'm going great guns for the remainder of Spring Break getting this warp wound.

Continuing Spinning study Thick N Thin (started today), will spin the same colourway predrafted and fine. This study stemmed from Felicia Lo's Craftsy/Bluprint class Spinning Dyed Fibers and Sara Lamb's book and video Spin to Weave.

Michelle WIP:

Sorting hat. I finished the "body" of the hat. I'd like to make the back of the hat more wrinkled/folded to match the front, but I'm not sure how to accomplish that without making the front look weird. I started by wet felting the brim over a resist because I wanted it to be thick and firm enough to not be floppy. It ended up too thick, so I cut the brim out of this wet felted fabric and am adding brown to the second side. I had started with white on the inside of the wet felted brim. It may still end up being too thick.