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Its been too long… and a little Yarn Every Day

and I am so sorry for that.  I have not posted to the blog here in weeks.  We’ve had quite a few weeks of eventfulness here.  As I meantioned in my last post, I am closing shop on Beeba Bottoms.  though I think I would still offer embroidery service within limits.  I have been running a destash sale on my favorite diaper-making message board for the past week, and have recouped a lot of money, from some fabrics I had almost forgotten I had.  Really, with the business closing, I needed to destash a lot of it… it was just too much.

Of course, this money means I can invest more into my fiber Business, Crystal City Fibers.  and I am investing.  I am buying a drum carder, just as soon as the rest of the money form the destash comes in.

I’ll also be looking to sell off one of my sewing machines, and possibly my poor, neglected fidelis wheel.  between the 2 items, I will have plenty to invest further into more fibers and yarns.

Now, eventually, it would be nice if some of these fibers and yarns were to sell.  With that in mind, there is a new yarn everyday challenge on.  And here are some pictures to go with the challenge. :)

June 1, spun on some fiber from one of the many swaps I am participating in:

yarn-everyday-6-1June 2, finished the bobbin from the day before, and drafted out the slightly compacted (though not felted) fiber for the second bobbin.

June 3, revived some long forgotten fiber that I had been spinning up on my also moslty forgotten fidelis.  this wheel is such a good little wheel, and I neglect it so… I feel guilty.

June 4, spun more on the swap fiber.

June 5,  OMGoodness!  I don;t think I have a picture for the 5th!!  well, I spun more on that same fiber… several hours.  I got it all spun up, so that on the 6th, I could do this:

and with that, the fullest bobbin I have ever done on the bug (a whopping 6.5 ounces, and I could have fit just a little bit more on), I will leave off for today, with the mention that I will update again very soon, adding more yarn everyday, and more good crafty, or family fun!

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The Last of April’s Yarn Everyday

Ok, so to finish off the Yarn Everyday series (for april, anyway), here are some more pics:

April 23,

April 24,

I’m bad, I know I spun that day, But I cannot for the life of me find the pic…

April 25,

April 26,

April 27,

Finished up the Mix Breed stuff, and started smoe of my Daydreams fiber.

April 28,

April 29,

not the best pic:

April 30, the last day:

went back and finished the bamboo from earlier in the month.

Till Next time, may we all be productive.

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Again, more Yarn…

Right to business, April 15, more spindling. For those who don’t know, this is an Ashford Turkish spindle, and it weighs somewhere around 2 ounces. It is by no means a work of art, but it gets the job done. And the nifty part is that when you are done spinning, the yarn can be removed in a center pull ball.

April 16, 17, and 18, I spun only the minimum 20 minutes each day, on the spindle

April 19, I used some Brown Sheep Mill Ends to practice spinning thicker singles. this is the thickest I have ever spun, about DK singles, I think.

I also did some more bamboo (the second bobbin)

April 20, I started spinning some mixed breed Fiber from the Whorling Tides Naked Fiber Club. It is really very clean, and the locks were in good shape, so I am spinning straight from the lock and just fluffing it out. I highly recommend this shop. Beth is great.

April 21, I forgot to take pictures before continuing to spin yesterday. Bad me.

April 22, more mixed breed wool

So, I think that brings us up to date. Tomorrow, the Monkeys.

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More Yarn Every Day… Again

Alright, we’re back to business!

Here is the latest of the Yarn Everyday series:

April 10th, More Bamboo:

April 11th, Finished the first bobbin of bamboo and plyed my perendale:

April 12th, Finished spinning and Plied the Pink Chocolate Batts from The Good Sheep. These were to die for, by the way. This yarn is currently up for sale at The Indie Dyers Coop.

April 13, Dyed some pretty Yarns and Fibers. Also My friend finished her first skein of wheelspun yarn. The yarns shown (mine, not my friend’s) are also available for sale at the IDC.

April 14, Taught my mom to spin, while she was doing that, my secondary wheel had a piece break, so she learned on the ladybug. So I spindled.

Mom’s First Yarn:

Ok, wow, we are a little pic heavy today. I’ll continue with April 15th tomorrow, and perhaps the monkey socks the next day… they are almost done now, you know… just missing the toes, now.

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More Yarn Everyday Challenge; and My Monkey Socks Progress.

I’ve been busy. Really. And not just with yarn. Beeba 1 has his birthday party tommorrow. He turned 3 on Monday. But I have managed to keep up with the yarn everyday challenge, and here are a few more days worth of it:

April 7th, More of the pink Chocolate BFL:

Pink Chocolate BFL Singles

April 8th, More Pink Chocolate and some Perendale (the perendale I carded up for the Blog here– expect a video of this sometime in the near future, but probably not till after next week)

Pink Chocolate BFL Singles

Perendale Singles

April 9th, I started on some Bamboo.

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I haven’t spun for today yet, but thats ok… its only just past 10:30 am.

Then, as for the monkey socks, they have been feeling neglected. So the last couple days, I got to work on them. I have officially finished the legs of them, and am about halfway done making the heel flaps. The pattern was not writing for 2 at a time, so I had to play with the needles a bit, and of course, I have no stitch holders, so lucky me, I used some little safety pins to hold the stitches… I think I used 10 of them, lol. But they are now looking really cool.

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With that, I bid farewell for probably the weekend. With the Party tommorrow, as well as the family Seder dinner at my FIL’s house (yes, I know it is not the first day, they do it when it is convenient to get the most people to come) and My mom is driving in today, so we will be very busy the next few days.

Enjoy your weekend and Happy Easter, and Happy Passover!

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