reddish-purple beaded yarn

I wanted to try a beaded yarn so I bought this gorgeous braid of merino & tencel from Huckleberry Knits and some beads from CharmingWren that matched perfectly! I spun one single just like normal and then spun the beads into another single then 2plied it. I love how it turned out!

boo-ya boho art yarn

I won this awesome skein of yarn in one of PhatFiber's giveaways. It is a Boo-ya Boho Art Yarn by Woodland Hills Alpacas. I love all the red feathers spun in! Any ideas what I should with this?

Grapevine handspun yarn

This batt was purchased from SpinCulture on etsy. This was so fun to spin up! I had to divide the batt in half because my bobbin wasn't going to hold all 4.6 oz. So there is a purple skein & a green skein all totaling 114 yards.
 

learning to knit on circulars & dpns

I have tried and tried to learn to knit on circular needles but I just wasn't getting until a few weeks ago it just clicked. That seems to be how I learn things. I just keep trying until it works.

I had this banana fiber yarn for about a year now with no idea what to do with it. I finally decided to just make a simple cowl using it. I used size 15 circular needles. I love the drape it has using that size. It was fun yarn to work with but I always had blue fingertips every time I knitted with it!
I bought a pair of size 10.5 double pointed needles (dpns) from GlenEchoDesigns on etsy. I really wanted to learn to knit using dpns. I started by practicing with baby hats. I have been on fire with making these adorable little hats! My favorite was the hat I made using baby alpaca yarn. Wow! That yarn is so soft!
I also crocheted a chiefs hat for my son. My husband loved it so much I made a royals one (not pictured) for my son as well! My husband is a huge KC sports fan so now we can represent both sports!

igloo cowl

I ordered the igloo colorway from SpunRightRound on etsy. I know I have said this before but I love this shop! Her products are always great quality! I nplied this yarn to make a bulky yarn then knitted it using size 15 needles into a cowl. I love these colors!

I tried corespinning for the first time this past week. I wasn't sure how I would like it but wow! I love this technique so much! I love spinning it, I love the look of the yarn & I love how the yarn looks when knitted up!


I bought the Aquarius batt from Dawning Dreams on etsy. It really was dreamy! It was incredibly soft and so beautiful!





I spun around a size 10 crochet cotton thread in teal. I ended up with about 64 yards with this 3 oz. batt.



I am hoping to get a pair of small fingerless mitts out of this yarn. I have already started knitting them and I just love watching the colors and textures coming together!

feather mobile

We recently fixed up our guest room upstairs. It is beginning to be my favorite room in the house. It's so peaceful up there. I usually go up there just to get away from the chaos and mess of the downstairs. One of my favorite details in the room is this feather mobile. 

I painted the tips of the feathers with mod podge and sprinkled gold glitter over the mod podge. I let the feathers dry by sticking the ends into a piece of foam. Once they were dried I tied crochet thread on a stick I found on the beach during one of our vacations. I then tied the the ends of the feather using the thread onto the stick. I dabbed a piece of hot glue to keep them all secure. Simple but lovely!

Feathers were bought from Feather and Earth on Etsy.

wassupbrothers

A while back I did a swap with Olga of Wassupbrothers. I made her this hat. Doesn't she look lovely in it? I hope it keeps her warm this winter!


(This is the adorable little owl she sent me!)

Find her shop here and her blog here

lumberjack beanie

A friend of mine asked me to make her a beard beanie so I looked around Etsy and found this fun pattern by  SimplyCollectible. It wasn't a really hard pattern but with the Lion Brand Homespun yarn it was kind of difficult to see the stitches however the hardest part was probably sewing the beard on straight. It is a great pattern though and I LOVE the finished hat!

neon cowl

oooh this cowl was fun to make! I am such a fan of Spun Right Round! Her colors are so beautiful and bright and I love bright colors! Her fiber is always so nice to spin!

This cowl was spun from Spun Right Round's handpainted merino wool in Rainbow.

Octopus's Garden Cowl

I just finished this very colorful cowl last night. I will be sad to let this one go!


The yarn used in this cowl is by Brown Bag Yarns. This yarn was a dream! The colors were so bright and vivid!

salamander soup scarf

I finished the scarf made using the handspun yarn I bought last week!


It's for sale in the shop!

salamander soup

My mail today was very pretty! I bought this yarn from RMD Designs on etsy earlier this week. It's a 2ply merino yarn in the color Salamander Soup. The colors are gorgeous! I love yarns that keep my attention with the color changes as I work with it!

for sale

I put this beautiful blue wool scarf in the shop last night for $35.00. This wool is so nice to the touch and would be the perfect winter accessory! Buy it here!

look what i did

While at the fair yesterday I got to meet Jordan of Fluffington Farms. She was super friendly! She let me play around on her daughter's wheel and she was very helpful... and patient :) I had never used a spinning wheel before. It was such a fun experience and I definitely want to get myself a wheel!


You can find her at these places

Etsy : Ravelry : Blog

some finished projects

I have finished a few projects this past week and I wanted to show you what I had been up to!

First off I made this cover for some jars that I had been saving. I used this pattern by Nature Nut Notes. It is a really simple pattern and I finished it in no time. Since then I have covered a plain votive candle  and a baby jar with the same pattern! It looks so lovely when the candle is lit!

Then I made this warm beverage sweater using this pattern by Color My World Crochet. This pattern is crazy simple and I love how the combination of SC & HDC stitches shape it to fit the cup nicely. I found these wooden buttons on sale at Walmart awhile back.

I saw this adorable flying disc toy by  LittleWoollyThings on Etsy. I thought I could easily make one for Blake to play with when he gets a little older. I added bells on some of the beads for a little extra fun! He already enjoys playing with it because of the bells!

I bought some pencil roving from a local seller awhile back and spun it up but because it was just a small amount of yarn I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it. I thought it would make an adorable star ornament. I used this pattern by A Foothill Home Companion to make it. This pattern is so cute. It's simple and can be worked up so fast. I crocheted two of them and sewed them together to make it thicker and it keeps the edges from curling up.

This last one has been done for awhile but I haven't gotten around to posting about it but remember the handspun yarn I bought from the yarn shop while in Iowa? I finally decided what to do with that. I needed a cover for the strap on my camera. All I did was do rows of HDC and when it was long enough I sewed the edges together to make a long tube and slipped over the strap! I love how it is functional by making it feel softer around my neck (and in the winter it will also keep my neck warm!) plus it looks really cute!


Whew! That is what I had been making lately! Do you have any recently finished projects?

spa washcloth gift sets

I have been doing a lot of crocheting lately and I have decided to put a few things up in the etsy shop. Right now I have a couple spa washcloth gift sets. Go to the shop to check them out! http://thatischarming.etsy.com