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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: February 2014
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Saturday, February 1, 2014. My first socks made from my own handspun BFL. 2 ply. Dyed after plying. These were fun to do as the colours emerged. They are nice and cushy. Links to this post. The cuffs, bottom band and neckband were spun from Shetland Alpaca blend. Links to this post. Labels: Sweater brown white. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Paradise', ON, Canada. June 13, 2016 update. I am now a Master Spinner. Subscribe To Suzi's...
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: October 2014
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. I have loved mohair ever since I was a kid. When I was older I bought a mohair throw made in Scotland; now that I'm on the farther end of 'older', I still have that mohair throw. It still looks good. It's a beautiful teal blue and is genuine British mohair. Soft and with a lovely halo! Suzi hard at work on mohair scarf. Linda in background. Teal Mohair Scarf finished. Links to this post. Oct 18, 2014...
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: September 2014
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Sunday, September 28, 2014. Though I must complete my Olds Level 5 final project, I have revised my plans. This flax was going to be dyed using fibre reactive dyes and used for a towel, but the woad in my garden had to be used and the flax ended being dyed with the woad that day. 462 grams flax spun into linen ready to be scoured. Woad dyed linen singles. Oct. 2014. Now back to the planning for my project. Links to this post.
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: August 2014
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Wednesday, August 6, 2014. I made a new Lunchbag/satchel the other day. This is from thin strips of tshirts that we have loved in the past. Cut quite thin; warp at 8 ends per inch. Friday I will try it out. Links to this post. Labels: Bag weaving tshirts. Friday, August 1, 2014. I had 8 X 20 yd. skeins to create a small project using a gradient dye on 2 ply linen I spun up. Dye Inkle on 2 ply linen. Links to this post. Blending ...
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: January 2014
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Saturday, January 4, 2014. Here's a pic of my studio rug completed in December 2013. I also finished 2 dog rugs in wool. Within 1 day, my one Aussie had chewed half the fringe off. It's in my shop for a conversion to a bound finish using a purchased trim. Links to this post. Labels: Rugs computer bag. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Paradise', ON, Canada. June 13, 2016 update. I am now a Master Spinner. View my complete profile.
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: A Little Summer Knitting
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. A Little Summer Knitting. Spinoff 2015 project. Wool and silk. I have been reading my last issue of Spinoff - Spring 2015 - where a narrow knitted scarf was being knit from some exotic blends made into a fingering weight yarn. This seems like the perfect project for it. Here it is in progress. Three rows repeated. Easy and interesting. Labels: Scarf. Indigo. Silk. Green silk. Paradise', ON, Canada.
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: Gansey Sweater
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Sunday, July 19, 2015. I finished my Gansey. Darned in all the ends, washed it and now I am ready to block it. It took 7 x 100 gram balls of Wendy 5 ply Guernsey yarn. The pattern is from the booklet:. Now to wait for a cool winter day to wear it. Pattern and booklet are available from: www.Morayfirth-partnership.Org. Labels: Gansey. Wendy Guernsey yarn. Moray Firth Gansey Project. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blending Bo...
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: May 2015
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Love the twill patterning in the gamp. Links to this post. Labels: Twill. gamp. Monday, May 18, 2015. So beautiful this year! Links to this post. The 21st and 22 of May 2015, I have a Boundweave Rug making workshop happening with Tom Knisely, weaver, teacher and writer. It's part of OHS Panoply. Looking forward to that too. Here is the link: http:/ panoply2015.ca/ . B Leicester and Hemp. Links to this post.
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: Cochineal on Romney
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Cochineal with alum mordant and cream of tartar for buffering on Romney. The top photo is fibre having been combed, but dyed on the scoured wool in its uncarded state. The bottom photo is from the first dye - one alum mordant, the other with oxalic acid from rhubarb leaves ( center sample). One can see how the different fibres take on the dye differently. Yes it is getting lighter. Paradise', ON, Canada.
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting: June 2015
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Suzi's Place 4 Knitting. An expanded journal of knitting, spinning, weaving. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. I returned on Friday of last week after having spent seven days in class being tested for Level 6 of the Olds Master Spinner class. It was a stressful and exciting week! After all the preparation and anticipation.the classroom part is finished and all that is left to do is the 'Indepth Study' component which must gain approval then finished by spring of 2016. And that's a good thing. Links to this post.