cosySpins snapdragon sport – going up in the shop today
415 yds
100% wool
4 oz
for this round, these are one-off skeins. next time i’ll get some larger quantities, promise! i really really like this weight of wool. it’s the kind of wool i’d use for my jonah pattern, but also for shawls and fine colorwork. i’m currently knitting it in garter stitch on size 7 needles and am very pleased with how it is coming out.
first of all, i’d like to thank you all so much for all the suggestions! there were so many good ones. the name i decided upon, with the help of my knitting group, is snapdragon and the winner of the contest is kelly g. yay!
cosySpins snapdragon – light worsted
100% wool
275 yds
4 oz
on ravelry here
cosySpins snapdragon – sport
415 yds
100% wool
4 oz
on ravelry here
cosySpins snapdragon – light fingering
100% wool
700 yds
4 oz
on ravelry here
i’ll have a bunch at crafts n’at this sunday and then some will go up in the shop.
the second annual, this coming sunday in pgh.
i’m debuting the new yarn. this is an exciting show because it is put on by the pittsburgh craft collective, of which i am a founding member.
and if you’re in the area, a kick off party on friday. i’ll be there and it’s a crafty fundraiser for animal friends.
and win some of the new yarn. i need help naming this new yarn brand.
my other yarn is called ‘Rainbow Chard.’
this yarn base is Brown Sheep Nature Spun
i am dyeing worsted (light worsted, more like dk), sport, and fingering (a light fingering).
some of them end up a bit more stripey, but many are semi-solids. dyed similar to how i dye the rainbow chard. i’d like one name to cover all weights. thinking, light, mid, and heavy or something of that sort.
i threw it out on twitter and got the recommendation variegated carrots and i pondered heirloom tomatoes.
i think i don’t like these as much as rainbow chard, because rainbow chard doesn’t make me think of only certain colors (it’s probably the word rainbow). i’m not super attached to the garden idea either. i’m open to anything!
recommend your names and i’ll pick from them… and whomever comes up with the winning name (or gives me a spark to find a name) will win a skein of the new yarn of your choice. get your entries in by tuesday at 10 pm eastern time!
CLARIFICATION: don’t name these yarns! they’re just samples. name the overall line of yarns – dyed with this yarn base, in these sorts of colorways. I work my rainbow chard like so: rainbow chard – reddish orange. rainbow chard – pale blue etc. so these will be name __________- red. _____________ – lime green etc.
p.s. you can throw out as many names as you’d like… let us brainstorm.
what it generally is when people visit. this one happened to be a woolie blur though :)
sorting and skeining
braiding top
re-skeining
spoils
i think i’m going to miss this house guest.
new yarn!
my woolie friend susan has been visiting and we got some dyeing done. the base yarn of this one is brown sheep nature spun, and you can look forward to some of it going up in the shop very soon. it will actually make its public debut at the crafts n’at show here in pittsburgh on the 29th.
before all of that though, i’m hoping to get the jonah pattern up next wednesday.
farm wool fiber club – june 2010 – romney/shetland farm wool
i was bad and didn’t take a photo of the roving, but here’s a nice one from one of my subscribers
7 oz
about 475 yds
destined for one of the book projects that i want to start working on soon.
All filled – THANKS EVERYONE!
About farm wool:
‘Farm wool’ is wool that is pretty dang close to the farm. That means that the money I spent on this wool goes to the farmer and small mill where it was processed. Farm wool also means that you may find a stray piece of vegetable matter (vm) or two in your wool ;) personally, I find that all the more charming. Like the Falkland, Farm wool, has not been through the chemical acid bath that commercially processed wool goes through. This wool should also be slightly softer and retain more character and lanolin than its commercial counterpart. I promise you that spinning farm wool will be totally different than commercial top!
Why is this more expensive than the falkland club?
Farm wool costs more than commercially processed wool, but it has also had much more care in the preparing of it. Because farm wool is so fluffy and newly processed, it is more difficult to dye and often needs to be dyed in smaller batches and so it takes more time to dye.
How does the club work?
1) What you get.
Each subscription to the fiber club lasts 3 months (in this instance, Sept-Nov). You get 4 oz of farm wool in an exclusive cosySpins colorway, hand dyed by me with Greener Shades Professional Acid Dyes*.
this 3 month theme is blends
50% alpaca / 50% wool
90% shetland / 10% angora
80% targhee / 20% mohair
2) Sign up!
I am offering this club to my blog readers first because there are only a limited number of spaces. To sign up for the club email me at cosymakes (at) gmail (dot) com with the following information and Farm Wool Fiber Club as the subject
*name and address
*paypal email (for billing) and how you would like to pay – or alternately agree to pay with a check for the full 3 months
*if you’d like to be on the waiting list if you don’t get in this round (i will note on this post when the club is full! if it doesn’t say anything when you email me, you’re most likely in.)
3) Pay.
Pay up front (preferred): $69
Pay month by month: $23/month
International shipping by request
4) Spin!
Your fiber will be mailed USPS 1st class between the 15th and 20th of each month. If you have chosen the pay monthly option, expect the bill between the 10th and 15th. I will only mail your shipment if you have paid.
*I dye using greener shades dyes. they are low impact heavy metal-free dyes. All but the teal meet the Organic Trade Association’s requirements for organic fiber processing.
there are 3 spots in the farm wool fiber club that will go up on this blog tomorrow at 9 am eastern. this 3 month period (sept-nov) is focused on farm wool blends.
shetland/angora
targhee/mohair
wool/alpaca
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