Spinning

The wonderful thing about having a knitter in the family is that it's perfectly acceptable to give yarn as a gift.  So this will be going to my Aunt and I do hope she'll like it.

This is fiber that I picked up during the 2012 Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival.  It's from the Steam Valley Fiber Farm and it is 80% Border Leicester and 20% Mohair. It is spun to a light DK/Sport weight and I'll be gifting about 160 yards.

It's amazing how little touches can make something handmade look professional.  In this case, it's the label!  I took some plain blue card stock and put all of the necessary information on it (weight, fiber type, yardage.) It went from looking like a plain old skein that I made in my living room to a skein that could easily be bought in a store!

Next time on the blog: Home made doggie treats.  Beaker needs to give gifts to his friends and family too!

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Care

Christmas Cheer!

I know I've been radio silent for a while, but there has been a lot going on over here including Christmas knitting!  This next project went to their intended recipients Friday night so they are finally in the clear to be posted.

Those little darlings are called podster gloves.  My group of friends that meets once a month to drink wine and talk politics have requested them for two years now.  These gloves are particularly awesome because they are perfectly designed to use with a touch screen smart phone.  There's even a flap for the thumb!

What am I working on right now?  Well, I have some excellent hand spun yarn that will be a gift for a knitting Aunt and several other knitting projects in the works.  We'll see if it all comes together in time for the big day.

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