This morning I gathered all the names and emails of everyone who commented on the Giveaway blog post. I went to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to add the entries for people who shared the post with the hash tag #spinandweavealongwithbeth. I put it all into an excel spreadsheet so everyone had a number (77 in […]
In January of 2012 I made some yarn from wool that was dyed by Amy King. I told Amy I had some yarn for a sweater and couldn\’t find a sweater that I wanted to knit with it. I told her the particulars and she kindly designed a sweater to my specifications for me to
In which it all turns out alright in the end. Read More »
Here is the summing up of the whole Blue Faced Leicester Dress process. I began spinning this yarn in January of 2016. The intention was another skirt with 2 ply warp and weft but things changed and morphed over the whole time. Mostly because there is a lot of time to think while you
Endings, New Beginnings and Even More Questions (as usual) Read More »
It seems like it\’s been ages since I have done a blog post and I suppose it has. I\’ve been super busy and trying to figure some things out with this current skirt. So, let me bring you up to speed if you haven\’t been following along. This skirt will be Blue Faced Leicester spun
Skirt Project – Blue Faced Leicester Sampling Read More »
Last time I posted I was looking for your advice and opinions and I sort of knew what would happen before I posted but I was in denial. What happened was that I got a whole bunch of opinions about how to proceed but nobody mentioned that they knew what would happen because they had
I have a question and so I\’m going to ask all of you. Any and all help is welcome and appreciated. I\’m getting close to finishing the spinning of the weft for the next skirt which will be from this Blue Faced Leicester top dyed in the Calypso colorway by Amy King of Spunky Eclectic.
It\’s funny how it takes me so long to start a project. It\’s also funny how once I begin I can\’t seem to think of anything else. The good thing about this project (or the bad thing) is that Spinzilla came right near the beginning. It was good because then i had an excuse to
