Susan the Blue Lake Knitter's Blog Posts Tagged 'Jacquard' (3)

No big intro, no excuses, no what ifs, I’ll get right to the point.

I got a pound of Polwarth roving for Christmas, but what with already scheduled things, baby knitting, etc.  I hadn’t even touched it until this week.

Tuesday, I spun up the first single in about 2 hours, and fell in love with…

I will be over dyeing my golden llama/mohair next week, and I purchased a good used crock pot at a thrift store to use for this purpose. Not knowing what shape the pot was it… if it would actually heat high enough, etc. was a concern, so I decided to do a little experiment to make sure all was OK.…

As I spun up my first 4 oz. of my golden llama/mohair fleece, I was very surprised at how the light would hit the yarn as it was spinning, and how all of the different shades would shine. Then I thought of the fairy tale …