While I’m taking a tiny knitting and even crochet break, I’ve turned to spinning and embroidery to keep my hands busy. I must say that I truly have been enjoying my projects. I do admit though, today was the first day I tried spinning and found that it didn’t bother my elbows, that’s a great thing!
So, on the wheel I have a lovely tweedy looking BFL called Driftwood from indy dyer, Heavenly Fiber.
Soft browns and silvery grays of driftwood inspired this colorway dyed on a mixed Blueface Leicester base. The variations in the mixed BFL, ranging from cream to brown, enhance the grays and browns of the dye, giving the fiber a lovely depth that will produce a variegated tweedy yarn.
I love how it is looking and have another 6 oz to go! Sorry about the photo, it’s a bit blurred but I think you can see the colors.
As I’ve been going through my stash of patterns and charts, I totally forgot about three cross stitch patterns I picked up at my local needlework shop from Jeannette Douglas Designs. These designs all are 4 1/4 by 4 1/4, so they should be fairly quick projects and will look perfect on the wall in my craft room. I just can’t decide if I want to do one large piece or individual pieces, which I have to think about before I officially start this project. So, here’s what I want to start, Take Time To Knit, Take Time to Stitch and Take Time to Quilt – Summer. If you enjoy cross stitch, Jeannette designs beautiful creations covering a variety of themes and has a few free patterns that are perfect for pincushions, cards and more.
Before starting these projects though, I will need to finish up my crewel sampler that I started last week and wrote about in a recent post. It is quite enjoyable and I think I’m going to love it when it’s all done!
What fun projects are you working on this week?
Until next time, happy knitting, crocheting, spinning and crafting!
Glad to hear that your arm is starting to feel a bit better and that spinning doesn’t bother it. Your new yarn is going to be beautiful and your embroidery is amazing! I love seeing your flowers come alive
Oh thank you so much Simone
. I’m excited that spinning doesn’t bother me, needless to say I have a lot of fiber that needs to be spun!
So pleased that your elbows have improved. Enjoy.
Thank you dearest Els
Oh I like the “Take Time to Stitch”, “Take Time to Knit”, and “Take Time to Quilt”, cross stitch patterns. I think they would look lovely as individual pieces hung in different areas in your craft room. Oh how I wish there was a local needlework shop near me. I’d buy these three in a heart beat and start in working them too. Oh and I love the beautiful fiber you are spinning too and your crewl work. Looks like happy times for you!
I’m glad you like the cross stitch patterns Ginny – I do believe you can buy these patterns online, I’ll find out for you. Thank you so much, I’m enjoying my spinning
Thanks Tina that would be wonderful if they are available online.
i finished my “babuska”, started a pair of sockes, toe up, using the “Fleegle heel” this time. A first for me. And I’m plying the yarn for my Mystery Shawl KAL that begins in March. Keeping pretty busy.
Good work on your spinning. I love the soft browns, it looks great so far. And so does your Crewel embroidery. Never learned how to do that myself. I’m glad this bit of rest is helping your elbows. Thankfully you do have other things you can do, instead of being bored out of your mind.
I’ve not tried the “Fleegle Heel” Sandie, is it easy? Thank you oodles about my spinning, I love the colors and look forward to plying.
Q – I haven’t done crewel in quite a few years. This makes me ALMOST, but not quite, want to start stitching.
The spinning looks gorgeous! I’ve been trying to get started with a bit of embroidery lately too!
Thank you! I think embroidery is another relaxing fiber art that gives such a beautiful result.