She Was Twisted

I just love how it turned out. Took me two tries – the first one I knit I ripped out because it was coming out too big and bulky, the second, just right!

Go get em now!

my esty shop

This is the beginnings of a new elf hat for a customer. She requested red, black, and white/silver. I found a gorgeous variegated red yarn that I combined with a dark charcoal wool and a shiny silver-grey. I love the way the colors are working! It is made to be a loose fit so that it doesn’t flatten your hair every time you wear it. Easier to pull on and off too without all the static. (well, at least not as much!)

This package has been lost in the mail since December. -and then we unexpectedly picked up and moved from Arkansas to Maryland in the meantime. Lots and lots of drama in between trying to first, find the package, then second, get it to the correct address. But it is here! Finally! Now I can start carding up fun batts again for the shop.

Max, my 2-year-old, knew exactly what to do with the buttery-soft merino wool without my saying a word. He rubbed his face in it. Classic!

I know I’ve talked about this before, but now here I go again.

Here are some of the new yarns that I will be posting in the shop in the next few days. I spun these from art batts that I blended up on my drum carder. Lots and lots of variation, color shifts, and textures. But the best part? The weight. I love, love, love how light and fluffy of a yarn you get when you corespin. It is nothing like the usual handspun yarn from a carded batt, which can sometimes be a bit heavy.

What is corespinning? It is a technique where instead of the fiber being twisted on itself to make the yarn, the fiber is wrapped around a center core yarn – in this case, a wool blend yarn. You get an entirely different look, and like I said, a different feel. It takes a lot longer to spin, but is soooo worth it. *love*