Hello!!

I hope everyone is surviving the heat of summer. I have been busy spinning and knitting the last few weeks and I feel like I have gotten a lot accomplished. I have been working on some dish cloths for my aunt which has been fun because I have been experimenting with new dish cloth patterns. I love to try new patterns and I have been loving the fact that my knitting knowledge is finally at a level where I can print off a pattern and be able to look at it and know what all the abbreviations mean and be able to knit the more complicated patterns without needing to ask a more experienced knitter for help.

A lovely basket of dish cloths!

I thought I would spread them all out so you could see them.

These colors were specifically asked for.
These are the new denim yarns from sugar and cream.

I have also been working on my Juneberry shawl which I showed pictures of in a previous post. I haven't taken any pictures of the progress of my juneberry as the needles I am using are circulars and they are a little shorter in length than I should have had. But I will be making the juneberry again for my mom so I am hoping to be able to picture document my progress as I knit that one.

I mentioned in my last post that I had finished 2 more reversibles and here are the pictures of them. I think they all turned out adorable. Pardon the amount of pictures of them, I wanted everyone to get an idea of what they looked like. :)

This is the lion and elephant.

Isnt he cute??

They are made so that one side tucks up into the other to maket he body portion.

And this one is called the sisters.

I made the sisters for a lady at my church and she gave it to her granddaughter. I'm excited to make more and I hope that I will eventually be able to make a few to tuck away for when I get married and have children of my own.

On the spinning front I have been spinning 2 different types of fiber. I am working on  merino silk blend that I am spinning lace weight and I have already spun up a spindle full that is waiting for me  to spin up another one so that I can ply it together.

Here is the fiber before I started spinning it.

And here are some pictures of the first spindle full. : )

The silk adds a nice sheen to the fiber.

I have also been working on spinning up some pure alpaca that a friend gave me. I have about a pound of this alpaca and it is a lovely white color. Here are some pictures of the alpaca and also of the first bobbin that I have spun up. :)

As you can see I am spinning it up very fine.

I recently finished spinning up 2ozs of some merino that I got at a fiber festival last fall and I hand painted it myself. I really enjoyed spinning fiber that I had dyed myself it just makes the yarn a little more special when you have put that much work into it. Here are some pictures of the roving and the first spindle of plied yarn. I am excited to see the finished yarn and knit it up into something special for myself.

This roving and yarn is shades of green,teal and white.

The colors aren't exactly as bright as I had wanted but I still love the way it turned out.

Lastly I will leave you with a picture of baby toy I made its called a bunny blanket buddy.

I hope you enjoyed my post and I look forward to any comments people leave. I hope you enjoy your week. :)