Box/Tape Loom Arrival !!

I just recieved my hand made Box/Tape Loom 3/4 Size from Jonathan Seidel of PA. It's the cutess thing I have ever seen. Lightweight & easy to use. It was pre-srtung/wrapped with a few inches of the tape already completed. I just had to post pictures of my new loom. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

CraftyRN

Finally.............

I've made it home. Stayed an extra day just for fun. I did stop in Solvang; shopped at the weaving shop - 2 new spindles-Larson & Schacht; 10 skeins of Kid Merino from Crystal Palace in a pretty gray; Potluck Roving in Ocean Blue.

I am so glad to be home. I really missed my bed!

CraftyRN

Knitting and Spinning Once Again!

I finished the baby bonnet; now on to another project. Like I need to start another one...should finish the ones on my needles now!

I have also seriously started to try to spin on my drop spindle again. It got the best of me months ago. Drafting just wasn't computing in my brain. I think I have it this time though...LOL

I happened upon a new shop called Stick & Stone Fiberart, located in Van Nuys,Ca. on the website Spindlicity. Now I will be able to shop for spinning supplies closer to home.

CraftyRN

Shop with Everything

The Village Spinning & Weaving Shop located in Solvang, CA near Santa Maria is a crafters paradise. You name it, they have it. If you don't live in California near the location they have mail order too. Time for a shopping list.
I'm taking a driving trip to San Francisco next Sunday for business and pleasure; planning to stay in Solvang overnight just to shop. It's an 8-hour trip from Anaheim to SF on 101; it's much faster on I-5 but no good side trip places like Monterey/Carmel area.

CraftyRN

Bonnet Update

I have been on a knitting spree; finished knitting main body, still need to block the points and make the I-cord tie. OBTW, the head is a ball of yarn.

CraftyRN

Baby Bonnet Design

My daughter's friend is having a baby girl in December. I decided to knit a bonnet using 100% 2-ply Cashmere on a size 5 (US) needle. This is my own bonnet design using an Orenburg style pattern stitch thanks to classes I took from Galina Khmeleva. I have the front lace edging completed which isn't an Orenburg stitch. Who knows how I came up with it.
These are two pictures of the edging. I'll show you more pictures as I go.


CraftyRN

Knitting Tip

I know a large number of us use bamboo needles. Some of the new needles(ex.,double pointed from Germany)don't have the "slide" that our well-used ones do. To get that "slide", take a small piece of wax paper, fold it around your needle, rub them back and forth.

CraftyRN