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Hobbies & Games > Life Cycle of a Wool Batt
 

  Life Cycle of a Wool Batt

This is the wool Mom and I dyed when I visited her in January:


Here it is on the drying rack:


Spun by my own two hands:


On the niddy noddy:


Setting the twist:


Drying the yarn:


Wound into balls:


Knit into a toque and fingerless mitts:




posted on Feb 2, 2010 11:19 AM ()

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Beautiful pictography!
comment by nursekim on Feb 6, 2010 5:25 PM ()
Thanks.
comment by nittineedles on Feb 3, 2010 10:10 AM ()
Wish you and I lived close to each other, I'd love to learn from you
This whole process is wonderful
comment by anacoana on Feb 3, 2010 9:16 AM ()
I'm still learning myself. I've asked DH for a book on dying fibre for my birthday.
reply by nittineedles on Feb 3, 2010 10:12 AM ()
Very neat! Love it!
comment by imaginaryfriend on Feb 3, 2010 8:06 AM ()
Thanks.
reply by nittineedles on Feb 3, 2010 10:10 AM ()
Fabulous. I must try making something with thicker yarn, if it knits up that quickly.
comment by islander on Feb 2, 2010 7:09 PM ()
I can knit a pair of slippers in a day if the yarn is thick enough.
reply by nittineedles on Feb 3, 2010 10:09 AM ()
WOW! Beautiful! And I love 'niddy-noddy.'
comment by jondude on Feb 2, 2010 5:04 PM ()
your hat and mitts look great Margaret and we had fun with the dye. How do you make them so fast do you ever go to bed they were just two balls of yarn 2days ago.
comment by maryc on Feb 2, 2010 1:01 PM ()
I knit them up yesterday. The yarn is pretty thick in some places.
reply by nittineedles on Feb 2, 2010 1:07 PM ()
Well, aren't you just the "turn key" model of Canada! No wonder women all over the world read your blog.
comment by redimpala on Feb 2, 2010 12:07 PM ()
reply by nittineedles on Feb 2, 2010 1:08 PM ()
Wow, Marg!! Very cool, in the coolest sense of the word.
comment by jerms on Feb 2, 2010 11:48 AM ()
Thanks. It was only my second spinning experience.
reply by nittineedles on Feb 2, 2010 1:11 PM ()
Wow really good job i would like to spin my own but adrian has put his foot down and wont let me have a wheel i really like the mix of colours
comment by janeway4eva on Feb 2, 2010 11:41 AM ()
i could be a secret spinner its much easier than the spinning they do at the gym
reply by janeway4eva on Feb 2, 2010 1:28 PM ()
You could hide a drop spindle up your sleeve and he'd never know.
reply by nittineedles on Feb 2, 2010 1:13 PM ()

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