The Turkish spindle project

So my favourite buy from woolfest last year was my tiny Turkish spindle. I bought it because it was so tiny and cute. Yes I love little things, and yes I actually did buy it because it was little.

It produces a tiny little ball of yarn at the end, I'm going to call it a yarn cake! I'm sure this is already a word used but oh well. Here are the two little balls of 2 ply yarn I spun on it today.

I'm trying to use up the fibre I bought as waste from world of wool. I love the waste bag, it comes with lots and lots of samples of yarn(well they aren't samples, but waste). It's amazing and so cheap. I have a 500g bag. So my idea is to spin the waste sample on my Turkish spindle and then weave little squares to eventually make a blanket! I am hoping to get a zoom loom which you weave a simple square. This will be an in between project. The project for when I'm taking a break! 

The picture below is some of the fibre I got in the bag.

I'll keep you posted on this project, I'll try and do an update a week maybe! 

Happy spinning and weaving!

Gold and it's done!

Finished the final colour and now it drying after being fulled :) I really enjoyed weaving this. Cannot wait to finish it all off and show you!

This is the longest and widest piece that I have woven on my mighty wolf so far!

Pink!

Pink done, gold almost done too!

My right side selvedges are so bad! Why? Why? I don't understand how I can be neat on the left but not the right!

Anyway more pictures tomorrow!

Start wearing purple!

Turquoise finished... Purple finished now for pink!

I love weaving :) 

Lazy day pants

The past few days, I've been thinking about making some trousers to wear around the house on those lazy days. The days when skinny jeans just don't appeal (especially when I like to sit with my knees up).  I've also been thinking about summer, brighter days and warmer weather. I am usually a winter person but after a horrible year, winter just isn't welcome. I need happy and uplifting weather to get through my grief. So I am thinking of weaving some summer, happy pants for those lazy days.

I have looked at design seeds to get the bright colour pallette I'm looking for and these two images are my favourite so far.

Bright and cheery!

I think I would randomise the colours in the warp, I don't want the pants to have a uniform look, i want them to be wild, or rather hippy-ish!

I'm not sure about the weave I would do, maybe a twill or even plain. I saw a huck lace pattern I thought looked nice, and it looked suitable for pants.

I kind of like the weaving sample I did the other day, if I mixed up the colours abit more!

What yarn would I use? I have no idea!!! Maybe cotton or cottoline. I am most definitely up for advice and suggestion here!

I think this could be a really fun, exciting project. It would also be lovely if it was a weave-a-long on the blogosphere? I know I don't have many followers but it could be a nice thing to do! 

Turquoise love

I love the colour turquoise it's my favourite colour. Here is my latest weaving, it reminds me of summer!

I also experimented with colour, which was a lot of fun :)