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ther maddening habit of hers and yet i d give anything to hear the latest about her furry kids as she referred to them and suddenly she was gone just like that i wish i had done things differently told her how much she meant to me hugged her more listened to her more begged her to see her doctor earlier i can never do that with her again her death taught me that those around us should hear and feel we love them as often as possible and her death has also made me so thankful for all of my friends i would never have survived this past year without their help although this year has not been easy at times life does go on relentlessly day after day and week after week and life should go on i do believe it is what heli would have wanted that one does not dwell endlessly in the past but moves on building on the memories and experiences with the loved ones who are not there anymore after all even though physically heli is no longer here she is still with us who remember her posted by tuulia on 7 02 2013 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest found my spinning mojo lurking behind the spindle recently i have not felt the urge to spin remember the feeling when you just learned to spin the manic need to spin to see the next color emerge from the top to see them on the bobbin to just stare at the colors all lined up in perfect harmony to see the bobbin full and then to ply and then block the yarn and then merely to admire the finished yarn that was gone for a long long time reason for this see last post but then i drove 250 miles southeast to meet other spinners some of them had spinning wheels with them that s seven 7 schacht wheels in one picture three ladybugs and four matchless wheels i don t think i ve ever seen so many schacht wheels in one gathering there were about 30 of us and of them 20 had their spinning wheels with them but a few spinners had chosen to bring their spindles instead sure portable and pretty little tools they are but i ve never really been comfortable around one there are issues with twist being uneven and slight wobbling both the spinner and the spindle wobble sadly in short spindles were not my thing not until i tried the trindle and the golding spider spindle and saw them being used to navajo ply on the fly not pointing any fingers here but this whole business is ritvis s fault check out her blog she is a true spindle master i stood in awe just watching her spin so when i got home i dug out some bfl top from woolgatherings and my trusty teaching spindle and with trial and error i managed to spin and navajo ply my single as i progressed i take no credit for the yarn for when the fiber is so pretty how can the end result be anything but gorgeous and it was a joy to spin smooth and easy to draft that is when the fiber was not caught accidentally by the single d the best bit by far were the colors though i felt i had spun at least a pound of fiber onto my 1 2 oz 35 g spindle turns out it was only 0 8 oz or 23 grams and rather pathetic 90 yards or 81 m of finished yarn and it only took me four days sigh and the skein did not look all that pretty but when wound into a ball the true colors emerge once more the best bit was to be able to feel that urge to spin i ve missed it the need to spin just a little bit more the need to spin which overcomes the need to eat sleep or powder one s nose re discovering it was truly wonderful and it makes me want to spin even more and dye for spinning and knit with hand spun yarn and then spin some more happily i had some odd singles i had spun without much thought so i plied them it s a start anyway besides i still have some 3 2 oz of that lovely bfl left i think i will spin just a little before going to bed posted by tuulia on 6 19 2012 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 7 years of on and off blogging it has been 7 years and 2 days since i started blogging and lately i have been more than lazy with this blogging business but today i have great news my new spinning book is out and to celebrate there is a book and fiber club available scroll down for more info about clubs let s talk about the book photos crappy i know i signed the contract last fall and this winter was spent researching madly writing compulsively and photographing until my hands hurt but the end result is what i wanted a clear simple handbook for spinners of all levels i think it turned out rather pretty too i was adamant the layout is clear and pretty and i like it a lot there are nearly 200 photographs in the book and 130 of them are of techniques and tools the first chapter introduces the spinner to short forward draw and longdraw using both a spindle and a spinning wheel the first chapter is full of pictures and my dear friend heli was kind enough to shoot tech photos with me for days there is also a short introduction to fibers which deserve a book in their own right to be frank and finally a glossary of terms in english and finnish i do hope the book is an answer to a real need a modern introduction to spinning from tools to fiber to colors the last book about spinning in finnish came out in 1983 and since then there has been an avalanche of new techinques and materials my book is not as thorough as i had hoped but its nearly 200 pages is a start hopefully it will be the first of many spinning books to come book and fiber club choose book and fiber option in the drop down menu please note that there is a limited number of club packages available the book and fiber club is a one time offer and once they re gone they re gone includes 1 signed copy of kehrääjän käsikirja please note the book is entirely in finnish 1 dose of the special book club fiber 100g of 100 superwash cheviot club and shipping options book and fiber to finland 45 00 eur book and fiber elsewhere 50 00 eur just book to finland 32 00 eur just book elsewhere 37 00 eur in finnish klubissa tulee mukana yllärivillaa 100 superwash cheviotia yllärivärissä yksi kappale kirjaa omistuskirjoituksella muistathan laittaa huomautuksen millä nimellä kirjaan nimi tulee muuten omistuskirjoitus osoitetaan ostajan nimelle jos et halua omistuskirjoitusta niin mainitse sekin huomautuksissa klubeja on rajoitetusti joten nopeat elävät just the book choose just book option in the drop down menu includes 1 signed copy of kehrääjän käsikirja please note the book is entirely in finnish note please write down the name of the recipient in the notes to seller box otherwise the book will be signed to the buyer also write down if you do not wish to receive a signed copy also note that the book will be available through knitlob s lair in the future but we received a limited number of books in the first shipment tässä vaihtoehdossa tulee mukana vain kirja omistuskirjoituksella muistathan laittaa huomautuksen millä nimellä kirjaan nimi tulee muuten omistuskirjoitus osoitetaan ostajan nimelle jos et halua omistuskirjoitusta niin mainitse sekin huomautuksissa kirjoja tulee luolaan myöhemminkin tämä ensimmäinen erä on kovin pieni mutta lisää on tulossa all packages will be shipped on monday posted by tuulia on 5 24 2012 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest flash your fiber stash i keep saying i ve got nothing to spin i use this as a lousy excuse to dye up some more fiber although one needs no excuse for that finnish spinners on ravelry had this thing today called flash your stash and then i had an epiphany yup tis a pun i can never ever ever priscilla anyone use that excuse again ever that pile of fiber is what i found in the first 3 bins in my den closet right before a massive bag of yarn fell on m i gave up there might be more but i am frankly terrified of looking for it and before you ask yes it is my personal stash there is fiber i couldn t sell to anyone for various reasons most important of which is i was afraid i would not get the colors ever again there are fibers dyed to test new colors and combinations and finally there are fibers which remind me of friends and events like this one it s merino bamboo silk mix perhaps it is a 50 25 25 mix there s approximately 3 5 oz 100g of it and when i saw this at allspunup i had to have it i just had to although the colors are not me per se but they re so bright and happy they re like candy and this is an important braid because it always reminds me of the days in seattle when i used to raid my friend kristin s of allspunup bins for fiber this was one of them and i still remember kristin s face when she saw me holding this precious treasure i dug up it was quite priceless kristin taught me most of what i know about spinning and fiber and we used to stir them ol dye pots together quite regularly for quite some time happy times they were she was gracious enough to let me dye up fibers practise and experiment some of those fibers are still in my stash along with the ones she gave me i was doing the right thing helping a friend in need that s my story and i m sticking to it and her fibers are so so pretty i wish i could mix colors the way she does her eye for color is uncanny here s a collage of some of her fiber in my stash click to enlarge see details 1 merino silk 7 2 merino silk asu ice cave 3 bfl 5 4 asu enchanted 5 asu polwarth 6 merino 5 7 merino silk 5 8 merino bamboo silk mix 3 9 merino 4 10 merino bamboo silk mix 2 11 merino silk asu ms crabtree 12 merino silk 1 13 merino bamboo silk mix 1 14 merino alpaca mix 1 15 asu goldwish wearing a tutu as mentioned there are some fibers i dyed to test different color combinations some were a success some fell into the category of dear lord what is this weren t some could not be sold because colors leaked it happens especially with very intense colors and when it does those tops will never be sold but end up in my oopsie bin and i am yet again stuck with fiber it is a tragedy really here are some of the test batches and ones i just had to adopt 1 bfl silk 5 2 sw bfl 2 3 bfl silk 4 4 bfl 6 5 bfl mohair 6 merino alpaca silk 3 7 bfl silk 3 8 merino alpaca silk 2 9 sw bfl 10 bfl 4 11 bfl 3 12 merino alpaca silk 13 bfl silk bling mix 14 pigeonroof merino silk 15 merino 3 16 merino alpaca mix 2 17 merino silk 4 18 merino silk 3 19 merino silk 2 20 sw merino 1 21 merino 2 22 bfl silk 2 23 bfl silk 1 24 bfl 2 25 silk top 26 bfl 1 27 polwarth 1 and because i have a problem and i keep hogging fibers i have adopted fibers from other dyers too i have merely helped friends for their stashes have overflowed with fiber and i though it pains me will do anything for friends and i have no stash problems tucked away in the closet no one will notice them 1 pigeonroof merino silk 2 merino 1 3 merino silk 6 4 sw falkland if i m being honest i have a bit of a problem buying fiber on say etsy the colors can be off by a mile and after two very very bad experiences with felted fiber i ve become rather timid when buying fiber online these have landed in my stash merely after a friend has recommended the seller and i think the bright colorful woolgatherings merino silk would ve landed in my basket even without recommendation the colors are just perfect you can see all of these on flickr i ll try to update them onto ravelry as well but after editing all these pictures and organizing all this wool i think i will need to spin now posted by tuulia on 1 06 2012 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest stuck in stockinette happy new year everyone i hope 2012 will be a better year than 2011 in every aspect and what better start for a new year than a blog post about ufos from the last i have been hesitant to blog about ufos as i can t take decent pictures of them examples of that will follow but blogging about finished projects only produces 12 posts per year and it would be fun to post a bit more often one could always post pictures of recent purchases but one is ashamed to do so anymore considering the barn of yarn already full of yarns to be knit the blog is or i want it to be anyway a journal about my projects so ufos have to be posted i apologize for the pictures in advance i set up the studio and photographed all ufos i could find granted i didn t search every nook and cranny of the lair these were found within 4 ft of my desk it seems i am stuck in stockinette stitch this is one of my favorite sweaters made with my trusty knitting machine finally i seem to have found the measurements and adjustments with which my knitting machine produces the garment i want and i have learned to sew the seams and work the decreases 3 sts in so the seams sew up nice and properly i m really happy with this one especially the collar the bpdy was naturally knit in pieces bottom up but the collar was knit sideways with short rows for shaping the shawl collar is a wonderful way to display shawl pins and brooches of which one seems to have collected a decent stash so i think i might make another sweater like this one i used less than 5 skeins and less than 2000yds of my väinämöinen sock yarn so the sweater is rather lightweight but still quite warm i d love to show you a picture of the sweater on me but the reason i photograph with my trusty dress form is that i like to tweak and play with the flashes and my camera and take a million pictures of which perhaps three will end up here on the blog that and because my dress form has a waist line which i very clearly don t damn christmas damn chocolate speaking of the holidays i spent them knitting stockinette as well i spun some bulkier yarns in october and one of them ended up being a cap hat slouchy beret esque thing my display head is rather small 20 hats would look best with it so this hat looks a lot more slouchier than it is but it is slouchy nonetheless for i find very tight fitting hats rather umcomfortable this handspun merino hat is rather thick so i knit up another one with my louhitar yarn which is a lot more lightweight and perfect for spring and as i was on a roll and dug up some reynolds odyssey yarn in my stash i made a third hat all of these are knit from the top down with a garter stitch edging i used the one for all cap pattern as a sort of a reference increasing 8 sts on every other row until the cap was slightly larger than my head then knit in stockinette until the hat nearly covered my ears decreased about 20 stitches for the garter stitch band which was knit until nearly out of yarn all three were surprisingly quick to knit and the results are rather lovely stockinette stitch shows really well the colors and stitches in handspun and marbled yarns and the garter stitch edging is a fun way to use up bits of left over yarns the reason why the hats are photographed with the display head is very similar to why i photograph sweaters with the dress form the display has a distinctive and pretty chin just one of them i uh don t the louhitar cap yarn was left over from a larger project a cardigan i finished ...