Spindle with Gin Glass

 

Here we have a work in progress on a support spindle. The lap bowl is working quite well. So glad that Cheryl bought that Gin! :-)  The glass works equally well in the wide bowl and in the base. Sort of a two for one thing. I am really enjoying support spindling. I have some on order from Malcolm Fielding. Cannot wait for them to arrive.

Demalangeni Shawlette

I finished another shawlette. This one is so incredibly soft. It is a blend of silk and wool. The pattern is Demalangeni by Wendy Neal. The shawl is drying now. I plan to add freshwater pearls to each point.

The pearls have been added. I think it looks nice and gives a tiny bit of weight to the shawlette.

Birthday Spindle

I was gifted a lovely support spindle from a dear friend. She made it from a hardwood dowel, a
porcelain drawer pull and a glass donut. The cork came from a bottle of wine. How cute is that with a sheep printed on it?

Afternoon Tea Shawl

I just completed a shawl for a dear friend. She is going through chemo and I hope the shawl will give her some comfort as she walks this path. It is the Afternoon Tea pattern by Helen Stewart. It appears much darker in the fist shot of it in progress. The yarn is wool/mohair from Kid 'N Ewe.

Three Fleeces are dyed

I now have three whole fleeces dyed. 53 dye lots, phew! I will add a few photos here, but if you wish to see everything check out my pages on flickr. www.flickr.com Search for The Lace Shepherdess. The last nine batches are drying. Then they will be photographed and added to my flickr pages. As hot as it is now, it should not take too long.

I have been dyeing again. So much fun to see how the natural colored Coopworth fleece comes out. Most of my flock are shades of natural gray. This creates a heather when dyed.

Silk stealing mice!

Looks like the dye sample book will be a bit short..............I went out this morning to check on the dyed fiber from last week. It has been cool and damp so things were not drying too fast. When I checked the wool and silk samples I noticed that some sample groups were missing the silk. Lost six silk samples and the mouse left some calling cards! Somewhere there is a mouse nest with a very colorful silk lining. Hope the wee mousses appreciate their mamma's efforts.
I had the samples on a drying screen with cheesecloth clipped down, both top and bottom but it did not stop the mouse