Handspun Sweater
Kiki finished this sweater in time to wear it on our little vacation, did you miss us?
She spun both of the yarns in this sweater using a drop spindle. The green fiber was from the foxbot queen 2006, Illanna. We picked up the orange fiber at Tempe Yarn & Fiber, where Kiki has also been learning to spin on a wheel.
The antique buttons are from the Hall family collection.
The back looks like this. Did I mention Kiki designed this herself?
And here is a detail shot of the edging on the front.We hope you all enjoyed the Poetry Week we had the last few posts. Today we received a happy ending to the sad tale of Ezra's lost bunting. It was returned to us, and still in one piece. So we will try again to send (FedEx) it to Ezra. Let's hope for a cold Spring in the Midwest!
Steve
coming soon - Steve builds a monkey & Kiki follows a pattern!
8 Comments:
Hooray! You're back!
Love the colors in the sweater, you can never have too much green and orange together (seriously).
And a double hooray for the bunting's homing device!
Gorgeous! You are so fast at that drop spindle it's amazing! I wish I had more time to spin. Damn school work! Love it! I'm going to have to send you some roving and see how fast you spin it up! lol
that is a gorgeous sweater tank, I love the color combos. Glad the bunting got back to you in one piece.
Welcome back, LG's. Kiki, that is a gorgeous pattern. I love the antique buttons. I'm glad the Bunting made it's way back to you. I hear it's still in the 30's back there, so I think he'll get his chance to wear it.
I can't wait to see what pattern Kiki decides to follow. Please don't tease us like that. Post soon.
I absolutely love the picture - not only the adorable sweater, but it's a great picture of you Katie. I love the green and orange together, I couldn't pull it off, but it looks awesome on you. The "Hall Girl" buttons add a nice touch. I hope your trip went well. Don't know where you went, but hope it was nice. I need to call you. I miss you guys.
That is lovely! And all that yarn done on a drop spindle? Wow!
that is fabulous! luscious colors and design! i have got to practice more on my wheel but knowing kiki did the yarn for that on a spindle is inspiring to me since that's all i know how to spin on at the minute...
That is just absolutely gorgeous!!
Was the math difficult? How did you know to shape it so beautifully?! I'm thinking of asking one of my guild members to knit me a sweater from my handspun yarn.
:)
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