Cashmere Rainbow

July 15th, 2008

This is a slightly cheesy named yarn, to add to the cheese say it as if Doug Henning was saying it. “CAsssshhhmmmere RAAAIINbow” That makes both cheesy and ironic. This is some really nice stuff. It was spun using a 100% Calvin Klein cashmere sweater. I spun the rest of it using  llama, bamboo, marino and corriedale . The colors are lovely. Andy actually picked them out. Sometimes we collaborate for fun.

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Oops I Spun it Again

July 15th, 2008

This yarn is a homage to classic Brittany Spears. I was at the Scrap Exchange and they were selling these little Catholic school girl dresses. They were so freaking cute and I think it cost like 10 cents. I cut this little baby up and made is some delicious yarn. I much prefer to spin up the bits of sweater, fabric is a bit of a pain to spin and isn’t as soft and gushy. Nonetheless this is some really lovely stuff.

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Three Girly Friends!

June 2nd, 2008

This might be the most girly yarn I have ever spun! It is a mix of three (!) sweaters. A mohair sweater with sprinkles and buttons (all in the yarn), a cashmere sweater- which I had to admit- I didn’t want to rip out and this really lovely wrap. I cut them all up and spun them with a bit of CJ Kopec’s roving, some superwash marino, fake fur (subtle but in there), and a good bit of soy silk. Oh yeah, and some sparkles. I do love me some sparkly stuff- I can’t help it. I am my mother’s daughter. This is some really beautiful and girly yarn!

Here are a few photos, plus some of the sweaters that I chopped up!

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Little Blue Box

May 31st, 2008

This little ditty was spun using some Cashmere I bought fairly early on in this process. I don’t have a photo of the sweater (sadly). It is a 100% baby blue cashmere sweater. I mixed it with some superwash marino and some roving I have from CJ Kopec (thats the pink stuff). I also added a little flax and some chopped up curtain remnants (I really love those). I am happy with the way it came out. I really love the blue/pink/brown combo. I spun this slightly differently than the others. I pulled the roving all the way through the sweater bits to give it a little more uniformity.

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