Shawl, sweater & a topi!

Since I've been MIA is such a bad way, I thought I'd do a big a$S post today.

The red lace shawl was knitted by my friend in Portland who knits lace so fast, her fingers make a buzzing sound. I believe she used the Rock Island pattern. She used a silk wool lace blend that I had hand dyed. In case you're wondering, yes, this yarn went to the US & then came back to the UK as a shawl. Some yarns have all the luck.

The brown sweater was knitted by me with left over hand dyed sock yarn held double. I used the Cosy V neck pattern but modified it. This pattern is amazingly simple & fun to make. I knitted the sleeves in the round, however.

The little beret was knitted from a handspun I made by blending a couple of rovings from my Etsy shop. The pattern was a slightly modified yummy-beret pattern.

Taking suggestions for roving colors

I'll be offering spinning fibers in the form of rovings and tops at Yarnahoy, my Etsy store.
Feel free to send me links to pictures of spinning fibers you would like to have! Or send me colors and textures you love so that I can elaborate.

The silk/merino roving below has stunning jewel tones that were inspired by the mist over Nilgiri mountains in the winter & the jewels of South India.

Discounts available: There is a 20% discount for the purchase of 2 lbs or more of roving and 10% discount for the purchase of over 1 lb. This works well for folks who need enough for sweaters or large shawls/throws.

New roving for handspinning

Gorgeous new Merino roving for hand spinning at Yarnahoy!
Yep, I'm bring back spinning fibers. Would be a shame not to (given the abundance of wool in the UK).
Feels so good to be back with fiber ! :)

Hooray for the handspun sweater!

Ages ago I went looking for someone to knit me a sweater out of my handspun yarn. And I found them. Michelle's grandmother Patti in Florida was kind enough to knit me the sweater which is a ribbed Raglan.
Michelle has an Etsy shop called OakGroveAlpacas where she sells yummy Alpaca roving, home grown yarn & hand knit/woven items.

Below are pictures. The yarn striped in subtle stripes. I spun the yarn for the sleeves so that color repititions were shorter. One of the plies was the dark brown corriedale & the other alternated with different colors & blends. The result being stripes of different colors & textures.


Above: pre-drafted rovings made them easier to spin.

The color rovings with merino, silk on the left bobbin (lots of blue here) & the brown corriedale on the right.

SHOP UPDATE!

SOCK YARNS
LACE YARNS
HANDSPUN YARNS

Shop update - sock yarns, hand spuns & lace yarns.

New sock yarns, handspun yarns & lace yarns at yarnahoy.etsy.com




Email me at mayacrafts@gmail.com to join the YARN AHOY mailing list & get a 'new-member' 10% DISCOUNT on your next purchase of yarns (wait for discounted invoice before paying - this shop is not set up to process discounts)!!!

Shop update!

New sock yarns & lace yarns in the shop at yarnahoy.etsy.com
Sign up for the YARN AHOY mailing list & get a 10% discount on your next purchase of yarns.


Sock yarns above.

Lace yarns below.

New yarns in Shop!

Announcing an update on Yarn Ahoy's Etsy shop – Monsoon Winds:

Superwash sock yarns in gorgeous new color ways – Merino & also the Tencel/Merino blend.

Lace yarns in Zephyr Silk/Wool & Superlamb.

Handspun yarns in thick'n'thin, tweed, worsted & novelty.

Email me at mayacrafts (at) gmail (dot) com to join the mailing list & get a 'new-member' 10% DISCOUNT on your first purchase of yarns!

Shop update!

New handspuns in the shop

New thick and thin hand spun yarns in the shop.

MORE NEW YARNS

Still more new yarns in the shop!
Email me to sign up for the YARN AHOY mailing list & get a 20% DISCOUNT on your next purchase!The mailing list will provide updates to new yarns, fibers & deals available at my shop Yarn Ahoy!.

New yarns in the shop

More yarns at the shop!
The update includes superwash sock yarns, Silk/Merino Zephyr-like lace yarns (1250 yards plus) and some worsted weight Baby Alpaca yarns & pure silks.

Finally! A mailing list for YARN AHOY!!

Email me to sign up for the YARN AHOY mailing list & get a 10% DISCOUNT on your next purchase!
The mailing list will provide updates to new yarns, fibers & deals available at my shop Yarn Ahoy!.
Please email me when you make your post-mailing list purchase, so I know to process the discount.

THE AUTUMN BANDI - spinning for Fall

I've spun more yarn that'll knit up 'banded' like the scarf Sonia knitted from the previous skein I'd given her.
The middle skein is thicker than the other 2 - they total of 6 oz & 570 yards.
It's up on my shop.

NEWLY DYED LACE & SOCK YARNS

The socks are the variegated yarn (top) & the laces are the tonal solids (below).


Finally after 2 long weeks I was able to dye some YAARRN!
The colors must have something to do with my having returned from India. It's COLOR with a bang.
They're all up in my shop.

River Rapids Socks from Michelle

Michelle from Australia sent me this picture. They're socks that she made from a Merino Tencel blend sock yarn she got from my Etsy shop.
Here's what she has to say about the yarn on her blog
I think she used the River Rapids pattern on these.
Thanks Michelle!! :)