Learning to spin

I dyed wool roving with food colouring and vinegar yesterday and have been practising various spindle spinning and plying techniques today.


Two-ply left and 3-ply navajo-plied on the fly right.

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simply brilliant!

Binding off/casting off

I have been avoiding finishing my purple socks because I found the cast-off shown by Silver in her Two toe-up socks on one circular needle much too intimidating. I like sewing and I like knitting, but I don't like doing both at the same time. I try to keep any sewing done on knitting to the absolute minimum (like darning in the end of my yarn after casting off).

Enter Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off on knitty. It's easy to learn, quick, and gives a superior stretchy edge to your socks. I have put together a quick slide show showing more details.

Sock advent calendar

Here is my inspiration:

And here is sock number 1:

(with my doll's house in the background)