March 23, 2009 at 9:25 pm (Video/Pics, Yarn-Making)
I am currently fighting with my camera, trying to figure out settings. So please forgive the poor format of the pictures.
This is on the wheel right now, it’s Shetland wool dyed by Bohemia Yarn Co. I have just about half of 8 oz spun up. It will be a 2 ply yarn. Shetland is so fun to spin! It goes so easily and quickly. Lots of squoosh factor
Next up is one I’m not so impressed with, I guess it is my first art yarn. This is a batt from Butterfly Girl Designs. It consists of bamboo, superwash merino, and firestar, in her Tuscanny colorway. I intended it to be a singles yarn, but halfway into it realized the staple was not long enough. So I continued on, and then ran it through again, adding more twist (apparantly not enough though), then plyed it with a gold metallic thread.
This next one is a singles BFL that I dyed with dye leftovers. I intended to sell it, but it became quickly apparant that while getting to know my new roaster oven (which I use to heat set) I felted the fiber. I got so frustrated I chucked away half of the roving and just wound off what I had.
I am so in love with this next yarn. It is a 2 ply, 1 ply is white mulberry silk, and the other is pure bamboo in crushed cranberries by Exclusively Linda Lee. This was my first time spinning pure bamboo and I do believe it is my new favorite fiber to spin! It practically spins itself. I think this will become a calorimetry.
And finally, my Celeste colorway on a merino/tencel blend roving. I can’t seem to capture the colors in my lightbox – but they are pale blues, white, black, & pink.
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March 15, 2009 at 10:42 pm (Buy my Goods, Dyeing Out Loud, Fiber is good for you!, Video/Pics, Yarn-Making)
Firstly, check out the wonderful fiber goodies to be had at my congo, Indie Dyers on Hyena Cart!
Now, onto the custom. I am doing this as a trade for some website design, and I can’t wait for it to get to it’s destination so that she can get started!
My Ella, on custom spun superfine merino
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February 18, 2009 at 4:24 am (Yarn-Making)
I’m not sure how to write this without seeming full of myself but I am just utterly suprised that there are people out there that admire my work. Lately it seems there are people that really enjoy my handspun creations, and are asking me for customs. I love it, it’s always good to be wanted, right? At the same time I’m truly baffled – I was never one to stick out among a crowd. So it’s hard for me to believe it. I keep thinking, oh no, not me, so-and-so spins much better than I do! I am so grateful to these people for telling me that they admire my yarns, and so very honored that they ask me to spin for them.
I truly LOVE spinning. Up until now, I never felt I had found a craft I truly enjoyed and was good at. Sewing was always kinda meh for me. I hate the process of sewing, and it’s all about the finished project. And often, there are so many mistakes that I’m not happy with the item. I do love to knit, it’s an incredible stress-reducer. I enjoy the process, I enjoy making a fabric from yarn, and in turn, shaping that fabric to become a garment as I’m knitting. But deep in Southern Louisiana, many knit items go unused. It also hurts my back, neck, shoulders and hands.
But spinning? Oh, how I adore to spin. I can spin all day without stopping. I can just get in this zen-like trance, where my worries melt away and I just flow with the twist of the yarn. (How corny does that sound? lol) I adore the process, I adore the finished product. I honestly feel at peace when I sit down with my wheel. And the fact that I can produce useable yarn makes it all the better. So it’s a bit unreal that someone, somewhere will actually PAY me for doing something I love to do. It is a dream come true. And even if no one would every buy my items, I would still do it. My house might become over-run with yarn that would never be used, but still I would spin.
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February 10, 2009 at 10:14 pm (Dyeing Out Loud, Hand-Knit Yummies, Yarn-Making)
I’ll be selling my yarn & fiber soon — look for more news to come!
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February 8, 2009 at 4:05 pm (Daily Living, Hand-Knit Yummies, Kids, Seam-Wrangling, Yarn-Making)
Hi y’all!
You may know me from my other 2 blogs (that I never keep up) neversatisfied & Cajun Cloth. Neither of those names work for me anymore, and frankly I am tired of changing names! So I figure ‘Cajun Crafting’ will cover all my bases 
I am a momma of two youngn’s – Abby & Matthew. Abby just started Pre-K this year and loves it, and is quite the chatterbox. Matthew is your basic two year old boy – very active, very destructive, very loud. But he is also so very sweet and loving.
I began my crafting journey when I started cloth diapering Abby at 11 months old. Seeing the high price of a diaper (averaging $15) made me want to learn to make my own. Little did I know how addicted I would become to making them and all the cute fabrics! So it didn’t turn out any cheaper *laughs*
Learning all about cloth diapering (and there is alot to learn!) had me wanting to learn to knit. A knit pair of longies would average $50! Totally worth it, but at the time totally not in my price range for a single pair of pants. So I began to knit, and again, little did I know how addicted I would become to yarn! (see a pattern yet?)
Learning to knit just eventually led to my newest love, spinning my own yarn and dyeing the fiber/yarn. My heart was never really in sewing, no matter how badly I wanted it to be, it just wasn’t. I just don’t have the inclination to sew like I do to knit and spin. Which is a shame because I have some beautiful fabrics and wonderful patterns, but they just sit.
I can’t even tell you the last time I turned on one of my sewing machines. I have three – you see when I start a hobby, or anything for that matter, I dive in headfirst and go all out. I want it all! So I have my basic machine that I started with (a gift from my mother and a lovely workhorse), a serger (finicky thing that she is, but sooo worth the time she saves!) and my newest, a combination sewing/embroidery machine. I would like to upgrade her honestly, but I just can’t justify it when I might only use it a dozen times a year.
So here we are today. Just call me a cajun momma with too many hobbies
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