The day passed by too fast and I forgot that I didn't blog

I took this weekend off from knitting, to relax my hands.  However, this morning I was right back to knitting once again.  I was so engrossed in my knitting that the day passed by me, before I realized I didn't blog.  Sorry everyone!

Anyways I'm here now to post just how much knitting I did today.  I started off my morning knitting on my new pair of Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Dyed - Pink - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5

I only need to knit 24 more rows, before I finish the leg.

Then I picked up the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Black - Alpaca - Infinity Scarf

This scarf is knitting up fast, it won't be long now before I will be binding off and sewing the ends together.

The last thing I knitted on today and only just finished working on for the night is the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Purple Orchid - Merino - Cabled - Hat.

I only have a few more rows left to knit and this hat will be finished.  The day passed by me so fast, that now I will put my knitting away until tomorrow.

 

 



Overslept, Finished Socks, new pair started etc

Good Morning!  Sorry I'm late, but I was up late last night knitting and didn't get to bed until the wee hours, so when my alarm went off this morning, I slept through it. 

I finished the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - White - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5

I will be listing them here in a little bit. 

With the finishing up of this pair a new pair is started.

I'm still knitting away on the Spinning Ginny Original - Custom Ordered - Handspun - Knitted - Black - Alpaca - Infinity Scarf. 

It's really starting to grow now!

The new Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Purple Orchid - Merino - Cabled - Hat is moving along quite nicely too.

Because I've been so busy knitting lately, my poor spinning wheel is being badly neglected.  Poor thing!  It needs a good spin around the spinning room.  LOL

 I told you this week was going to be busy!



More Knitting and One Finished Project

Oh boy, I have lots to share today.  Well, really I've been sharing quite a bit all week, but today's a little bit different.

First off, I'm almost done with the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - White - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5

I only have roughly 33 more rows to go and then this pair will be finished.

Secondly, I'm still knitting away on the Spinning Ginny Original - Custom Ordered - Black - Alpaca - Infinity - Scarf

Its really starting to get longer now.

Thirdly, I finished the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Pink - Merino - Cabled - Hat

 

 

and with the finishing up of this Hat, I started on another one.

This is going to be the new Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Purple Orchid - Merino - Cabled - Hat



Knitting needles clicking away bright and early, with a little spinning later on

What do you do when you can't sleep?  When I can't sleep, I head into the spinning room and start knitting and spinning.  Today was one of those mornings when I was in the spinning room bright and early, with the knitting needles clicking away.

I started off knitting on the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - White - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5.  I finished up the heel flap and heel turn, then started in on the gusset.

Then I changed over to knitting on the Spinning Ginny Original - Custom Ordered - Handspun - Knitted - Black - Alpaca - Infinity Scarf.

As you can see from this picture, the sun was up and shinning in through the window, when I put my knitting down, to go and eat breakfast.

Later I came back and picked up my knitting needles once again, but this time to start in knitting on the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Pink - Merino - Cabled - Hat.

I picked up all 68 stitches around and 17 rows knitted for the body of the hat.  I have 5 1/2 inches knitted from the bottom edge so far and need to knit another 1/2 inches, before I start decreasing for the crown.

Now I'm ready to head over to the spinning wheel to finish plying.

Wow, this morning has been truly productive.  I just finished plying up the 6th skein of white alpaca, from Bellagio's fleece.  Here's what my 3 bobbins look like now after plying up 2 skeins.

The first bobbin weights 3 3/8 ounces (with bobbin) - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 1 3/8 ounces

The second bobbin weights 3 ounces (with bobbin) - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 1 ounce

The third bobbin weights 3 1/4 ounces (with bobbin) - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 1 1/4 ounces

Total weight is 1 3/8 + 1 + 1 1/4 = 4 5/8 ounces left to spin

Now if I subtract the 3 3/8 ounces, I started out with, from the total amount I have left after plying up the 6th skein, it would look something like this.

3 3/8 - 4 5/8 = 1 1/4 ounces is what I should have in the skein I just finished plying up.   Tomorrow is another day and I think, I just might ply up the 7th skein then.

Knitting and Spinning at Spinning Ginny's

Good Morning!  Lots of knitting and spinning going on here at Spinning Ginny.  I finished up the leg and started in on the heel flap, on the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - White - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5

I'm getting closer to finishing up this pair.  I'm really liking how the pattern is drawing in the leg of the sock, yet making it stretchy enough to keep it from sliding down on the leg and yet feel soft.  Also it draws in the top of the foot a little more so that it won't feel so loose and baggy (unless you like your sock to feel loose and baggy, like I do).

Then I picked up the Custom Ordered Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Black - Alpaca - Infinity Scarf and started knitting away on it.

I've really got this pattern nailed down now, I don't even have to use my computer to look up my pattern.  I truly enjoy knitting this pattern, although there are times were I do make a mistake (especially, when I'm knitting with black yarn).  

After knitting on the first 2 projects, I turned my attention to my new Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Pink - Merino - Cabled - Hat.  Now originally I saw a pattern similar to this, but the hat was knitted with commercial yarn and also on size 10 double pointed needles.  I really liked the pattern, but since I was going to be using some of my handspun yarn and size 5 double pointed needles (that's the size I know works with my handspun yarn).  I knew that I'd have to write up my own cable hat pattern.  So over the weekend, I figured out part of the pattern and wrote it down, then started in knitting on it.  Today though I finished up the cabled portion of it and now I'm starting in to pick up the stitches along one of the edges.  

  I'm liking how this hat is starting to look.  Hope you do too!

Once I got my knitting done for the day, it was time to head over to the spinning wheel and finish ply up the 5th skein of Handspun White Alpaca Yarn.

It didn't take long though to finish filling up this bobbin, so I immediately started winding it off this off onto my niddy noddy into skein.  Then I washed it and hung it to dry.  Then headed back to the spinning room, where I weighted each bobbin again.

The first bobbin weighted 4 1/2 ounces (with bobbin) - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 2 1/2 ounces of spun singles

The second bobbin weighted 3 7/8 ounces (with bobbin) - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 1 7/8 ounces of spun singles

The third bobbin weighted 4 ounces (with bobbin) - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 2 ounces of spun singles

 Total weight is 2 1/2 + 1 7/8 + 2 = 6 3/8 ounces left to spin

Now if I subtract the 9 3/4 ounces, I started out with, from the total amount I have left after plying up the 5th skein, it would look something like this.

9 3/4 - 6 3/8 = 3 3/8 ounces

is what I should have in the skein I just finished plying up.  Now its time to start in plying up the 6th skein.

Its 5:00 pm so its time to close up the spinning room.  I'll be back tomorrow though to knit and spin some more.

 



This weeks going to be a busy one

As I write this post, I’m enjoying a nice cup of hot tea and writing out my weekly work schedule.  So far its looking like this week will be very busy.  I have 1 more custom order left to knit and that's a Handspun - Knitted - Black - Alpaca - Infinity Scarf.  This I started on over the weekend.

I also need to finish up the Handspun - Knitted - White - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5

Over the weekend, I also started on a new project,....a Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Pink - Merino - Cabled - Hat.

 

I will also be finishing up plying up a skein of 3 ply white alpaca yarn, that I started plying up on Saturday. 

This will be the 5th skein of 3 ply white alpaca yarn, when I'm through.  When I'm finished plying up this skein, I'll start in plying up the 6th skein.  I only have 4 big buckets and 1 small bucket left with carded batts from Bellagio's fleece.

 

 

 



Another Custom Order Finished

Well, I did it!  I finished yet another custom order!!

Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Dyed - Alpaca - Pretty n Pink - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 6

Now to finish refilling this third bobbin of single white alpaca and start in plying

Tonight, I'll begin the last and final custom order.............a black alpaca infinity scarf.

 



I did it! Another custom order is finished!!

I did it! Yesterday, I finished another custom order, washed it and blocked it

 

So I rewarded myself with a little bit of spinning!  LOL

I almost had the 3rd bobbin filled by 5 pm yesterday.  I have just a wee bit more to go, which I'll be going and doing here in a little bit.

It's Friday and the laundry and housework have kept me busy all morning,..........that and doing some thinking about my business website and other things.



Short and Sweet

Good Morning!  Yesterday I almost, but not quite, finished filling up the 3rd bobbin with more of Bellagio's creamy white alpaca fleece.   I probably would have had if completely filled but had some errands to run in the morning.  Anyways, here's the picture of the almost finished bobbin.

Today I'll be binding off the Custom Ordered - Handspun - Knitted - Black - Alpaca - Infinity Scarf and doing all the finishing touches on that.

That's about all I really have to talk about today, so see you all tomorrow.



Second bobbin finished and more

Well, if you've been following my blog, you know I've been knitting on a lot of custom orders and most recently starting to finally spin up Bellagio's creamy white alpaca fleece.  Yesterday I finished filling up the second bobbin with Bellagio's creamy white alpaca fleece.

The weight of the first bobbin was 5 1/8 ounces and the second bobbin weighted 4 7/8 ounces, this is of course the total weight of both the bobbin and the yarn.  The bobbins weight 2 ounces, so if you subtract the weight of the bobbins from the total weight, you have..... 3 1/8 + 2 7/8 = 5 8/8 or 6 ounces of spun singles.  Once I had this weight figured out, I started in filling up the third bobbin.

I continued spinning until dinner time, but only managed to get this much spun

I know its not a whole lot more then the picture above, but I needed go and set the table for dinner.  We were going to have Garlic-Herbed Pot Roast and after 10 hours of cooking it was ready to serve.

It was delicious!  Having the leftovers tonight.  Mmmmmmm, can't wait!!

After supper though, sat down and started knitting away on a custom ordered - handspun - knitted - black - alpaca - infinity scarf.

This picture is what the scarf looked like, when I started on it last night.

All I need to do is cast off, sew it together, weave in all loose threads. wash and block it, sew in the label, and print a hanging tag.  I still have 2 pairs of socks to knit up once I finish spinning up the yarn.



Finished up all of the black alpaca fleece and more

On Friday I left you with plying up a skein of 3 ply black alpaca.  I ended up plying up 2 skeins of 3 ply black alpaca and 1 skein of 2 ply black alpaca to finish off the all of the black alpaca fleece.  I washed them and hung them to dry.  Today I'll be rewinding those skeins and printing up labels.  I'll trying to get pictures of them tomorrow. 

Once I had the black alpaca fleece finished, I pulled out all the buckets of "Bellagio's" white alpaca fleece.

There are 10 buckets in this picture filled with carded batts, from "Bellagio's" white fleece.  One of the buckets though has batts in it that I have for sale.  I just had to show you just how much fleece I have.  This is going to be fun spinning as its so very soft just like the brown, and black alpaca that I've been having fun with.

I even had a little time left in the day to begin spinning up one of the batts (actually 1 1/2 batts).

Then on Saturday at the Farmers Market, spun up a little more, not much as its was pretty windy and I had to keep getting up to pick up items, that the wind blew off the tables.

However, when I got home and unpacked the car, I was back at the spinning wheel spinning up a storm.  I finished filling up the first bobbin and started filling the second bobbin.  I need to spin up 4 skeins of yarn from this fleece for 2 custom ordered pairs of socks ( 2 skeins I need to dye pink)

Also over the week end I finished knitting up the second custom ordered hat, so another custom order is completed.

Now, I'm working on a new custom order, another black alpaca infinity scarf. 

I still have quite a distance to go yet on this scarf.

So as you can see, I stayed busy over the weekend.