Newly Listed Skeins and some knitting

Well, my newly dyed yarn is all dry, labels are made, and all 4 skeins are now listed.

Pink Handspun Alpaca Yarn 179 yds.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=581&zenid=8079d0fae3669a79e2be02d90906e82a

Pink Handspun Alpaca Yarn 178 yds.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=582

Kelly Green Handspun Alpaca Yarn 200 yds.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=583

Kelly Green Handspun Alpaca Yarn 195 yds.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=584

Once I had all these skeins listed, I sat down and did some knitting on the new Handspun Knitted Mountain Sunset Colonial Merino Half Circle Shawl.

I now have 103 1/2 rows completed.  I still have 56 1/2 more rows to go before I start on the border edge.



Getting into a rhythm and new listing

I think I'm getting into an early morning rhythm, because its 6:10 am and I'm in the spinning room again.  Sue-chi is once again curled up and snoring away, in front of the spinning wheel.  I think the fresh air, now that the snow is melted and she's roaming around more outside, that and her age, is what makes her sleep more.  Anyways the spinning wheel is up and running again this morning and the second bobbin is now a little over 1/2 of the way full.

           I also have a new listing for today.....its a simple and fast knitted White Dish Cloth, that I call "Get the rhythm".  Do you like it?

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=121&products_id=580

 



Refilled first bobbin and New listing

It's 6:09 am here at Spinning Ginny, the light is on in the spinning room and I've fixed my squeaky spinning wheel.  Sue-chi is asleep on the rug, just in front of the spinning wheel.  I finished refilling the first bobbin.

Now I'm starting to refill the second bobbin

 I have a new listing today as well, its not much, but its something all the same.  It's a new Dish Cloth.  Its my own pattern and I named it "Aunt Alice Dish Cloth".  I used Peaches'n Cream Tangerine Cotton Yarn.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=121&products_id=579



Listen Closely, can you hear the whirring of my spinning wheel......and new listing

It's 6:08 am here at Spinning Ginny, the light is on in the spinning room and if you listen closely you can hear the whirring of my spinning wheel.  There's a slight squeak now and again as the spinning wheel spins and the white alpaca fiber slowly twists into a single ply strand of yarn on the bobbin.  Sue-chi (who turned 15 on Saturday), is sleeping on the rug.  The first bobbin is getting closer to being refilled, yet again.

I have a new listing today as well, its not much, but its something all the same.  It's a new Dish Cloth.  Its my own pattern and I named it "Aunt Fay's Dish Cloth" after my Great Aunt Fay.  I used Sugar'n Cream Hot Purple Cotton Yarn. 

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=121&products_id=578



Back upstairs plying and spinning.........New listing

So after spending my morning yesterday dyeing some handspun 3 ply white alpaca yarn, I headed upstairs to finish plying up another skein of yarn.

Then because my 3 bobbins were empty and needed to be refilled once again, I changed bobbins out and started in spinning again.

However, this morning was spent running errands, but once they were done I came home and rewound my newly dyed skeins, made labels, took pictures and then listed them.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=561

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=560



Dyeing Day, New Listing and a little spinning

Before I get started dyeing up 2 new skeins of Handspun 3 ply White Alpaca, I want to share a new listing with you.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=121&products_id=576

I started knitting this up yesterday morning, before the sun came up, then stopped to go and do some spinning.  This morning I finished it just before sun rise.

 

Now I've got all my dyeing stuff set up and I'm ready to get busy dyeing up my 2 skeins of Handspun 3 ply White Alpaca Yarn.

I've brought my water to a simi boil, added my Royal Blue Dye Stock and 1/4 cup of vinegar.  Now its time to add one of my skeins of yarn to the pot.

The yarn really soaked up the dye fast during the first 30 minutes.  Now its in the cooling down stage for 30 minutes.  Then I'll drain it and soak it in the synthrapol for 5 minutes.

 

Now that both skeins are dyed and hanging to dry, its time to head up to the spinning room and finish plying up another skein of Handspun 3 ply white alpaca yarn.

 

 



Tuesday morning spinning, and new listings

Good Morning Everyone!  It's Tuesday and time to get back to the Spinning Wheel, but first I want to share my 2 new listings.

Turquoise Handspun Alpaca Yarn 204 yds.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=556

Turquoise Handspun Alpaca Yarn 227 yds.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=555

I was up bright and early this morning, spinning for 1 hour 29 minutes and 24 seconds, and this is what I accomplished so far.

I finished refilling the first bobbin and then started in refilling the second bobbin.

I'm heading back upstairs now to do some more spinning, hope you enjoy your day!

 



A new day and 2 new listing with a little bit of spinning

Yesterday after dyeing up 2 new skeins of Handspun Dyed Scarlet Alpaca Yarn

I headed upstairs to the spinning room to start refilling the 1st bobbin again.

I almost had the bobbin refilled by the end of the work day.

Today I spent the morning rewinding skeins, printing labels and taking pictures (including the one above) and listing them in my store.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=570

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=569

Now that I have these 2 skeins listed, I'm ready to head up to the spinning room and start spinning where I left off.  I hope to have the 1st bobbin filled and the 2nd one started in being refilled.

 



#socks #knitting #new #listing #dyed #alpaca #yarn #JANSALE

Well, I'm late getting here again.  Sorry, but I think you'll understand once you see, what I've been doing.  I finished up the leg, heel flap and heel turn on my brother's socks.

Then I rewound the 2 skeins that I dyed yesterday and listed them on my website.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=566

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=567

 

Spinning Ginny is taking 20% off her entire inventory.

  Sale starts 1/16/16 ends 1/19/16!http://www.spinningginny.com



Finished, New listing, New Project, Spinning, Knitting

Afternoon Everyone!  Sorry I'm late!!  I've been busy taking photo's and listing the Handspun - Knitted - Cornflower - Suri Alpaca - Lace Scarf.  I finished this scarf early Saturday morning, washed and blocked it.

This morning I took some photo's and then listed it on my website.

 



http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_122&products_id=562

Also on Saturday I started on a new project.  I pulled out my skein of Handspun - Maleficent - Mohair - Yarn and started casting on for a Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Maleficent - Mohair - Cellular - Cowl.  I say this is original as I'm designing this Cowl myself.  Its a little slow going, right now and this is how far I've gotten.

This yarn started out as Mohair locks from https://www.etsy.com/shop/PhoenixFarmFiber, who dyed the locks this beautiful dark purple and named it "Maleficent".

I finally finished filling up the third bobbin of White Alpaca

The first bobbin weights 4 7/8 ounces - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 2 7/8 ounces

The second bobbin weights 4 5/8 ounces - 2 ounces (for bobbin) = 2 5/8 ounces

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

The total weight of spun single yarn is 2 7/8 + 2 5/8 + 2 3/4 = 8 1/4 ounces

Shortly after this, I began the plying process and this is how much I spun before I stopped spinning for the day.

Then I moved on to start knitting on my mom's Christmas present, the leg is getting longer. 

I'm guessing 2 more pattern repeats, but it could be 3 repeats more before I start the heal flap.

Then I picked up my brothers Christmas present, the leg is getting longer.

I'm guessing 2 more pattern repeats, but it could be 3 repeats more before I start the heal flap.

Sunday I took a break from all of the above and enjoyed the day with my husband.

 

Day Surgery, #Plying, #Dyeing, #Socks, and new #Listings

Oh my goodness!  What a day I had yesterday!!  I was awake at 4:43 am and my husband was up right after me at 5:00 am.  He was having day surgery again (Lithotripsy).  He had this procedure done back on October and the big stone in his kidney was blasted pretty good.  We thought that he had passed all of the stone but last month when he saw the doctor for a recheck, the x-ray showed 2 fragments left.  So here we were getting up bright and early again, praying that this time would be the last.  So I put my store on vacation mode and it was a good thing too as we didn't get home until 2:45 pm.

However, last Friday and over the weekend, I did get lots done.  Friday for instance, I plied up another skein (making it #9 from Bellagio's fleece).  Then I listed 3 pairs of Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Knitted - Alpaca - Adult Ladies Socks.  A couple of a pair were custom orders, but the customer was having a lot of things happening in her family and just couldn't buy them.  So I listed them on my website.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=119&products_id=557

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=119&products_id=558

Then I took the pair that I just finished and listed them too.

The other thing I did from last Friday and over the weekend was to start a new Category on my website.....called Lace Wt. Handspun.  I have decided to try and expand my store and since I spin yarn anyway and have had a couple of people ask me if I had any Handspun Yarn for sale.  I thought I'd give it a shot.  So I took 2 skeins that I had recently spun and dyed a Turquoise color and listed them.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=555

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=556

Then the 2 skeins that I finished on Thursday and Friday of last week I dyed on Saturday afternoon in a Royal Blue color, and on Sunday I listed them after printing out the labels and rewinding them to figure out their yardage.

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=561

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=560

So the last 4 days have been pretty busy and today I'm back to spinning and taking care of my husband.



Some spinning, new listings and finished socks

Yesterday started out with me sitting down knitting on the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Dyed - Knitted - Pretty n Pink - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5.  But I put them down to go and do some spinning.

However, I didn't finish filling up this bobbin due to hearing about the San Bernardino Shooting.  So I came downstairs and posted a new listing, while listening to the news.

Newly listed:

 

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=555

http://www.spinningginny.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=152&products_id=556

Then once I had them listed, I went back to knitting on the Spinning Ginny Original - Handspun - Dyed - Knitted - Pretty n Pink - Adult Ladies Socks - Size 5.  I finished them around 11:30 pm last night.  I just finished washing them and have them on my sock blockers drying.

Today I hope to finished filling the third bobbin and start plying, that is if I can get rid of this Migraine.