Blog entries tagged Silk

Clapotis for Jane

Shelley — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:18:24 +0100

Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Luscious Silk
Size: As written
Yardage: 2 skeins (about 640m, I have about 20m leftover)
Needles: 4.00 mm

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Finally all finished and delivered. In fact my sister was over when I finished knitting so I didn't even have to deliver it; I just handed it to her. I got ...

Just a hint...

Shelley — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:05:50 +0100

This is one of the parcels that will be opened today. I really liked the look of this particular picture though so I had to share.

Married!

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:58:16 +0100

We got married on Saturday, July 14th at 3:00 pm. It was a lovely sunny day and we were surrounded by friends and family. The ceremony was short and had everything important and meaningful without being flowery or wordy. This was very good since I was impatient to see Rob; Saturday morning wasincredibly long from my point of view (I’m sure the people setting things ...

Twist Me And Turn Me

Shelley — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:17:19 +0100

Pictured above is my very first ever hand-spun yarn. I made it on Boxing Day with a spindle and some roving lent to me by Erin.
As this was something totally new I decided to do a bunch of reading before I actually tried to use the spindle. I looked up stuff on the internet and printed off the material recommended by Erin. I checked out the library and borrowed The Complete Spi...