Turning X-Men Batts into Art Yarn

Adamantium

...made from black bamboo, grey alpaca hair, light grey merino wool, a small amount of pale blue silk and lots of angelina.
171 m/187 yards.

Rogue

...made from black wool/silk blend, white bamboo, a very small amount of red linen/flax and lots of the same angelina as in the Adamantium yarn, alluding to Rogue's close friendship with Logan/Wolverine. I've also spun in lots of crystal clear glass beads that look like cut from ice (referring to Rogue's relationship to Iceman, of course).
97 m / 106 yards.

Both yarns have already been added to our shop.

More Flowers - Yarn in Progress

As I've already told you, I've come to enjoy spinning in flowers again. Here's a peek of what goes into the next flowery yarn: a hand carded batt of partly hand dyed fibre, green onyx, fresh water pearls of a stunning bronze colour, carnelian in different shapes, onyx and flat sequins - and, of course, flowers :-)

Fascinating!

Fascinating, isn't it?

:)

Well, at least I think so. I spent the past few days at home, crafting new items for our shop. I was inspired by my holiday on La Gomera, a Canary island. I guess that's one of the reasons I'm so much into strong colors right now.

It was high time we added some new fascinators to our little shop inner twilight. And here's a sneak peek at our latest creations!

If you want to see more, just check the photo stream of TheTrashQueen on flickr!

Flowers

I buy new fabric flowers whenever I see some that I like, so I've had a little collection for some time now. I ducked out of using them, however, since I needed a better way to spin them in. After a bit of thinking an trying, I succeeded - and thus had fun spinning new flower yarns :-)

Soon to be listed in our shop :-)

Reminder - get 10% off your next order and free stitch markers!

You've still got a week to send us pictures of your finished objects in order to get 10% off your next order and free stitch markers. For full details, see here.

We are so very curious ;-)




Oh, and Max, should you read this: these stitch markers will be yours after your next order! Thanks again for all the pictures :-)

Fresh Batts

I am looking forward to spinning these - but somehow I have a lot of dyed or carded fibre I want to use and there doesn't seem to be enough time (as always ;-)). I've also begun to spin some yarn for myself which I want to use for the Wa na na na na na na na
Bat Shawl! :-)

Fresh from the Bobbin - Halloween Firefly

It glitters and the white, wormy parts glow in the dark:



I've also - in an hour of silliness - designed a banderole for handcarded batts:


I had a lot of fun and I like it very much - and yes, I do know it's kind of cheap *g*