scrap bag challenge

 Over the years I've been reluctant  to throw out oddments of hand spun even when the balls are really small.. Mitts and headbands have been knitted from them but I still have a large amount of mixed weight oddments that are too small to use up in knitting.

My choices so far have been to weave on a pin loom but I'm not in love with the end result as I'm not sure what to do with the squares.

Wind into a large ball and knit but that only works really if its all 4 ply or dk not a range from lace to bulky.

After playing around with the latch hook kit the other day I wondered whether that was the answer. 

A quick scroll through ebay through up some cushion covers with the canvas already in place. it would be portable and easy to pick up anywhere.

So, here we go.

Back to the crafts

 Hi,

I've been taking a bit of a break from my usual crafting, I had started to get pains in my hands when knitting so stopped, put down the pins and picked up a sewing needle, I later found a similar problem when spinning so I have been on a self imposed break from that as well.

Things seem to be fine now so I have stared sorting through my stash of washed fleece from last year and processing it ready to spin on our next long road trip. Several bags of oddments have been lurking for some time, some simply were the odd and sods left after spinning most of the fleece and not worth bothering with, These will get recycled as stuffing etc, Others have had enough decent fleece to make it worth combing or carding ready to spin.

suffolk x bfl

I have also picked up my lace making again and even found a latch hook kit in a charity shop so I am also playing with that from time to time.

My sampler has grown slightly, I've added my initial using cross stitch patterns from my great Grandmothers sampler together with a chain stitch sample.

I've also picked up the Fox and Rabbit 2023 SAL that I started last year but gave up on after a couple of months.

Some more Shetland fleece is on order from Ullapool, due to arrive next week so that will probably be my spring time spinning project.

Thats about it for now, we have a quick night away planned then maybe a break in the van,Watch this space. x