yarns galore!

Okay, so I have a few pictures of the lovely brown/multicolor 2 ply yarn I spun. I think it turned out beautifully! But unfortunately I cannot capture the colors correctly with my camera, am going to have to take many more pictures till it looks right. So this is the only pic I have for now.

I plied the beautiful stained glass roving, but I screwed up. Half of it I plied wrong, and the other half came out in two sections. AAAHHHHHHHH I hate when I screw up. . . I plan on trying to re-ply the first section, and the other two sections I think will be come flower broaches.

I am currently working on spinning up a roving which I bought on etsy from wildhare I quite love the colors, and the fiber is very lofty, but it spins up a bit coarser than I imagined it would. I shall see how it plies up, and possibly I will also ply it with some of that brown romney I have. (I still have so much of that stuff!).

I have a commission to create a funky doll for a friend. That will happen sometime this week. I have it all planned out, but I have to find time to do it. I have been busy working on a film project for which I am the costume coordinator. I'm having fun with it! Turns out I am also going to have to act in it (it's my betrothed's project and he couldn't find anyone else). I like acting, but this is like the 5 or 6th project I've been in, and they could use some new faces.

I am excited about starting my internship on the 30th. That is going to be awesome! I may even be able to ride my bike there, which would be so fun! And I would get in great shape!

Well, thats all for now. More pictures soon!

Working on stuff

I am currently still working on the spinning that is pictured in the previous post. I am working on spinning the second spindle full so that I can ply the yarn! I can't wait till it's all done.

I was trying to photograph a yarn I just recently plied this morning, but the color wasn't coming out right. When I get a good photo that will be going up here.

I am doing costume design for a student film. I am really excited! I don't really have the time or budget to make things, so I will be buying from thrift stores and customizing things. It's going to be great fun because the piece is a post apocalyptic world and so I will be putting lots of holes in things and then "mending" them. Also I may make a pair of wrist warmers with a thumb hole. And possibly a hat. I think I would really enjoy doing more work like this. I think I'm going to scan my quick illustrations into the computer and re-draw them with illustrator and bring them to life with photo shop. I may even be able to add this work to my portfolio. I must think of a way to work it in there. . . .

I start my internship with Vex Clothing on Monday the 30th of March. I'm very excited about that. I will be learning how to make custom patterns there. I can't wait till I can make a pattern for anyone! that will be awesome.

I have an idea for an awesome skirt/dress. I'm not sure which one it wants to be yet. But it will be patchwork-y and have lots of mismatched fabric to make a fll skirt, probably with some messy on purpose seams, and then I'm going to do embroidery on it, and maybe even do some crochet work. I want to do a pocket too, and embroider around the pocket opening. I need to do some sketches first before I decide how exactly to make it look.

I think for now that is really all that is going on. Still working on re-opening of etsy shop. That may not happen as soon as I'd like. I've gone all ADD.

Next post will have pictures, I swear!

new spindle and other things

So I have been spinning on my new spindle, it is already full with some beautifully colored yarn in a colorway called stained glass. I love the play of colors, I hope when I get a chance to ply it it will look as amazing! My spindle is full though, and I am in the middle of spinning up another plied yarn that is taking up the only two empty spools I have to use for plying! So when that is all plied I will be able to spin another spindle full of the beautiful colors and ply away! I will post pictures of both yarns when I get the chance.

I am still working on that new header for my etsy shop. I have lost the steam in my embroidery engine. I don't have much left to do though, and it will probably be finished tomorrow. Then I will scan the embroidery and do fun things with it in photoshop to make it fit for my etsy page. yay! I like using photoshop.

My cats are crazy. Peanut is sitting on the back of the chair watching me as I type this, and meowing every few minutes. I need to go pay attention to him!

-till next time!

I took a break

Okay, so I know it's been forever since I have posted anything. I have been busy setting up interviews and finishing my portfolio. Last week I scored an internship with Vex Clothing. I am very excited! I have paperwork to fill out next week, and then I can start! I can't wait!

I have been doing a bit of spinning. I just bought a new spindle and some new roving. I am not allowed to buy more roving for like a year, or at least till most of what I have is all spun up! I need to make friends with someone who has a spinning wheel so I can go over there and spin! I can't wait till I am working in my industry (fashion design) and can afford to buy myself some nice things like a spinning wheel.

I am working on a new header for my etsy shop, so that I can have a re-opening of sorts. I have been doing some beading (the fiance bought me more beading thread, yay!) and I have crocheted up a neckwarmer with the yarn that I spun myself. I am hoping to put these things in my shop as well as all of the things that I have hidden away in a box just for such an occasion as an etsy shop re-opening. I have time this week, and I plan on making it happen! I will be posting pictures of my new roving and spindle when the spindle gets here. I'm so impatient!