Pin Wheel Hounds tooth scarf - Rigid Heddle weaving

Loom: Ashford Knitter's Loom

Reed: 7.5 DPI

Yarn: My Friends 55% Acrylic, 45% cotton

Warp:  (2 black 2 White) repeat to desired width, 2 Black.

Weft: (2 picks black, 2 picks white) repeat to desired length.

It's very easy to do.

A video I found on YouTube:

Transitional Yoke Cardigan - Hand spun and knitted

I spun this up last weekend.

I spun it from  a Cream Moorit Romney X Corr X Merino Fleece from Lucinvale Coated Spinning Fleeces.

There was 1.1 kg of fiber in the fleece and by the time I'd spun, 

plied and washed it there was 800gms in the skeins.

I spun some very fine and some very thick and plying the two together.

The bobbins fill quickly when you spin the fleece thick.

 

 I spun the fleece in the grease just opening the ends up with a dog comb.

It took a real effort to spin it thick. 

When I first started spinning I couldn't spin it thin and now I struggle to spin thick.

There's a lot of loft in the yarn and it's very warm and snugly.

I used a 'recipe' to knit this from HERE

I'm calling it a recipe rather than a pattern as the directions aren't exact. 

You have to use a little brain power and maths to work out how to knit this one.

 I added some flare to the sides of the cardigan.

It's shorter than I would of liked.

I didn't have enough yarn to make it any longer.

I also made the sleeves shorter for that reason. 

With the sleeves being short I won't have to push them up to do the dishes.

 I cut my head off in the photos as the jowls aren't pretty!

Fern took the photos for me, she's getting pretty good with the camera.

 

Yarn: Handspun from  Romney X Corr X Merino Fleece

Needles: 5.5mm

Pattern: Transitional Yoke Cardigan by Becky Harbour

Easy to make round baking tin liner

The older I get the more I know I have a lot to learn.

I was teaching a home Ec class and I went to help a student line his cake pan.

"I already know that," he said and turned his back.

So I went to the next student.

And showed her my little trick for lining a cake pan.

She finished lining her pan quicker than he did.

First you tear a piece of baking paper as wide as the pan.

 Next you fold it into quarters. Taking notice of where the center of the paper is.

 Then fold the two sides next to that center point to meet.

 Then do that again.

 Put the paper on the pan and eyeball the middle. 

Match the middle of the pan with the center point of the paper.

 Use your fingers to mark the outer edge of the pan. 

Then use scissors to snip just in front of your fingers.

Open up the paper and you have the perfect cake pan liner!

A much quicker method than drawing around the pan then cutting,

Especially if you can never find a pen.

The message of my little story:

Sometimes we "think" we know it all.

And we don't!

Even if we think we know, we should listen.

We might actually learn something!

Flower looms

 I bought Fern and Rose a Flower Loom book from The book Depository.

The girls have had a lot of fun making yarn flowers.

 The flowers are quick to make and the girls have made a pile.

A great way to use up scap yarns.

When they aren't looking I may have to have a little go myself.