Wednesday 15 June 2011

camel silk! WIP wednesday ~ 15/06/2011

Hello lovely people!  I do hope you are having a fantabulous day :)


Well it is WIP Wednesday with Tami today ! and here is my offering.

I've decided to not bore you today with the incredibly slow progress of my crochet Lucy bag and instead thought I would share this with you.

I started with this....

Gorgeous yummy camel with tussah silk tops ~drool~  it was/is just lovely... if not a bit static and fly away.

which I then spun into two singles on my lovely Louet wheel Bertie which looked like this...


so once I had spun the singles I plied them together into this...


This picture was taken before I set the twist so it ended up much more even than that and the colour is much more golden IRL it feel very silky and has a nice drape to it.

So then I wound it into a ball and it languished in my yarn basket for ages!  It would look at me with pleading eyes demanding attention so when I saw the pattern for "age of brass and steam" kerchief it would just look amazing in this yarn!

So today here we are... we have another WIP!



So here we go!  hopefully this one won't haunt me for the next month or two ;)

And as we were all hungry for something lovely I used my favourite allergy friendly chocolate cake recipe (egg,nut and dairy free) to make these which were enjoyed by all!


If you are looking for a fab cake recipe safe for allergies you can find the recipe here 

Anyway... we are going to go and find some muddy puddles to splash in before dinner.  Have a lovely evening, which should probably involve heading over to Tami's Blog and looking at all the other WIP posts that are there.

Thanks for dropping by...

T x

15 comments:

  1. That yarn looks so silky and shiny. Can't wait to hear how the finished item feels!

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  2. you can really see the silk shining through IRL it is much more two tone and is soooo soft!

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  3. Oh wow that yarn is just gorgeous! It's shimmering gold yumminess. Will look forward to seeing how the shawl looks (I love that pattern have it in my queue)

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  4. I can almost feel the softness of the camel yarn. Spinning fascinates me - true magical beauty x

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  5. Lovely yarn, the fiber looks so soft and silky! How nice to knit what you spun.

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  6. That yarn looks nice. I am looking forward to seeing what the project looks like.

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  7. Ooh that yarn looks so soft and shiny! Also I'm drooling over the cakes, yum yum.

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  8. I tried to comment last night but my phone didn't like it. I love the yarn... and the cakes look pretty yummy too!

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  9. Wow, the camel-silk look so soft! :)

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  10. Must you tempt me with cake!!! I am trying to avoid making the cake mix in my pantry. I used the no icing excuse, but then I went and bought icing!

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  11. Beautiful yarn and tasty looking cakes- yum!

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  12. LOL I thought that 1st pic was of a wig or a doll's head; amazing color of yarn :-)

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  13. That is exactly what I was going to say Vivianne - It looked like Ms Piggy's gorgeous hair on The Muppets!

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  14. Oh my, that camel yarn has me slack-jawed! It's gorgeous. Oh yes, you HAD to share the picture of the baked goods, didn't you?

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  15. thank you for all your lovely comments and sorry about the cake temptation all... they were rather nice though :)

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