Accordian Socks continued

I started knitting on these Accordian Socks January 16, 2010 and finished this first pair on January 29, 2010. I am almost finished with the first sock of the second pair. I'm working on the foot of that sock, so it shouldn't take me much longer to finish it and get the mate started.

I love knitting with the Alchemy Juniper sock yarn. This yarn is just scrumptous to knit socks up with. I've knit up many socks with this yarn and just love the way the socks turn out. Yes, I've knit socks up with other yarns as well, but I just find that this yarn is just so soft when knitting up socks.

There are just so many beautiful colors too that Alchemy Juniper makes. I am going to try and make up socks from all their beautiful yarns. My next pair of these Accordian socks are being knitted with the Alchemy Juniper Jade. This pair was knitted using the Alchemy Juniper Amethyst. I used the Alchemy Juniper Jade in my Riverside Handwarmers.

Diagional Lace Socks (continued)

These socks were started on January 14, 2010 and finished January 30, 2010. They were knitted for my mom, who lives in California. She can only wear cotton so I knitted these up using Opal 2009 cotton sock yarn.

I love the colors in this yarn and will definitely try to get more of this yarn. My mom liked this pattern on another pair of socks that I had made. So I decided to knit her socks up using this pattern.

Yesterday I wrapped them up and printed out the shipping label. So first thing Monday morning I will take them to the post office and mail them off to my mom. She should have a nice new pair of socks to wear come by Wednesday.

Riverside Handwarmers (Continued)

These handwarmers were started on January 11, 2010 and finished on January 15, 2010. I didn't get the picture taken though until January 28, 2010. Yah, I know I'm very slow at taking pictures. LOL I needed to have hubby take the picture and it was hard to catch and get the picture taken.

I love the way these handwarmers turned out and will have to try other handwarmer patterns as well. My customers hands will definitely stay warm when wearing these.

I'm going to have to make myself a pair, that's for sure. Especially when the temperature is only 8 degrees above zero.

Friday's Spinning Day in Phillipston (Cancelled)

Due to a snow storm that came through yesterday, and freezing temperature's, today's Spinning Day was Cancelled. Since I don't have 4 wheel drive on my car, I didn't want to take any chances of getting stuck. However, I am still looking forward to going and will be keeping an eye on the forecast for next week. I'm hoping that sometime next week we'll be able to have our Spinning Day. In the mean time I will be carding up more Green Merino and Superfine White Merino batts for my Saint Patricks Day Yarn.

When I'm not carding I'll be knitting on the Diagonal Socks for my mom (which I only have the cuff left to finish), the Accordian Socks (last pair for customer), and the Zig Zag Scarf (which is also almost finished). I will also be starting on another knit4me in 2010 project soon.

Friday's Spinning Day in Phillipston

This Friday I'm going over to Sugar Hollow Farm to help a fellow Spinner. She just bought a spinning wheel and is having trouble figuring out how to spin on it. She contacted me through my website email and asked if I could help her. So this Friday I'm off to Phillipston to help her out. I figure its my turn to return a favor someone did for me when I was first learning to spin. She asked me if I had a drum carder and if so could I bring it with me on Friday. So not only will I be helping her with her spinning wheel but, we'll be carding batts as well. LOL What a fun day I'm going to have. I really am looking forward to this. So today in between knitting on the Diagonal Socks, Accordian Socks and the Zig Zag Scarf I'm going to card up some Green Merino and Superfine White Merino (my Saint Patrick's Day project), so I can spin on my drop spindle while I'm there. I already have one batt carded and started spinning with, so I just need to card up a few more batts to take with me.

Busy Knitting

This week looks to be just like last week.............Busy! I'm still knitting on the Diagonal Socks for my mom. However, I'm almost finished with them. I'm finishing up the heel flap and starting on the leg today of the mate to her socks.

Now as for the Accordian Socks for my customer.....I'm almost finished with the foot of the mate to the first pair. I should be done with this sock today and starting on the second pair. I'm need to get some batteries for my camera to take a picture of the Riverside Handwarmers as well as the Accordian Socks.

The Zig Zag Scarf is coming along too as I now have 34 inches knitted on it. I'd probably have more knitted if I spent more time on it.

My next project is to knit a hat and some socks for the February Kal on SSYC. The socks though will not be started until February 1st. Which is coming up really fast.

First things first though, I must..............must finish these Diagonal Socks and Accordian Socks.

Good Morning and Welcome to Spinning Ginny's

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome to Spinning Ginny's Handspun Yarn and Other Gifts. I love to spin wool on both my drop spindle and also on my Ashford Kiwi Student Spinning Wheel. Unfortunately for the past week and a half I've neglecticed my spinning, in order to complete some customer orders. I also love making Handmade Goats Milk Soap and have several different Sheep Soaps in various fragrances made up and listed in my store.

I love knitting up Hand knitted socks as well, as you can see from the listings I have available on my website. Right now I'm in the process of knitting up 3 pairs of socks for 2 different customers. I have 2 pairs almost finished and the other pair waiting to be started. I also Knit Dish Cloths and have a few listed on my website as well. I also Knit Scarves from my handspun yarn. I'm in the process of knitting one at this very moment.

I love to Weave as well and have a few projects in the works. I have a 36 inch floor loom that I love to Weave Scarves and Dish Towels on (right now I am weaving dish towels), it. I have a 20 inch Table Top Loom that I'm weaving coverlet squares on, an Inkle Loom, a Tapestry Loom and a 3 Foot Tri-Loom. I just finished taking a project off the Tri-Loom and I'm finishing up the final touches on this project.

I carry a couple Drop Spindles in my store as well as some fiber for spinning. I also have some books on spinning, and knitting. I have a few knitting needles and other knitting supplies as well.

I hope that you all had a wonderful time looking around my store. I hope to see you all again really soon. Thanks for stopping by and come again.

Ginny
www.spinningginny.com

Winter Sky Merino Zig Zag Scarf continued

Because I'm in know particular hurry to finish this scarf, I only knit on it once a day. However, I've been knitting on it now for 3 days and already have 13 1/2 inches. Its coming along nicely and knitting up fairly fast. Since this is a fairly easy pattern, I can now knit it with out the pattern, but I still have to count every row to make sure I increase and decrease where I'm supposed to. This also helps when I'm fixing to change the direction of the zig zag pattern. Widening the scarf a bit gives it a little more warmth around the neck too. Since the pattern says to knit it to 72 inches I only need to knit 58.5 more inches. hehehehe That shouldn't take me too much longer since I'm using size 9 needles to knit this scarf.

Happy Knitting!
Ginny

Accordian Socks continued

Last night I finished the first Accordian sock. It turned out really nice, I think. Now I just need to get busy and get the mate started and finished, so that I can knit up the second pair for my customer. I'm really behind on these socks, but I'm knitting as fast as I can. Thank goodness for patient customers. hehehehe

Happy Knitting everyone!

Diagional Lace Socks continued

When I last posted about these socks, I had only just started on them. I am now almost finished with the first sock for my mom. I probably would have had the first sock finished and the second sock started if, it weren't for a silly mistake I made back around the beginning of the sock. See I had the toe finished (or so I thought) and had started on the foot and pattern. Well, I got to the gusset part of the sock and I wasn't coming up with the right amount of stitches on the back side. Instead of the stitches being an odd number, they were coming out to be an even number. So I ended up ripping (or frogging as some call it) back down to the toe. When I got there I found that I didn't add 1 stitch increase on the backside.

Anyway's I've now since fixed my mistake and have finished the foot, gusset, heel turn, heel flap and have 2 1/2 inches finished on the leg. I have 3 more inches left to knit on the leg before starting on the cuff which is only 1 inch more. So hopefully I'll finish this first sock today and start on its mate. I know that my mom is waiting patiently for these socks.

Winter Sky Merino Zig Zag Scarf

Yesterday afternoon I started knitting on a new project for my store. Its a zig zag scarf that I found on Ravelry. I of course added 15 extra stitches to make a wider scarf as the original scarf has only 15 stitches. I'm using some of my Handspun Winter Sky Merino Yarn to knit this scarf. So far I'm liking how this scarf is turning out, of course I've only knitted 2 1/2 inches on it so far. I'm also knitting with a size 9 circular needle, so that is helping to knit this scarf up faster.

Accordian Socks

On Monday a customer contacted me and asked if I could knit her up some scrunch socks along with some handwarmers. I told her I could and made her up and invoice. Then I pulled out the yarn that she wanted the scrunch socks and handwarmers made out of, then started looking for patterns. I found the pattern for the handwarmers (Riverside Handwarmers) on Ravelry and saw a pattern for scrunch socks there too, however my budget is a little tight at the moment and so I had to pass on the scrunch socks pattern on Ravelry.

I continued looking high and low for a scrunch sock pattern that was free and finally came up with this pattern. The pattern is http://www.soxie.com/accordiansox.html/ its not really a scrunch sock but it looks like it knit up fast and easy.

I started knitting on it this morning. So far I have about 1 1/2 inches done on it. I haven't worked on it much though today. This is due to given my 4 Shih Tzu's a bath, doing laundry and knitting on my mom's socks too.

I'm knitting these Accordian Socks with Alchemy Juniper Amethyst Sock Yarn for the first pair and the second pair will be knitted with Alchemy Juniper Jade Sock Yarn.

Diagional Lace Socks

Last Month my mom asked me if I could knit her up another pair of cotton socks. I said, "sure mom". Then I went online looking for a nice skein of Cotton yarn that called out for a pair of socks to be knit up for my mom. I looked high and low before I came across a skein at Web's online store that called out to me to be a pair of socks for my mom. I placed the order around the first of this month and the yarn arrived last Friday. I had to wait of course for a pair of needles to become available, before I could start knitting on her socks. Then yesterday I finished a pair of socks and now I have an empty pair of size 1 circular needles to start knitting these Daiagional Lace Socks for her.

So now I just need to pick up the needles that are laying here in my lap and start casting on. So here goes casting on. LOL Time to start knitting.

Pink Plumeria Sheep Goats Milk Soap.

Handmade Pink Plumeria Sheep Goats Milk Soap. This bar is a large bar of approximately 4 oz of Pink Plumeria Sheep Goats Milk Soap. Each bar was individually poured into a sheep soap mold. Then when cooled were individually wrapped to preserve the soap. Ingredients: Glycerin, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Lauric Acid; Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sorbitol, Triethanolmaine, Sodium Chloride, Goats Milk Powder, EDTA, Titanium Dioxide, Plumeria Oil Fragrance, Countryside Pink Dye.

On Hold Socks

On December 31, 2009 I started knitting on these socks. I have been loving knitting some of the different socks from Wendy D. Johnson's "Socks from the Toe Up" book. I am totally hooked on knitting socks from the toe up now. I love knitting socks either from the top down or from the toe up, so I don't really have a prefrence as to which one way I like the best.

These socks were knit using Alchemy Juniper Soft Turqoise sock yarn. I cast on 13 stitches instead of 15 for the toe and then continued increasing until I had 33 stitches on both needles of my size 1 circular needles. I found this pattern to be fairly easy to knit after a while, so didn't have to refer back to the pattern too much, except when working on the heel turn. That area I alway have to look at in the book so as to make sure I'm doing it right.

The foot has 5 repeats + 4 rows before starting the gusset. The leg had 6 repeats + 8 rows before starting on the cuff. The cuff has only 10 rows (which equals in my knitting to 1 inch). The foot measures 10 inches and the leg measures 7 inches. These socks fit a size 9 Adult Ladies Socks.

Knitting 4 myself first in 2010

This year I decided I wanted to knit something for myself first, and socks were the first thing on my list. I really needed a new pair of socks to help keep my feet warm on the days when the temperature droped to 10 degrees above zero. I had a lot of left over Alchemy Juniper Sock Yarn and didn't know what to do with it, then the light bulb went off in my head. I could knit myself a pair of socks using up this left over yarn. Then I thought about whether I wanted to knit them from the top down or from the toe-up. I ended up deciding on knitting them from the toe-up using the Gusset Heel Basic Sock pattern in Wendy D. Johnson's Socks from the Toe Up. I then grabed my size 1 circular needles and started casting on.

I cast on using Alchemy Juniper Jade, then I changed colors every 21 rows, using Joshua Tree, Pine, Champagne, and Amethyst. When I finished these socks I wove in all the loose ends and washed them as they were a tiny bit baggy on my feet. Once they were washed and dried they fit perfectly on my feet and the yarn became very soft and supple. I just love my new socks!

http://www.simplysockyarn.typepad.com/

Now I just need to knit a few more things for myself.

Riverside Handwarmers

Today I started knitting on this project http://www.chiagu.com/knitting-patterns/handwarmers/. This pattern calls for 44 stitches for a small and I have increased it to 52 stitches. I'm using Alchemy Juniper Jade Sock Yarn for these handwarmers. Right now I only have 8 rows knitted so far. I still need to knit 22 more rows before I decrease for the thumb. I love that these handwarmers are simple for my first pair ever to knit. This pattern is fairly stretchy since its a k2, p2 stitch throughout the pattern. This will make it easy for putting on and taking off.

New at Spinning Ginny's

Handmade Vanilla Bean Sheep Goats Milk Soap

The bar is a large bar of approximately 4 oz of Vanilla Bean Goats Milk Soap. Each bar was individually poured into a Sheep Soap Mold. Then when cooled were individually wrapped to preserve the soap. Ingredients: Glycerin, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Lauric Acid; Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sorbitol, Triethanolmaine, Sodium Chloride, Goats Milk Powder, EDTA, Titanium Dioxide, Vanilla Bean Fragrance Oil.

KySpindles Mare Spindle (Maple)

New on the Kentucky-made product front. The Mare weights between 1.4 and 1.8 oz. This spindle is very nicely balanced and spins for a good long time; and is finished satiny-smooth,a pleasure to spin with.

Knitting 4 myself first in 2010

I have read several blogs where more knitters are resolving to knit more for themselves this year. Some may find this very selfish, however, in this bloggers oppinion, I find that its about restocking my sock drawer with socks, while enjoying the knitting process, as well as reminding myself that I am worth keeping an item every now and again. Since I can appreciate the time, love and patience it takes to make one of these items, I'd like to gift myself with one of these items this year. Especially since all my other hand knitted socks are starting (after 3 1/2 years), to show signs of wear, and that my hubby took over my handwoven scarf.

I'm finding that I deserve something too!

So on Jan 2, I ordered some sock yarn from Simply Socks Yarn Company to knit myself some socks. I am really looking forward to knitting up myself a new pair of socks. I haven't decided on a pattern yet though. Although, I do have 3 different books to (More Sensational Knitted Socks, Socks from the Toe-Up, and Sock Inovation), choose from. I hope to also knit up a scarf from some of my handspun yarn to keep my neck warm when its only 8 degrees outside.

2009 Finished Projects

Its the beginning of a new and wonderful year. So here's my list of projects from 2009:

Tonks Toddler Socks Size 4

Tonks Toddler Socks Size 5

Dumbledore Toddler Socks Size 7

Draco Children's Socks Size 8

Ron Children's Socks Size 9

Harry Children's Socks Size 10

Harry and Ron Children's Socks Size 11

Baby Blanket

Pear Dish Cloth

Lighthouse Dish Cloth

Warren's Basic Socks

Crocheted Shawl

Intertwining Leaf Socks

Pink/Peach Merino Beaded Scarf

Patrica's Basic Socks

Anastasia Socks

Berlin Muster Socks

Puss & Boots Socks

Diagional Lace Socks

Lacy Rib Socks

Dead Simple Lace Socks

Tic-Tac-Toe-Up Socks

Tony's Socks

Butterfly Socks

Snowy Night Gansey Stocking

Toe-up Socks with Gusset Heel

Tri-Loom Shawl

So that's 29 projects in all. Here is the break down: 4 pairs of size 4 Toddler socks, 4 pairs of size 5 Toddler socks, 4 pairs of size 7 Toddler socks, 4 pairs of size 8 Children's socks, 4 pairs of size 9 Children's socks, 4 pairs of size 10 Children's socks, 4 pairs of size 11 Children's socks, 1 baby blanket, 4 pear dish cloths, 4 lighthouse dish cloths, 2 pairs of men's socks, 1 crocheted shawl, 1 beaded scarf, 12 pairs of Ladies socks, 2 stockings, 1 woven shawl. Not bad for a years worth of knitting, crocheting and weaving! I can't wait to see what will go on my needles, hooks and looms in 2010.

Happy 2010!

2009 was a year filled with many blessings and some disappointments. For my own part I am looking forward to 2010 with the hope that it will have far more blessings then disappointments. I am looking forward to spinning more yarn, weaving more products, knitting more products, and making more soap. I am even looking forward to adding new yarns, drop spindles etc to my store.

As my little spinning business grows, I really want to reach out to all you guys all the more and give you many more products for you to look at. Thank you all so much! I hope you all have a wonderful New Year!