ChippyGirl
@chippygirl
Proud to be part of "the social media of the elites” and "tofu eating wokerati" brigade
Started #spinning my next project. Bought from the Summer Wool Show from Velvet Sixpence. Mycelium nicemix of fibres and hopefully enough for a striped jumper 🤞 #tourdefleece #handspinning #wool
Well that rain did nothing! Still Picked 2kg of tomatoes from the poly-tunnel and found a lost courgette! 🤣 #allotment
Bought a bag of merino combed top laps 115g / 330m of blue grey and a bit f mauve #tourdefleece #handspinning #spinning #yarn
Agressively bocking my Sunburst shawl It's a KAL but I don't do social media apart from Bluesky Pattern #SunburstShawl by #UnderTheOliveTree #JemArrowsmith Knitted in Hjertegarn Longcolors #SunburstShawlKAL #Knitsky #knitting #yarn
Finally finished spinning the fleece I was given 2 years ago. I think it’s Romney 1600m of dk about 700g weight Should be able to knit a jumper ( but waiting for weather to cool)
Trying some fractal spinning using merino ends 280m of 4ply weight #TourDeFleece #yarn #wool #spinning
Blackcurrant and redcurrant made into cassis - grandpa has already taken 2 bottles- another lot is macerating! Remaining 2.5kg if currents are in the freezer! We had a lot!
Finished spinning my fleece -0only taken me 2 years to process it 🤣 I think it’s a Romney 700g and around 1630m 14 wpi Need to find a project…
Todays excitement on the allotment something visiting our pond Don’t know what it is but still wonderful to see
Sitting on the allotment watching bumblebees going into a gap of our old shed. Surprised to see so many go in and out Think they might be garden bumblebees 🐝 @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Blocking the shard Shetland Ruffles by Kieran Foley using Second City yarns no 11 bus Kings Heath #knitsky #knit #Birmingham
Finally finished my #SunGlitterShawl by #UnderTheOliveTree knitted in yak silk fingering hand dyed by #CoastalColours #knitting #knit #yarn #wool
Finished my Arboreal jumper by #JenniferSteingass using #JohnArbon Devon Natural. Just got to stop OH from wearing it! #yarn #wool #knitting #knit
Listening to Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair Forgotten what a great record it was...taking me back to Bath Uni sitting in friends room listening to it on a C90 cassette (other side was Lloyd Cole if I remember correctly)
Gone are the times when you used to be able to walk around a field But good to hear a skylark singing in flight ❤️