It's been a long, long time...

I kind of took a break from most crafting, even spinning.  I've been getting back to it lately though.

I'm still turning spindles, plus I made a darning mushroom on Friday.  It's a bit on the small side because that was the largest blank I had, but it's kind of cute!

Though it's poplar, so part of it was turning green before I got some Danish oil on it.

I even tried reproducing an antique Sami drop spindle:

The stone whorl comes off, and I made it so it will work as a supported spindle as well.  As a supported it works really well without the whorl. :-)  There is another antique Scandinavian spindle I want to reproduce but it will probably be awhile before I get to it.

I also created another supported spindle:

My friend calls it "Spinner's Heart", as the whorl is supposed to be shaped as a heart.  I need to work on the shaping a bit more, but it's a nice spindle - surprisingly zippy. :-)


I've been knitting a bit, this is a Wisp scarf:

I've made a lot of mistakes while knitting it, but I don't think they will be too obvious.


I also started a new weaving project - a Sky Scarf!  This is January:

I'm really behind on it though, I haven't woven on it since the last day of February so I have a lot to catch up on!  It's a really fun weave though!

Oh and DH got me a new camera for Christmas, so the pictures on the blog should be better now.  It's a bit fancy for me though! :-) 

Hopefully I will get back to blogging a bit more regularly. ::fingers crossed::