Cotton woven bag

Cotton woven bag
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Cotton warp and weft
7" square
Lined with cotton fabric
Shoulder strap is plaited cord

Pre-flight checks

Pre-flight checks
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Enjoying the sunshine in England before leaving for Michigan tomorrow.

WIP: International montage

WIP: International montage
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Knitting banana fibre in England, with my knitting needle roll made by Nikki in Australia. The finished scarf is destined for Lori's Mom in USA.

The proud parents

The proud parents
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Here's the new addition with Mummy and Daddy

Ahhhh little baby...

Ahhhh little baby...
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

look what hatched in our garden on Easter Day!

Happy Chicken Family

Happy Chicken Family
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

And now there's more of them. Spotted out in the garden yesterday, just casually sitting, chatting. As chickens do.

What is it about stringy legs and knotted knees? I love 'em.

Nikki's Giveaway

Win a craft magazine from Australia here:
http://nikkis-attic.blogspot.com/2010/03/giveaway.html
Tiptoe there quietly though this weekend, because she's watching the Australian Grand Prix. In Australia. Obviously. Sssshhh.

Happy chicken

Happy chicken
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

I love these little creatures with skinny legs and knotty knees. Now I'm on a mission to find more patterns for more little knobbly kneed creatures to knit or crochet.

Rachel wouldn't let me Etsy this one, so he's staying with us. There will be more, however, and they will soon be starring in an Etsy shop near you.

Knitted scarf

Knitted scarf
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

knitted on big needles with 2 types of yarn. 50% linen

Corespun

Corespun
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Wild and wacky corespun.
Merino, sari silk, mulberry silk.
Don't go looking in your Granny's knitting patterns for ideas for this one. It's just not that kind of yarn.
Approx 36 yards.

I'm having lots of fun with this corespun thing.

Love knitting!

Love knitting!
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

On January 23rd my picture was 44th out of 500 on Flickr's Explore. And there it is, amongst all the arty pics taken by professional photographers...my little bit of knitting. Who'd have thought it...?!

Red Hot Batt

Red Hot Batt
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Another one ready for the Etsy shop!
Planning on opening this weekend, I think.

Banana yarn scarf

Banana yarn scarf
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

I'm hoping to get my Etsy shop up and running within a week or so. It will stock scarves, batts and handspun yarn.

washcloth puzzle!

washcloth puzzle!
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Wendy (spinweaver) in USA knitted and painted this washcloth. Then she unravelled it and sent it to me in the UK to knit up again. She left the cast on stitches and told me about the corners to keep me on track, but the rest was a mystery! This was DIFFICULT! It's by no means perfect but I'm happy with this. I have to be, I undid more than I knitted, I'm sure!
Actually, it was fun and I think we should do it as an official Swap-Bot swap.

Citrus silk

Citrus silk
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

This one's lovely. I was going to add some blue but then I loved what I'd got so far. Loads of silk in it. It's going to be one of the first items in my Etsy shop, to open in a couple of weeks.

Can't stop carding!

Can't stop carding!
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

My latest batt. Merino, silk and angora.

I won a Lazy Kate! The new competition tensioned one. From www.handspinner.co.uk
Thanks Shiela. You now have another loyal customer in me.
i haven't tried it out yet as I have to spin the other half of this batt.

Autumn Leaves Mitts

Autumn Leaves Mitts
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Finished them!

My first carded, spun and crocheted project completed. See previous pics for blend of merino before and after carding, and spun wool.

Merino yarn handspun

Merino yarn handspun
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

One mitten is finished. Just needs ends sewing in and a button putting on. Now I need to reproduce 65g of yarn for the other one!

Our garden yesterday

Our garden yesterday
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

It was cold. -7C
Ellen was eating snow and ice.

Carded merino and mitt.

Carded merino and mitt.
Originally uploaded by Secret Sheep

Here is my blended wool ready to spin. I only lightly carded it (once through the carder alternating between red blend and green). The unfinished mitten took 44g of spun wool. I'll still need to do more...