Baby bibs, fingerless gloves, pin cushions, and laundry soap

 I crocheted a new bib using vintage bibs as inspiration.  My bib:

My inspiration:

I will be writing up the pattern if there is interest.  Let me know.

My fingerless gloves are completed.

 I am placing the pin cushions on my Etsy site.  I added weights to the bottom of the pin cushion and on the top is a yo yo with emery grit inside.  Emery grit helps the needles and pins stay sharpened. 

This is the second batch of laundry soap.  I added less water and  it also separated.  I made a third batch with less water.

 

The third batch I made has separated a little bit, but I also eliminated more water.  I am planning on making 1 or two more batches of soap with a few variations and I will blog about it and show the results.  All of us want to save money and put out the least amount of effort doing so.

Thank you for viewing my blog.  I hope you have a wonderful week!
Dawnie

SPINNING WITH THE USE OF A KANSAS PHOTOGRAPH

The Wichita Weavers, Spinners and Dyers' Guild is displaying our work for an upcoming event.  The instructions are to spin fiber, (I used Merino, bamboo, and tussah silk.), and make a pair of fingerless gloves to match a framed photograph of Kansas, color wise, using the handspun yarn.  I work at an apartment community and one of the residents took a picture of the lake the apartments surround.  I thought this photo would be a great photo to use for the project.  I purchased the wool roving to spin the wool.  I prefer to card my wool and make a one of a kind batt, but occasionally it is nice to buy fiber which is ready to spin.  This weekend, I spun the wool for the gloves.  I will keep you posted as the gloves progress. (They are over half done at this time.) I plan to make gloves like the gloves I crocheted a couple of years ago.  The photo is not in the frame shown above, but I will show you very soon.  I like the use of the photo as an inspiration piece.  What do you think?  Will it help inspire you?

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