Monday, August 26, 2013

Spinning Inspiration

In June, Miryha and I attended Black Sheep Gathering and while in Eugene, OR, we spent an afternoon/evening hanging out with our friend, Karen Kahle, of Primitive Spirit.  Her wonderful blog can be viewed here:   http://www.primitivespirit.wordpress.com
I was so taken with Karen's studio -- it is my dream studio.  


Surrounded by Karen's beautiful works of art and the shabby chic ambience of her studio was such a warm and inviting environment in which to sit and knit and crochet, sipping tea. If you read Karen's blog, you will see that she is an amazing rug hooking artist. 
The warm colors of Karen's studio and the colors of wool she has dyed offered me much inspiration.  I couldn't get those colors out of my mind so a couple of weeks ago, I set about painting some roving so that I, too, could spin some yarn like the ones Karen had spun and was using in her knitting. Here's what I came up with:  Fallen Leaves II and Sunset at Manzanita.

Spun on my Majacraft Rose wheel.  712 yards of two-ply fingering weight yarn, weighing 8 oz.  I can hardly wait to get this yarn on the needles.




Thanks, Karen, for your friendship and for your beautiful work that inspires.

2 comments:

Macready said...

So beautiful- I agree - a dream studio! I love your fiber interpretation!!

Karen Piehl said...

those color ways are sumptuous! i have a feeling that i will be seeing more of this gorgeous yarn blend in months to come. thank you for sharing about our wonderful day together, creatively yours, karen