Mini Blanket for my Bodum

I like this coffee press and now even more with this mini blanket, I knitted it with a handspun I made with my CD spindle and leftover roving hand painted with food dyes.  It's simple and it really keeps my coffee warm, now I'm happy.

If you like to crochet...

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Spindle from hell

I bought this Turkish spindle from Knit Picks, it is called convertible as it could be use as a high or low whorl spindle and the advantage of this spindle is to make a center pull ball.  Let me tell you I call this one the spindle from hell, it's not balanced at all.

If you look closely you can see it's not flat underneath the thicker arm, this is a very bad design as those curves are not smooth and hang to the the wool when you try to pull this part off your ball. It is poorly made and it's not worth your money and time. Even a hand made spindle with a CD works better than this.

A bamboo stick, an old CD and a hook plus some tape and voila, you can make your own spindle. 

Cashmere sweater

 The photos been taken before blocking, I used some cashmere wool to knit it and I used the pattern Blue Lagoon Sweater from Drops but only use one colour, once it will be washed and blocked it should look way  better as it will give a little fuzz. This was my big April project. It was fun to knit, one piece sweater the only sewing is few stitches under each arms, so really no seams.

More projects from March

March was the month I crocheted more projects than I did in the entire last year. This adding to the spa set,  I crocheted one small grey neck warmer using mohair and a full size red blanket 100% wool.  It is nicely warm and light weight.  I didn't use any pattern.

For this neck warmer I crocheted a tube and folded over so it's double making it very warm.

Spa Set

March projects 

I crocheted a pink spa set with 100% cotton, this is fast and easy and the small soap bags are so handy to hang to dry out the soap.  I didn't use any pattern.

Hand made hackle

This is my hand made hackle, pretty easy to make with a plank of hard wood floor leftover and 74 nails, drill all the holes a tad tight then push the nails in.  It is 21" long including 1" 1/2 each side free to get enough space for the grips to hold it safely.  It works great.

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