big skein of Jacob

this is the next one, yarn spinning. i span scored Jacob into bulky thick and thin yarn on a big heavy spindle.
there are the felted room shoes from the previous  post and the art yarn by pluckyfluff(=Lexi Boeger) called Candy Cane behind.

finishing spinning the yarn will be taken on a niddy-noddy to be a big skein, and it will be sunk into hot water to settle the spin.

this yarn is 2 ply and balanced well enough not to put weight on to straighten so i dried it without any. can you see an envelope hanging next to the yarn? that's basil seeds i grew on my balcony inside of it to be dried as well.
i bought first basil seeds from herbisland vegetable garden, which my favorite herb shop, and grow them every year and take seeds for the next year and seed next year. i have repeated this for several years by now. when i get my basil grow big enough, i give some to my friends and my friends eat some and also take seeds and give to their friends... this basil chain reaction is kind of spread for a while! nice, isn't it? great taste and really good basil. i love it!

there is a knotted rug woven with dyed fleece locks behind the Jacob skein. and right below there is a huge felted piece as a blanket, a single size. both are my handmade, it took a week for me to make this blanket. i will show this later.

room shoes making for 2 years

recently i am so busy for seasonal works at my main job that i cannot work on my new craft projects... so i post some of those projects i've done and taken photos to store in my lousy iPhone for while.
some of them will be sold at market, Marche and web. most of my projects are for cold seasons, so they won't be gone in summer time. i should think of some projects for summer.

now this is the first one, thick felted room shoes. i used natural colored Corriedale for the base and put some berries on them as toppings. i made a pair of room shoes 2 years ago, but they are too small for ladies so i had to modify them to something. and this is how it worked.