Lucky you, scoring tickets!! 🤘

Upperbrook Farm is about an hour away from me, and the sheep they tend are primarily North Country Cheviot. Now they are crossing with other breeds, and this wool is the first shearing of a little ram who has a Rambouillet sire and a Romney x Cheviot dam. He's a real pleasure as a background spin.

Ready to be rehomed

And this other colourway

Finished!
#handwoven

After a two-shuttle project, a one-shuttle weave feels so much faster!

Always grateful to you! 💖

A little two shuttle gift weaving

Lol! The rabbit holes are endless. I started with making band weaving heddles, using an article that @kerstinneumuller.bsky.social published in VÄV magazine...and it opened up a whole world for me!

Two supported spindles made of dark wood are lying on a wooden table. The spindles each hold a cheerfully chubby cop of spun singles yarn, in colours of pink and blue. To the left of the singles is a twisted skein of wool, in the same colours.

Spindle spinning for loom weaving. The skein is 411 m / 50 g of 2-ply. The spindles should yield similar stats. Fibre is from Northbound Knitting in Barrie, Ontario

I wouldn't listen to it back then, but I will these days. Partly nostalgia, and partly I have more respect for corniness as I get older

Joining a guild is a great idea! Often you can rent equipment and borrow books. Spinning is a fantastic craft, and I hope you enjoy it thoroughly!

Two project bags, one with a zipper closure and one with a drawstring closure, are on a wooden table in a cluttered workspace. The main fabric of the bags is handwoven, and the base of each bag is commercial linen. In the foreground is a band weaving project in progress, on a handcarved rigid heddle.

And here we have the reason I wove this fabric: to sew project bags

#handweaving

Overhead view of a weave in progress on a floor loom. The weaving bench has a cushion covered with handwoven wool cloth

The more I weave, the more I love it

Yarn: BFL/silk laceweight dyed by Northbound Knitting in the colourway Metallurgy

#handweaving

A weaving project in process, on a 4-shaft table loom. The yarn is colourful handspun Romney wool, and the draft is Wall of Troy twill.

Finally back at the loom today
#weavingwithhandspun
#handspunyarn

Never too many spindles! 😂

Thank you! It's sw merino/nylon from by CDick Designs (who no longer dyes)

The metallic effect is so lovely, I can't bear to cover it up with another layer. Time to start another spindle, I guess.

#handspunyarn #crossarmspindle
#spindlespun

Percentage Based Scour Method by Fossil Fibers and LongDrawJames Now that we have spoken in depth about common scouring agents and methods by which they can be tested, we can present our method! We are very excited to share this with you. This method is based on…

And if you need some guidance, you can take a look at @fossilfibers.bsky.social website. They have a post about fleece imperfections, and an excellent scouring method: Percentage Based Scour Method by Fossil Fibers and LongDrawJames | Fossil Fibers share.google/4BYtvyIsZapA...

Yes, scouring is washing to remove dirt and lanolin. Have fun with your first!

I seem to recall Kim McKenna doing a segment on spinning with a hand distaff in her Working From Fleece at the School of Sweet Georgia. But I also have a distaff highlight over on ig, if you want to take a look there

❤️ to you too!

A spinning wheel with a jumbo bobbin of 2-ply yarn in blues and dark brown/black

An overhead view of a wheel spinning corner, with a modern Saxony spinning wheel, an antique wooden chair, and a homemade lazy kate

A blending board holding a layer of dyed Merino fibre in various blues and browns, with a layer of naturally coloured black/brown Romeldale fibre over it

Tour de Fleece day 3, no team, just vibes, Brenna @senesced.bsky.social style!

Today I'm plying up a blend of one part local Romeldale to two parts indie-dyed Merino, making yarn to knit a sleeveless top.

Two clear plastic bags are on a wooden table, and in the foreground, the sweetest note is being held aloft in my hand

Washed locks of the most beautiful black wool with brown tips are scattered on a tabletop. The wool was shorn from Gwen, a ewe tended by @shepherdessofbs.bsky.social

Raw buck wool locks from a Merino ram by the name of Carmy, suitably light caramel in colour and looking delectable, also from the flock of Erin @shepherdessofbs.bsky.social

Coming home to some woolly mail from a friend must be the best way to start the weekend. Thank you @amivice.bsky.social for this beautiful package of wool grown by the flock of @shepherdessofbs.bsky.social, I can't wait to play with this treasure!

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Ontario Sock Batch B Canadian wool: Grown, milled, and hand-dyed within Canada! Batch B: 105 grams and 380 yards. Ever so slightly thicker strands than Batch A, and more yardage per skein. Very similar to a traditional co...

Maybe Ontario Sock Batch B – Alley Cat Yarns share.google/YcwgdxmFFdzf...

Left to right: 1. Grey Romney x Cheviot X Rambouillet 2. Charcoal merino lamb with light tips 3. Black Shetland 4. Black Romeldale lamb 5. Brown Romeldale lamb

Recent wool scouring led to some really beautiful little bundles of hand combed top

I love it! Watching people weave well is such a pleasure. And an education.

The sweater is knit

Omg, I can definitely hear her saying that!