Louet s10c spinning wheel on a deck with a bobbin half full of creamy white singles
Good morning #tourdefleece day 2!
Yesterday greeted me with a long internet outage and limited data (because everyone wanted their internet), but expect near-daily spinning content starting today!
First up on the wheel is some carded Hog Island.
#fiberart #stashdashers #wemakeyarn #spinsky
A piece of knit fabric in a dark chocolate brown, mostly in stockinette, with a few purl stripes. Along the right side numbers are written, those numbers correspond to the needle sizes used to knit that section of the piece.
After I’ve scoured my sample, I spin it up in a simple 2y and then knit a sizeable swatch, using multiple needle sizes. I start two sizes smaller than I think will be ideal, and work my way up.
#knitting #knittingWithHandspun #knitsky #wemakeyarn #blackCheviot
A piece of a lavender wool and sari silk fiber batt rolled up with an orange support spindle resting across it. The support spindle has a single of yarn wrapped around the shaft.
About an hour’s worth of the batt spun yesterday. So. Much. Texture. But it’s smooth and easy spinning!
I did stop early at one point and debate switching to my wheel to spin thicker, but ultimately committed to supported spindle. This will be a fun journey!
#spinsky #wemakeyarn #supportspindle
An unspun fiber batt in a purple/lavender color with a rainbow of sari silk texture throughout. A bare orange wood support spindle rests across the batt. A tag also on the batt shows the fiber contents and reads: Hand Washed Wool "Lars" Herdwick x Romney Lamb Loch Lomond Livestock, SK blended with 20% recycled Sari Silk
Fresh spin, all the possibilities.
Fiber: chaos batt from @mellyknits.bsky.social
Spindle: Spanish Peacock
#spinsky #supportedspindle #handspinning #handspun #supportedspinning #handspunyarn #supportspindle #wemakeyarn
While I continue to scour my Dorset Down, I’m also doing some play spins.
This is a batt from some of the very fine and short and full of VM neck wool, blended with a Shetland X Romney and a couple of silk hankies.
Very pleasant to spin.
#spinsky #handspinning #wemakeyarn
4 support spindles of different shapes and woods lined up. All are wrapped with about an ounce each of gray wool & silk singles. Perspective of the photo is lowered with a focus more on the spindle points.
4 support spindles of different shapes and woods lined up. All are wrapped with about an ounce each of gray wool & silk singles. Perspective of the photo is more from the top down.
Still here, still slowly spinning.
Left spindle is from Nov ‘24, right 3 are from the
#peahennostressspinalong. And now that I’ve taken glamour shots, I’m free to ply this weekend!
#supportedspindle #handspinning #handspun #supportedspinning #handspunyarn #supportspindle #wemakeyarn
Two Spanish Peacock wooden support spindles. One has a shaft full of a gray and lightly white textured single of yarn and the other is still empty. The tips of both spindle shafts rest on an unspun pile of fiber. A pillow spinning bowl from Straddle Creek sits on the background
One spindle down for the #peahennostressspinalong AND halfway through this batt. Onward to a new fluff pile and a new spindle!
#springspinalong
#supportedspindle #handspinning #handspun #supportedspinning #handspunyarn #supportspindle #wemakeyarn
A zebra wood support spindle on a rustic wood background. The spindle has a single of gray textured fiber wrapped around the shaft.
Day 4 / April 6 results for the #peahennostressspinalong. I had aspirations to finish my 1 ounce set aside for this spindle, but slow & steady progress is still progress!
#springspinalong
#supportedspindle #handspinning #handspun #supportedspinning #handspunyarn #supportspindle #wemakeyarn
A cross arm spindle made from quilted ash, with a little flower painted on one arm. In the background there is a wooden ring distaff with some black top wound on it, and the beginning of a cop on the spindle.
After many months of scouring destash threads on Ravelry I finally managed to buy a Jenkins spindle, an Aegean, made from quilted Ash, weighing in at 20g. Now to get to know her better!
#spinsky #spindlespinning #handspinning #wemakeyarn
A zebra wood support spindle with a gray singles yarn just starting to be wrapped around the spindle shaft.
My Day 3 / April 5 results for the #peahennostressspinalong. I burned the midnight oil and got some good kid-free spinning time in! 🥳
#springspinalong
#supportedspindle #handspinning #handspun #supportedspinning #handspunyarn #supportspindle #wemakeyarn
A hand holds a hot pink spindle with some spun pink yarn, nestled in a handful of more fiber... also pink
Pink! 💖 Fiber by Ingelnook Fibers, ninja spindle by @spanishpeacock.bsky.social #supportedspindle #handspinning #handspun #supportedspinning #wemakeyarn
Two ply yarn skeined and resting in a bowl on a black backdrop. Yarn is barberpoled in dark pink, purple and blue, with flashes of pale blue and lime green.
Two ply yarn skeined and shown up close. An Australian 5c piece rests under a strand to demonstrate the yarn’s fineness. Yarn is barberpoled in dark pink, purple and blue, with flashes of pale blue and lime green.
A lovely moody braid of Cheviot from @waratahfibres. I spun it fairly fine and Andean plied it - should make a lovely scarf on the knitters loom.
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#canberraspinnersandweavers #slowmade #handspun #australian #craft #wemakeyarn #seaflowerspins #notenoughhoursintheday
A skein of handspun sock yarn in a gradient from light blue to light green to a greyish olive green on a niddy-noddy.
Sock yarn fresh off the wheel, now having its spa treatment.
The gradient worked out well! 🧶
#spinning #spinsky #wemakeyarn #handspunsockyarn
A bobbin full of fine handspun singles in varying shades of light green, grey and charcoal.
Spinning up more sock yarn tonight. 🧶
#spinning #wemakeyarn #fibrearts #spinsky
Today I'm braiding up some Lemongrass! The snow has finally melted and I'm impatiently waiting for signs of spring to poke their noses out of the ground. For now I'll have to pretend with this fun blend of merino, silk and bamboo in pretty greens and yellows 🥰
#wool #spinning #wemakeyarn #merino
I know taking action is hard, and it's scary. But a year from now, you will wish you'd started today.
The Balrog colorway by @fossilfibers
Ninja supported spindles by @spanish_peacock
#supportedspindle #supportedspinning #wemakeyarn #handspunyarn #handspun
A little Fiesta for you today! Gorgeous pinks and purples on super soft merino 💕
#spinningwool #spinning #merinowool #wemakeyarn
The finished mashup in it's skein glory! 11WPI the main 3 are a 3ply with 872 finished yards, the green and the little baby one are 2 ply 350 yds. #spinallthethings #spinningyarn #spinning #mashup #mashupspinning #thefinishesskiens #wemakeyarn
Four small skeins of handspun yarn: one hairy grey, one multicolour with shades of gold and purple, one natural white and one soft grey. The skeins are lying on a wooden table.
A close up view of four handspun yarn skeins: one hairy grey, one multicolour with shades of gold and purple, one natural white and one soft grey. The skeins are lying on a wooden table.
I’ve been clearing bobbins.
From left to right:
• Herdwick 2 ply
• Blend dyed by Waratah Fibres, spun as laceweight, chain plied
• White Shetland 2 ply
• Grey #aussiebaleproject blend 2 ply. 🧶
#canberraspinnersandweavers #slowmade #handspun #australian #craft #wemakeyarn #nevernotmaking
A pic of two drum carded fluffy wool batts, one sitting on top of the other. The bottom one is beautiful gentle mauves and blues with a little bit of purple, and the top one is purples, blues, and a touch of super bright neon coral because I couldn’t help myself!
More batts… today hurt less! 😃 But I did stop myself after two 🥰
Mostly BFL/Silk & a tiny bit of Corriedale 🧶 These will be split up for the Fibre Party Bags, but if you want some intact custom or lucky dip batts (I do 50g ones) just email me! 🌈
#handspinning #wemakeyarn #wool #indiedyer #batts
Teensy tiny new addition to flock, black olive cross arm spindle from Holzwolly in Germany.
Excellent little spinner, only 10g and spins for ages. Very nice.
#crossarmspindle #spindle #dropspindle #wemakeyarn
A top down shot of lots of fluffy little batt nests in many different colours. Some have a little sparkle to them, and some are deliciously neon.
A top down shot of lots of little bundles of wool tops (nibblets) in many different colours. Some have silk, linen, or trilobal in them, and some are deliciously neon.
The Fibre Party Bags contain batt slivers, or wool tops nibblets 🧶 All fibre used is hand dyed by me, of course! Spin with them, felt with them, pop googly eyes on them and keep them as pets… they are versatile 🥰
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#handspunyarn #indiedyer #neonfibre #handspinning #wemakeyarn #wool
A ball of chartreuse green 2ply handspun yarn.
This is the green I made a couple of days ago.
#handspun #handspinning #wemakeyarn #fibrearts
Carded one of the needed colours for my crochet project last night, mustard yellow on grey Romney. Yum!
#wemakeyarn #wool #handspunyarn
27 mini skeins of yarn, each handdyed, in blues, greens, earthy and fiery colours, pastels and neutrals.
I went into the shed yesterday morning to spend a couple of hours dyeing a few more colours. Seven hours later, the full set was complete 😂
🧶#canberraspinnersandweavers #slowmade #handspun #australian #craft #dyes #landscapedyes #wemakeyarn #seaflowerspins #notenoughhoursintheday
Five small yarn skeins in shades of green: • lichen • flax • Daintree • alfalfa • tarragon All are twisted into braids and lined up on a white surface.
The first batch of dyed tapestry yarns - all the greens! Landscapes dyes on handspun Shetland yarn.
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#aussiebaleproject #canberraspinnersandweavers #slowmade #handspun #australian #craft #dyes #landscapedyes #wemakeyarn #seaflowerspins #notenoughhoursintheday
- auch mit welchem Spindeltypen ihr gut zurecht kommt. Um das Muskelgedächtnis zu trainieren reichen schon 5-15 Minuten täglich - soviel Zeit ist doch übrig, oder? #woltreffobergiesing #handspindelkurse #wemakeyarn #handspindel #handspinnen #etwasneueslernen
A small skein of handspun grey yarn nestled amongst white skeins.
A green tub full of small skeins - one is grey, and the rest are white.
Andean bracelet plying - a grey single is wrapped around a hand in a way that lets both ends of the thread spool off without tangling to make a 2 ply yarn. Pictured is the back of a white woman’s hand with outspread fingers, wrapped with thread.
Andean bracelet plying - a grey single is wrapped around a hand in a way that lets both ends of the thread spool off without tangling to make a 2 ply yarn. Pictured is the palm of a white woman’s hand with outspread fingers, wrapped with thread.
I’ve been spinning some neutrals for tapestry projects, and Andean-plied the first last night. A wee 18g skein!
#aussiebaleproject #canberraspinnersandweavers #slowmade #handspun #australian #craft #wemakeyarn #seaflowerspins #notenoughhoursintheday
