A terrific "deadstock" yarn and notions resource... High end fashion industry overage, mostly from Italy. Some gorgeous options here, and fun buttons too!!
NEW! To me, anyway... from the FutureFiber channel on #YouTube. Soooo funny! And clever. Are you in the chicken nugget at 3am quadrant of summer? Find out here!... "An unhinged summer knitting review."
Did a serious amount of #wool#carding this weekend. Actually the processing before carding, to get soms decent floof out of a washed raw fleece using a flick brush, is most of the work. Making something out of raw fleece is so much work that you start really appreciating division of labour for production of most of the things you use in everyday life. At the same time it is fun to go through the whole process. @handspinning#handspinning.
🐕🦺🐕🦺🐕🦺 Don't miss the wonderful tale <heh heh> of Wally, the rescued Tibetan mastiff, especially part 2/3rd way through when she removes Wally's pelt. Incredible!!
I wonder if it's the same for sheep, alpacas, llamas, goats, etc. What a great dog!
This is me spinning some tussah silk on my espinner. Isn't it gorgeous?! It reminds me of the picture of that glossy horse that looks like spun sugar. #spinning#handspinning#handmade#handcraft
🧶 It's done! Yarn re-skeined on swift from ball I wound months ago, washed in Eucalan, dried thoroughly (it fluffed up, so nice!), re-wound just now into a ball.
Join me for Romi Hill's #MKAL - "Way Leads On To Way!" Starts this coming Friday, April 26th.
🧶 Two color crescent shawl
🧶 Extremely well planned in all respects
🧶 Lots of #YouTube & #Ravelry posts
🧶 New techniques
🧶 Many participants
🧶 Scaled pattern pricing
🧶 Kits
🧶 Not too hard 😊
I filled up a bobbin for the first time! This one is some BFL I am pretty sure I bought when I still lived in TX. (So, old) woo! #handspinning#spinning
A small collection of my handspun yarn, wool or wool blended with silk or alpaca. The gold was dyed with onion skins, and the rust was dyed with sandalwood. The rest are synthetic dyes.
Some reorg at work and a come-together for the new team - I'm the third-oldest now, median is probably about 30 (I'll be 55 soon), about 2/3 male (IT).
One of the questions was if anyone has an "unusual" hobby - owning and using #spinning wheels and #weaving looms did count.
Question about a favorite book answered with "Big Book of #Handspinning didn't help either.
Fun new spinning project: I separated a bag of neon-splotched fiber by color as best I could, broke those colors down into smaller strips, and I'm just pulling them out of the bag at semi-random. My goal is to chain-ply and line the colors up as much as possible. I think it's looking good so far! #handspinning
Basket o' handspun. This is from a Tunis sheep named Lovely. It's currently single ply. I think I'm going to triple-ply it for cushy-soft knitting purposes.
Look at how nice this yarn turned out! I had this fiber for years because I wasn't confident enough in my color handling skills, but I finally reached a point where I was more confident and I am proud of the end result #handspinning
500g of fingering weight alpaca from a local farm & mill. The roving came in cute little bags labelled with the animals' names on them: Carmelinda, Samson, and Golden Boy.
I love how the colors came out - it reminds me of a bird of prey.
Grace's glorious tail feathers. They're asymmetrical, much longer on the right side. She's a slinky little feather boa of a cat. In addition to being the feline love of my life, she is also a generous provider of cat wool for me to spin. #cat#catsofmastodon#handspinning#fiberarts
Happiness! I have stress-tested my little sample by rubbing it vigorously while it was bone dry, and to my delight, it felts instead of pilling. I was worried because these kitties' fur pills up on all our clothing, but I think the wool is going to provide some discipline. Now I can proceed with my spinning project, and then onto the knitting. #knitting#cat# catsofmastodon #handspinning#wool