* spun up all the prepped Gotland fiber and did some more processing and spinning. Preparing the fibers for spinning is actually more time consuming than the spinning itself.
* selected a pattern for another crochet softie after more baby news. I think I will blend fibers and spin yarn for that one.
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#WIPWednesday #HandSpinning #crochet
For this week's #WIPWednesday :
* finally did the frog back and reknit of 12 rows to repair a series of missed eyelets. Back on track. Fitted it using barber cord for the first time. It's quite oversized so I'm glad to have switched to size S and also with the wider neck opening than the pattern calls for.
* started making a cat of the natural brown yarn that I spun earlier for a collegue that soon expects to welcome a grandchild.
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#knitting #HandSpinning
Public libraries are a truly wonderful thing.
I found a book that I wanted to read, but the copy owned by my county library has gone missing. However, my local library ordered it for me on an inter-library loan and I picked it up today. It has come from a university library at the other end of the country.
I'm now going to curl up in a comfy chair and have a good read. I may be some time (I don't have to return it for 3 weeks)!
I made a time-lapse video of my bobbin on my spinning wheel as I plied or made the final yarn (gradually filling it) and as I wound the yarn into a skein using my niddy noddy (gradually emptying the bobbin). If you're looking for something soothing to watch, this may be it: https://flic.kr/p/2rnmiys
It's not the most consistent thing I've ever spun, but I did the entire thing long draw which is pretty new for me still - it's like holding a cloud. 4.5oz got me right at 300 yds.
Flaaaax! It does almost just about look like thread. #HandSpinning 
It did not stay 90s Nickelodeon. This is going to be an interesting one. #handspinning #fiberarts
Back on the wheel after a hiatus for back pain. I'm spinning up the Femininomenon batt from Fossil Fibers - my first time spinning from a batt! I don't have a plan, just going with it. I'm not normally into this shade of green but it's giving 90s Nickelodeon and it's so. Soft. Rambouillet/Cotswold Cross/Bamboo/Sari Silk. #handspinning #fiberarts
Back to the Gotland. One bobbin done and enough locks to do another one. And I still have plenty of washed locks to process.
#HandSpinning
I can’t work out whether it’s alright or whether it’s just a bit pastel sludgey easter egg mud. #HandSpinning 
Plied the hemp and boiled it for an hour in water with some soda and dish soap. The photo was made when wet. It dried and still feels sticky, so I'll boil it again. It's about 150 meters and I'm not sure what to make of it. #HandSpinning #Hemp
This year's crafting while #BicycleTouring - an actual Tour de France. 1800+ km of cycling, so not much crafting time.
Did some spinning on my cross spindle. Learned to spin with a DIY supported spindle. Will definitely buy a proper one to explore this technique more. And knitted the lace yoke of a sweater with a fine bouclé yarn from Japan. It's lace and bunched up on the needle, so not very visible. Very nice texture.
This #WIPWednesday I have three I've worked on this week:
- A hand spun embroidery project using yarn I spun from Three Waters Farm's Cardinal and Bunting merino. I really like how it's turning out!
- Fiber from Three Waters Farm that I'm madly trying to finish before I drive home to VT Friday. I don't want to take my wheel on the trip but I also desperately want to finish the yarn and see how it looks in its final form.
We'll see what I finish & what makes the cut for trip home. I need to remember to take a few finished projects to show my mom; her birthday is next week (the reason for the trip) & I'm hoping to make her something special in the kitchen.
Tour de Fleece day 16 and 17. Yesterday I managed to finish the light blue and spin the 15 gram of yet another shade of blue. Today is a rest day and there was another little present in the TdF box of @Spinspul. #TourDeFleece2025 #HandSpinning #Spinning #SpindleSpinning
Tour de Fleece day 13 and 14. Not much time for spinning these two days. But I managed to squeeze in a few minutes every day between the other tasks. #TourDeFleece2025 #HandSpinning #SpindleSpinning #Spinning
I consciously decided not to participate in #tourdefleece2025. I just don't feel up to it. So naturally, I have been bitten by an obsessive #handspinning bug, and am starting on my fourth skein of fractal spun #yarn. These are the rolags and fragments of rolags I just finished spinning. Don't they look like carrots? BFL and silk, dyed with kool-aid. I'll show the yarn tomorrow after it dries.
#throwbackthursday to 2012
The first pair of socks I've made from handspun yarn. I was a rather novice spinner back then and the yarn wasn't quite up to the task so the socks didn't last very long.
But I learned a ton through this project.
And it was real slow fashion - spinning the yarn (a 3-ply), took as long as knitting the socks.
@fiberarts @knitting #handspinning #knitting #slowfashion #HandmadeWardrobe #sockknitting
Edit: thanks altbot@fuzzies.wtf
I am not officially participating in Tour de Fleece this year - but I have so far successfully managed to spin at least 5 minutes each of the days of the tour so far ;) I’m using one of my supported spindles and spinning rolags from Hikari Handmade. #TourDeFleece #tourdefleece2025 #HandSpinning #fiberArts
Tour de Fleecce day 3. I didn’t think I would find time today do another 15 gram, but here it is. #TourDeFleece2025 #HandSpinning #SpindleSpinning
