#handspinning — Public Fediverse posts

Isn't this cardigan gorgeous?

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nouveau-cardigan

I have gray corriedale spinning fiber, that probably could be spun into a 3ply fingering ...

I had different plans for the fiber, but this looks sooo tempting.

#fiberarts #handspinning #knitting @fiberarts @handspinning @knitting

still on a chunky yarn kick, apparently

these were corriedale + grey batts, now they're chunky 2 ply. I'm thinking of a weaving project to use them, maybe a thick and thin plainweave

#handspinning

My first "finished" project for #FinishOrFrogAlong ! I gave all my heritage breed sampler spins from #TourDeFleece2026 a wash and a good thwacking, then hung them out to dry. I'm still impressed by the variability in wool fibers AND how they turned out regardless.

They are "wet finished" but I still need to re-measure yardage and wind them into cakes so I can knit swatches.

Details on each in following posts: 🧵

#Yarn #HandSpinning

I've finally finished plying the results of my #TourDeFleece2026 spinning of my heritage breed samplers! They still need to be finished (washed, thwacked, etc.)

All but the outer two hanks are from 50g of fiber. The Lonk on the left is ~30g, spun after I gave up on my Nano, and the Alpaca on the right was 30g from the start. In between, quite a bit of variation in texture, softness, and diameter.

The Jacob "natural stripe" is sadly more muddy than I'd hoped! The singles had some distinct stripey character in places, but that tended to get muddled when twined with not-so-distinct sections. Oh well! It's still a nice heather effect.

#HandSpinning #Yarn #TourDeFleece

Oh hey! I finally have all my Tibetan Mastiff and/or merino swatches together for comparison!

Left to right: 3x prep/spin variants of 100% fur, 1x 25% wool, 2x 33% wool, 1x 50% wool. All are 3-ply. The fabric is somewhat dense for the blends in the middle: I probably should have gone up in needle size for the yarn, but I was keeping that factor the same between the swatches.

While the 75% fur (3:1 blend) seemed nice and fuzzy as yarn, similar to the 100% fur, it came out distinctly less fuzzy in the swatch. I now wonder what only 10% wool would be like, but I don't want to keep running tests until I run out of fiber to actually work with!

#HandSpinning #Chiengora #Yarn

I know I've been posting a lot about #yarn, #handspinning, and #dyeing #wool. It's #winter right now.

Rest assured I will turn back to #GardeningMastodon soon! It's almost time to sow #seeds!

And #lambing is coming up mid-March, too. So, I will be talking more about that as it gets closer. #SheepOfMastodon