#handspinning — Public Fediverse posts

new wheel is officially cat approved

#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday

(I was done peddling don't worry!)

new wheel is officially cat approved

#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday

(I was done peddling don't worry!)

new wheel is officially cat approved

#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday

(I was done peddling don't worry!)

new wheel is officially cat approved

#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday

(I was done peddling don't worry!)

new wheel is officially cat approved

#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday

(I was done peddling don't worry!)

I've been waiting months for my first wheel (I pre-ordered it) and my spinning group got me a card to celebrate its delivery 😭❤️

#fibrearts #spinning #handspinning

I've been waiting months for my first wheel (I pre-ordered it) and my spinning group got me a card to celebrate its delivery 😭❤️

#fibrearts #spinning #handspinning

I've been waiting months for my first wheel (I pre-ordered it) and my spinning group got me a card to celebrate its delivery 😭❤️

#fibrearts #spinning #handspinning

I've been waiting months for my first wheel (I pre-ordered it) and my spinning group got me a card to celebrate its delivery 😭❤️

#fibrearts #spinning #handspinning

I've been waiting months for my first wheel (I pre-ordered it) and my spinning group got me a card to celebrate its delivery 😭❤️

#fibrearts #spinning #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: 🧵

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Freya's little helper was very polite while I was spinning today. she is proud to report that this yarn passes the sniff test.

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alpaca & merino crepe, a little under spun for fluffiness. this is the first half, there's another big bobbin to ply but my ankles are done for the day.

I'm running low on this laceweight merino so there's a subtle self-striping effect. this skein is ivory/light grey, the next skein is going to be light grey/dark grey and maybe some purple if I run out of grey

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made a big pile of batts for #handspinning - think I'll make more before I start spinning because these bonbons always go fast.

planning a cozy sweatshirt type project. or a woven blanket. I have a lot of this wool to use up.

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

This scarf is a gift for my uncle, inspired by quartz clusters we saw together backpacking in Cottonwood Canyon in Death Valley. From what I've been reading I think they were formed by intrusive igneous rock forming around xenoliths, and by cooling very slowly forming the incredible quartz crystals we saw, which looked like rings around the darker xenoliths in the weathered rock face we saw. I'm not trained as a geologist though and would love to find more information about the geology of Cottonwood Canyon from someone with some real expertise!

The wool is targhee roving I got at the nor cal ren faire. I spun it on my small cross arm spindle and wove it on a loom I've been borrowing from a friend. It's plain weave set at 8epi. It looked very open on the loom, but fulled into a wonderfully bouncy and dense fabric.

After fulling I scoured the fabric, then used rubber bands to do this shibori inspired dye process. After putting on the rubber bands I gave it a bath in tannins I extracted from an oak gall, then in a bath of cool water with just a tiny bit of dissolved ferrous sulfate. It was so exciting to see the fabric turn grey in a a matter of just a few minutes when I put it in the iron bath!

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#oakgalls
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#wool
#geology
#xenolith
#quartz
#deathvalley