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Freya's little helper strikes again. I'm trying to sort out my spinning for today, and all this one wants to do is get blitzed on wool fumes
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new wheel is officially cat approved
#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday
(I was done peddling don't worry!)
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new wheel is officially cat approved
#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday
(I was done peddling don't worry!)
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new wheel is officially cat approved
#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday
(I was done peddling don't worry!)
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new wheel is officially cat approved
#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday
(I was done peddling don't worry!)
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new wheel is officially cat approved
#fibrearts #handspinning #caturday
(I was done peddling don't worry!)
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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 😭❤️
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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 😭❤️
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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 😭❤️
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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 😭❤️
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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 😭❤️
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One really tiny physical change on the eSpinner would make it much easier for me to use without needing to think or look things up.
Instead of the vertical S/Z switch, make it switch from side to side - tilted to the right = clockwise = z, tilted to the left = anti-clockwise = s.
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One really tiny physical change on the eSpinner would make it much easier for me to use without needing to think or look things up.
Instead of the vertical S/Z switch, make it switch from side to side - tilted to the right = clockwise = z, tilted to the left = anti-clockwise = s.
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One really tiny physical change on the eSpinner would make it much easier for me to use without needing to think or look things up.
Instead of the vertical S/Z switch, make it switch from side to side - tilted to the right = clockwise = z, tilted to the left = anti-clockwise = s.
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And plied.
What a difference it makes, when you don't try to spin as finely as possible.
Pre finishing the yarn is not super soft to the touch, but the fiber mix (40% Devon Closewool / 40% Romney / 20% Exmoor Blueface) wasn't suggesting it would be too soft anyway - all of those breeds are in the mid 30ies micron count.
I'll spin the other braid and finish them together.
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First bobbin filled. The fiber consists of two layers - one is silk or a silk-merino blend, the other just merino. This is the first layer, spun very finely. I'll spin the second layer onto another bobbin and then ply both together.
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This year I didn’t manage to spin every day of the Tour de Fleece, due to other obligations. But I managed to spin everything in the spinbox from @Spinspul, so now I’ve got 420 grams of Shetland/tussah silk yarn. And besides that also 300 grams of Veluws heideschaap. So all in all it’s been pretty good. #TourDeFleece2026 #HandSpinning #SpinningWheel
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#FlashbackThursday Have you every wondered how all those parts of a spinning wheel are actually called? I've got you covered! 😃
https://www.lavisch.com/site/the-anatomy-of-a-spinning-wheel/#LaVischDesigns #SpinningWheel #Fiberarts #SpinningYarn #WeMakeYarn #HandSpinning
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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!
#handweaving
#weaving
#handspinning
#naturaldyes
#dyes
#textiles
#handwoven
#handspun
#tiedye
#shibori
#oakgalls
#ferroussulfate
#naturaldye
#targhee
#wool
#geology
#xenolith
#quartz
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I don't think I've seen this in a long, long time, so maybe it should be brought out again.
A spinning wheel made from glass
@fiberarts @handspinning #fiberarts #handspinning #spinningwheel #glassart
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Progress - one bobbin mostly filled. The first batt was enough to fill one bobbin and the second one to about 2/3.
So this means I'm over the halfway point with the spinning on this yarn.
And there's now also a handspinning fedigroup
@handspinning @fiberarts
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This is the beginning of the second of three batts from the same colorway. The turquoise is way greener than in this, but present light doesn't allow for better pictures.
Anyway. I'm spinning it with a lowish twist and aim for a bit to even single that will finally turn into a rustic 2ply. The plan is to weave with the finished yarn
@fiberarts #spinning #fiberarts #handspinning #spinningwheel
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Tour de Fleece day 21, 22 and 23. Finished the light green, plyed 100 gram of Veluws Heideschaap and almost finished 15 gram of apple green. The TdF has ended but I have another 6 colours to go. And after that every little turtle has to be plyed. So I guess I have to continue spinning during the TdF Femme 😀 #TourDeFleece2025 #HandSpinning #Spinning #SpindleSpinning #handspun #SpinningWheel