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I forgot to take pictures during the spinning (mostly because I usually spun in the evenings when there's horrible light), and now it's already plied and off the bobbin.
Looks like a mess at this stage, because one of the singles is spun in ply direction so it's heavily overplied and thus making all those curls and pigtails. It's insanely springy yarn.
Let's see how it behaves after washing and a good thwacking
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I forgot to take pictures during the spinning (mostly because I usually spun in the evenings when there's horrible light), and now it's already plied and off the bobbin.
Looks like a mess at this stage, because one of the singles is spun in ply direction so it's heavily overplied and thus making all those curls and pigtails. It's insanely springy yarn.
Let's see how it behaves after washing and a good thwacking
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I forgot to take pictures during the spinning (mostly because I usually spun in the evenings when there's horrible light), and now it's already plied and off the bobbin.
Looks like a mess at this stage, because one of the singles is spun in ply direction so it's heavily overplied and thus making all those curls and pigtails. It's insanely springy yarn.
Let's see how it behaves after washing and a good thwacking
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I forgot to take pictures during the spinning (mostly because I usually spun in the evenings when there's horrible light), and now it's already plied and off the bobbin.
Looks like a mess at this stage, because one of the singles is spun in ply direction so it's heavily overplied and thus making all those curls and pigtails. It's insanely springy yarn.
Let's see how it behaves after washing and a good thwacking
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I forgot to take pictures during the spinning (mostly because I usually spun in the evenings when there's horrible light), and now it's already plied and off the bobbin.
Looks like a mess at this stage, because one of the singles is spun in ply direction so it's heavily overplied and thus making all those curls and pigtails. It's insanely springy yarn.
Let's see how it behaves after washing and a good thwacking
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Ply day. A looooong one to free up two of my little bobbins.
Malachite, to match the skein in front (or there abouts). It’s a different blend/dye lot, so to make a tee with reasonable consistency, I’ll need to combine the two lots. The least-filled bobbin is plied back on itself.
Merino/silk/bamboo/tencel (37.5/25/25/12.5) which was awful slippery both to spin and ply.
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Ply day. A looooong one to free up two of my little bobbins.
Malachite, to match the skein in front (or there abouts). It’s a different blend/dye lot, so to make a tee with reasonable consistency, I’ll need to combine the two lots. The least-filled bobbin is plied back on itself.
Merino/silk/bamboo/tencel (37.5/25/25/12.5) which was awful slippery both to spin and ply.
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Ply day. A looooong one to free up two of my little bobbins.
Malachite, to match the skein in front (or there abouts). It’s a different blend/dye lot, so to make a tee with reasonable consistency, I’ll need to combine the two lots. The least-filled bobbin is plied back on itself.
Merino/silk/bamboo/tencel (37.5/25/25/12.5) which was awful slippery both to spin and ply.
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#TourDeFleece I was going to boucle this but I forgot how to do the first plying step and I did not bother to read my notes so it's just a simple spiral ply. it's pretty like this. it'll weave up into something interesting if Rosie doesn't steal it and hide it in her stash (seems likely)
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#TourDeFleece I was going to boucle this but I forgot how to do the first plying step and I did not bother to read my notes so it's just a simple spiral ply. it's pretty like this. it'll weave up into something interesting if Rosie doesn't steal it and hide it in her stash (seems likely)
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#TourDeFleece I was going to boucle this but I forgot how to do the first plying step and I did not bother to read my notes so it's just a simple spiral ply. it's pretty like this. it'll weave up into something interesting if Rosie doesn't steal it and hide it in her stash (seems likely)
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#TourDeFleece I was going to boucle this but I forgot how to do the first plying step and I did not bother to read my notes so it's just a simple spiral ply. it's pretty like this. it'll weave up into something interesting if Rosie doesn't steal it and hide it in her stash (seems likely)
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#TourDeFleece I was going to boucle this but I forgot how to do the first plying step and I did not bother to read my notes so it's just a simple spiral ply. it's pretty like this. it'll weave up into something interesting if Rosie doesn't steal it and hide it in her stash (seems likely)
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After washing, now a bit fluffed up and fully relaxed.
Still don't know how many meters I have, I'm dreading counting the strands ... I think I bought a fishing line counter a few years back. Didn't get it to work properly and forgot about it. Maybe time to figure it out, finally.
At the moment in thinking about weaving with the yarn, a wide stole with a complex twill ...
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After washing, now a bit fluffed up and fully relaxed.
Still don't know how many meters I have, I'm dreading counting the strands ... I think I bought a fishing line counter a few years back. Didn't get it to work properly and forgot about it. Maybe time to figure it out, finally.
At the moment in thinking about weaving with the yarn, a wide stole with a complex twill ...
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After washing, now a bit fluffed up and fully relaxed.
Still don't know how many meters I have, I'm dreading counting the strands ... I think I bought a fishing line counter a few years back. Didn't get it to work properly and forgot about it. Maybe time to figure it out, finally.
At the moment in thinking about weaving with the yarn, a wide stole with a complex twill ...
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After washing, now a bit fluffed up and fully relaxed.
Still don't know how many meters I have, I'm dreading counting the strands ... I think I bought a fishing line counter a few years back. Didn't get it to work properly and forgot about it. Maybe time to figure it out, finally.
At the moment in thinking about weaving with the yarn, a wide stole with a complex twill ...
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After washing, now a bit fluffed up and fully relaxed.
Still don't know how many meters I have, I'm dreading counting the strands ... I think I bought a fishing line counter a few years back. Didn't get it to work properly and forgot about it. Maybe time to figure it out, finally.
At the moment in thinking about weaving with the yarn, a wide stole with a complex twill ...
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Lagoon, and an unknown gifted half braid, both from Golden Fleece Studio on Etsy as usual.
Lagoon is a merino/silk 75/25 blend, and my favourite colours - dark teal and black.The unknown one definitely has silk and/or bamboo in it, but in very short clumps at times. Probably on a merino base as it spun similarly to the other blends from this studio. Calling it Summer Skies - mostly blue with wispy white clouds and the black/brown hint of storms.
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Lagoon, and an unknown gifted half braid, both from Golden Fleece Studio on Etsy as usual.
Lagoon is a merino/silk 75/25 blend, and my favourite colours - dark teal and black.The unknown one definitely has silk and/or bamboo in it, but in very short clumps at times. Probably on a merino base as it spun similarly to the other blends from this studio. Calling it Summer Skies - mostly blue with wispy white clouds and the black/brown hint of storms.
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Lagoon, and an unknown gifted half braid, both from Golden Fleece Studio on Etsy as usual.
Lagoon is a merino/silk 75/25 blend, and my favourite colours - dark teal and black.The unknown one definitely has silk and/or bamboo in it, but in very short clumps at times. Probably on a merino base as it spun similarly to the other blends from this studio. Calling it Summer Skies - mostly blue with wispy white clouds and the black/brown hint of storms.
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Lagoon, and an unknown gifted half braid, both from Golden Fleece Studio on Etsy as usual.
Lagoon is a merino/silk 75/25 blend, and my favourite colours - dark teal and black.The unknown one definitely has silk and/or bamboo in it, but in very short clumps at times. Probably on a merino base as it spun similarly to the other blends from this studio. Calling it Summer Skies - mostly blue with wispy white clouds and the black/brown hint of storms.
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#TourDeFleece its friday-plyday and I have two fresh skeins ready for a bath.
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#TourDeFleece its friday-plyday and I have two fresh skeins ready for a bath.
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#TourDeFleece its friday-plyday and I have two fresh skeins ready for a bath.
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#TourDeFleece its friday-plyday and I have two fresh skeins ready for a bath.
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#TourDeFleece its friday-plyday and I have two fresh skeins ready for a bath.
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My Tour de Fleece progress so far: 200 grams of Veluws heideschaap and 9x20 grams of the Shetland/tussah silk mix of this years TdF box from @Spinspul #TourDeFleece2026 #TourDeFleece #Handspinning #Handspun
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My Tour de Fleece progress so far: 200 grams of Veluws heideschaap and 9x20 grams of the Shetland/tussah silk mix of this years TdF box from @Spinspul #TourDeFleece2026 #TourDeFleece #Handspinning #Handspun
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My Tour de Fleece progress so far: 200 grams of Veluws heideschaap and 9x20 grams of the Shetland/tussah silk mix of this years TdF box from @Spinspul #TourDeFleece2026 #TourDeFleece #Handspinning #Handspun
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My Tour de Fleece progress so far: 200 grams of Veluws heideschaap and 9x20 grams of the Shetland/tussah silk mix of this years TdF box from @Spinspul #TourDeFleece2026 #TourDeFleece #Handspinning #Handspun
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Depth - although, I prefer Ripples for the shadow/light in the yarn. Merino/tussah silk, and a gorgeously smooth spin.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
Depth - although, I prefer Ripples for the shadow/light in the yarn. Merino/tussah silk, and a gorgeously smooth spin.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
Depth - although, I prefer Ripples for the shadow/light in the yarn. Merino/tussah silk, and a gorgeously smooth spin.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
Depth - although, I prefer Ripples for the shadow/light in the yarn. Merino/tussah silk, and a gorgeously smooth spin.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
I wish plying was not so tedious. It doesn't take nearly as long as spinning the singles but it's _boring_ and that's worse.
I like how this is turning out though. that blue-green is pretty.
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I wish plying was not so tedious. It doesn't take nearly as long as spinning the singles but it's _boring_ and that's worse.
I like how this is turning out though. that blue-green is pretty.
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I wish plying was not so tedious. It doesn't take nearly as long as spinning the singles but it's _boring_ and that's worse.
I like how this is turning out though. that blue-green is pretty.
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I wish plying was not so tedious. It doesn't take nearly as long as spinning the singles but it's _boring_ and that's worse.
I like how this is turning out though. that blue-green is pretty.
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I wish plying was not so tedious. It doesn't take nearly as long as spinning the singles but it's _boring_ and that's worse.
I like how this is turning out though. that blue-green is pretty.
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The next will be Diepte - without checking a Dutch dictionary, “depth”?
The samples from my advent calendar last year are staying on theme colours with blues, teals and purples - completely unplanned!
#tourdefleece #tourdefleece2026 #handspinning -
The next will be Diepte - without checking a Dutch dictionary, “depth”?
The samples from my advent calendar last year are staying on theme colours with blues, teals and purples - completely unplanned!
#tourdefleece #tourdefleece2026 #handspinning -
The next will be Diepte - without checking a Dutch dictionary, “depth”?
The samples from my advent calendar last year are staying on theme colours with blues, teals and purples - completely unplanned!
#tourdefleece #tourdefleece2026 #handspinning -
The next will be Diepte - without checking a Dutch dictionary, “depth”?
The samples from my advent calendar last year are staying on theme colours with blues, teals and purples - completely unplanned!
#tourdefleece #tourdefleece2026 #handspinning -
Back on the wheel today 😁 finished the second half of the Edinburgh braid, and started on Amethyst, a merino/silk/tussah silk blend (in photo). This one is spinning so smoothly, I might just sprint to the end of the sample.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
Back on the wheel today 😁 finished the second half of the Edinburgh braid, and started on Amethyst, a merino/silk/tussah silk blend (in photo). This one is spinning so smoothly, I might just sprint to the end of the sample.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
Back on the wheel today 😁 finished the second half of the Edinburgh braid, and started on Amethyst, a merino/silk/tussah silk blend (in photo). This one is spinning so smoothly, I might just sprint to the end of the sample.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
Back on the wheel today 😁 finished the second half of the Edinburgh braid, and started on Amethyst, a merino/silk/tussah silk blend (in photo). This one is spinning so smoothly, I might just sprint to the end of the sample.
#handspinning #tourdefleece2026 #tourdefleece -
catching up on my #TourDeFleece posts because it's time to ply. the blurple on the bobbins is polwarth and the fluffy blue plying ball is merino that I took on a road trip. these little supported spindles are great for car spinning.
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catching up on my #TourDeFleece posts because it's time to ply. the blurple on the bobbins is polwarth and the fluffy blue plying ball is merino that I took on a road trip. these little supported spindles are great for car spinning.