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Today’s tour overtime - Noel, merino/bamboo/silk, 62.5/25/12.5.
Plus Merida and Harvest bracelet plied.
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Today’s tour overtime - Noel, merino/bamboo/silk, 62.5/25/12.5.
Plus Merida and Harvest bracelet plied.
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Next spinning projects.
Last year on vacation I visited a wonderful fiber arts shop that has a great selection of spinning fiber. Among other things they have John Arbon - and of course I had to get some.
Two braids of Appledore in the color ways Spicy Pippin and Bitter Ellis, 100 g each (I forgot to take a picture before starting to spin off over of them)
Let's see what they will turn into
@handspinning @fiberarts #handspinning #fiberarts
The shop was Stiel Wolwerkplaats near Almelo, NL
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Next spinning projects.
Last year on vacation I visited a wonderful fiber arts shop that has a great selection of spinning fiber. Among other things they have John Arbon - and of course I had to get some.
Two braids of Appledore in the color ways Spicy Pippin and Bitter Ellis, 100 g each (I forgot to take a picture before starting to spin off over of them)
Let's see what they will turn into
@handspinning @fiberarts #handspinning #fiberarts
The shop was Stiel Wolwerkplaats near Almelo, NL
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I did try to spin to match, but with about a year’s gap and more experience, it’s thinner and more even. It is a different blend batch too, so the colours are quite different - less yellow in the new batch. The originals are on the right of their newly spun skeins. The little ones are bracelet plied.
Malachite blend (merino, bamboo, silk) from golden fleece studio on Etsy.
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I did try to spin to match, but with about a year’s gap and more experience, it’s thinner and more even. It is a different blend batch too, so the colours are quite different - less yellow in the new batch. The originals are on the right of their newly spun skeins. The little ones are bracelet plied.
Malachite blend (merino, bamboo, silk) from golden fleece studio on Etsy.
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And now it's finished. Very soft, very nice, very fine.
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And now it's finished. Very soft, very nice, very fine.
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Final tour tally … now that the Femmes is finished - lots 😁 and a little bit not in frame on supported and drop spindles.
Each sample skein (11) is about 40-45g, 60-90m 2plied. 7 more samples are singles that are resting (they’ll be roughly the same lengths). The big malachite skein is 460m (with another 30 of ply-back), the purple/navy Edinburgh braid is 100g/160m, and the sock wool is 200g split over two bobbins.
Probably around 2km+ once plied in total I’d reckon.
I didn’t get through my advent calendar fully thanks to the bigger malachite ply and the sock wool espin - there are only 4 samples left, so I’ll continue apace until those have been spun up.
There’s most definitely a colour theme here. 😆
I already have more weaving and knitting plans than there is yarn length.
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Final tour tally … now that the Femmes is finished - lots 😁 and a little bit not in frame on supported and drop spindles.
Each sample skein (11) is about 40-45g, 60-90m 2plied. 7 more samples are singles that are resting (they’ll be roughly the same lengths). The big malachite skein is 460m (with another 30 of ply-back), the purple/navy Edinburgh braid is 100g/160m, and the sock wool is 200g split over two bobbins.
Probably around 2km+ once plied in total I’d reckon.
I didn’t get through my advent calendar fully thanks to the bigger malachite ply and the sock wool espin - there are only 4 samples left, so I’ll continue apace until those have been spun up.
There’s most definitely a colour theme here. 😆
I already have more weaving and knitting plans than there is yarn length.
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The first of the two circles is spun and plied and if I did my counting correctly it's about 800 m before finishing. The skein is now soaking in a relaxing, cool bath.
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The first of the two circles is spun and plied and if I did my counting correctly it's about 800 m before finishing. The skein is now soaking in a relaxing, cool bath.
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Only a bit of plying today, as I’m not feeling up to much foot work and my espinner bobbins are taken. Rust, bracelet plied.
Oh, and I broke a spinning wheel bobbin (!!) the ends turned independent of its central shaft - now glued. My destructo field is working overtime (also destroyed a brand new mouse - lights deactivated with any mouse input, although it still worked ok as a mouse).
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Depuis la première étape qui est passée devant ma porte, j’ai filé presque tous les jours pour faire honneur au Tour de France féminin.
Le Tour de Fleece est un événement annuel pour les fileuses. J’y ai rarement participé mais cette fois je suis à fond.
Voici ma vue actuelle. -
Depuis la première étape qui est passée devant ma porte, j’ai filé presque tous les jours pour faire honneur au Tour de France féminin.
Le Tour de Fleece est un événement annuel pour les fileuses. J’y ai rarement participé mais cette fois je suis à fond.
Voici ma vue actuelle. -
progress! the texture is getting better, or maybe I'm just getting used to it.
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progress! the texture is getting better, or maybe I'm just getting used to it.
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RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/117052483104931251
Reaching through time.
Wonderful drop spindle with stone whorl. Over 5000 years old - and the spun fibers on the cop are crosswise wound like we still do it today (and how I teach it in my workshops, I just like to wind it in a slightly other form). Thinking about how this spindle was lost.
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RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/117052483104931251
Reaching through time.
Wonderful drop spindle with stone whorl. Over 5000 years old - and the spun fibers on the cop are crosswise wound like we still do it today (and how I teach it in my workshops, I just like to wind it in a slightly other form). Thinking about how this spindle was lost.
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Breeze - merino/bamboo/tussah silk/mint/tencel
37.5/25/12.5/12.5/12.5
Smooth and fine spin ☺️
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Breeze - merino/bamboo/tussah silk/mint/tencel
37.5/25/12.5/12.5/12.5
Smooth and fine spin ☺️
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Second sock bobbin spun, it can now rest. Merino/nylon, from the fold (to get more practice) and quite even - yay!
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Second sock bobbin spun, it can now rest. Merino/nylon, from the fold (to get more practice) and quite even - yay!
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I have a confession: I don't actually knit with my handspun yarn much. something about the texture makes my hands itch, maybe I add too much twist idk
but this is the perfect color for a birthday present for my mom so I am dealing with it. It's going to be a crescent shaped shawl.
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I have a confession: I don't actually knit with my handspun yarn much. something about the texture makes my hands itch, maybe I add too much twist idk
but this is the perfect color for a birthday present for my mom so I am dealing with it. It's going to be a crescent shaped shawl.
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New espinner! The EEW Fold is a beautiful little machine, feels very sturdy. I can't wait to use it for some serious spinning!
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New espinner! The EEW Fold is a beautiful little machine, feels very sturdy. I can't wait to use it for some serious spinning!
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One of the hazards of e-spinners! :bunhdgoogly:
After a pause in spinning, I was returning to my chair when my toe tapped the foot switch. I heard the spinner whir to life behind me, and when I turned around I saw this! The flyer had grabbed my roving and wound it around itself! 😱
Fortunately, I was able to carefully unwind the roving, detach it from the hook guides, and work it out from around the bearing. To my surprise, it came out relatively intact, without knots or kinks that couldn't be smoothed out with a bit of pre-drafting.
Another lesson learned...
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One of the hazards of e-spinners! :bunhdgoogly:
After a pause in spinning, I was returning to my chair when my toe tapped the foot switch. I heard the spinner whir to life behind me, and when I turned around I saw this! The flyer had grabbed my roving and wound it around itself! 😱
Fortunately, I was able to carefully unwind the roving, detach it from the hook guides, and work it out from around the bearing. To my surprise, it came out relatively intact, without knots or kinks that couldn't be smoothed out with a bit of pre-drafting.
Another lesson learned...
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#TourDeFleeceFemmes Stage 2
Wensleydale is the breed of the day! It's the last of the fibers from my heritage breed samplers. Like the Devon it is a longwool, but it's much finer. Fleece & Fiber reports Devon as 36-40 microns, whereas Wensleydale is 30-36. You can definitely see and feel the difference! The fibers are also a bit wavier than Devon.
According to F&F, it "works exceedingly well as a weaving yarn, with unusual fineness for a longwool."
Spinning lent itself well to a nice even long draw, with much less for fly-away ends than the Devon, even without any added moisture. (I figured that to finish the collection, I'd spin this "dry" like all the rest to be consistent.)
I tended towards thinner strands at the end, I think because it was late and I was trying to finish and wasn't being QUITE as careful as I should. Also, the day's race was finishing about the same time! If I were interested in really consistent singles, I'd probably want to spin in multiple shorter sessions rather than all in one sitting.
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#TourDeFleeceFemmes Stage 2
Wensleydale is the breed of the day! It's the last of the fibers from my heritage breed samplers. Like the Devon it is a longwool, but it's much finer. Fleece & Fiber reports Devon as 36-40 microns, whereas Wensleydale is 30-36. You can definitely see and feel the difference! The fibers are also a bit wavier than Devon.
According to F&F, it "works exceedingly well as a weaving yarn, with unusual fineness for a longwool."
Spinning lent itself well to a nice even long draw, with much less for fly-away ends than the Devon, even without any added moisture. (I figured that to finish the collection, I'd spin this "dry" like all the rest to be consistent.)
I tended towards thinner strands at the end, I think because it was late and I was trying to finish and wasn't being QUITE as careful as I should. Also, the day's race was finishing about the same time! If I were interested in really consistent singles, I'd probably want to spin in multiple shorter sessions rather than all in one sitting.
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Merida, merino/bamboo/silk 50/37.5/12.5
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Merida, merino/bamboo/silk 50/37.5/12.5
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RE: https://sunny.garden/@Paws2Spindle/117026180054134522
Question for #HandSpinning folks:
What's your preferred spritz for taming dry, fly-away fibers? Just water? Dilute conditioner? Natural oils?And if you have a preference, is it because you've tried others and you go with what works best, or is it just whatever is handy and available?
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RE: https://sunny.garden/@Paws2Spindle/117026180054134522
Question for #HandSpinning folks:
What's your preferred spritz for taming dry, fly-away fibers? Just water? Dilute conditioner? Natural oils?And if you have a preference, is it because you've tried others and you go with what works best, or is it just whatever is handy and available?
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#TourDeFleeceFemmes Stage 1!
The women are now spinning, so time to join in once again with some spinning of my own! It was nice to have a few days' break to catch up on other things, but I didn't get through all my heritage fibers, so it's nice to have an incentive to spin once again!
This stage's wool is Devon Top (according to The Woolery) or technically Devon and Cornwall Longwool according to Fleece & Fiber. It is LONG indeed! Silky straight, like somewhat coarse hair.
I didn't have F&F handy when I started drafting, so I simply started spinning how it seemed to want to be spun. It was happy to give a nice even long draw, but those fly-aways! The first bobbin photo was after I'd long-drawn for a bit. The last photo shows the remainder, after I'd switched to more of a worsted pinch-and-draw to try to control the loose ends, which seemed to help somewhat: enough to stick with it.
F&F describes the wool as good for sturdy fabrics, and projects like rugs or tapestries, though lambs' wool might be suitable for next-to-skin projects.
F&F mentions the fly-away problem when spinning in low humidity and suggests added moisture to control that. I hadn't considered that! It's not something I've done previously, but I'll definitely keep it in mind for future work with this (and other long) fiber.
Good thing I'm just experimenting here and not aiming for perfection! 😁
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#TourDeFleeceFemmes Stage 1!
The women are now spinning, so time to join in once again with some spinning of my own! It was nice to have a few days' break to catch up on other things, but I didn't get through all my heritage fibers, so it's nice to have an incentive to spin once again!
This stage's wool is Devon Top (according to The Woolery) or technically Devon and Cornwall Longwool according to Fleece & Fiber. It is LONG indeed! Silky straight, like somewhat coarse hair.
I didn't have F&F handy when I started drafting, so I simply started spinning how it seemed to want to be spun. It was happy to give a nice even long draw, but those fly-aways! The first bobbin photo was after I'd long-drawn for a bit. The last photo shows the remainder, after I'd switched to more of a worsted pinch-and-draw to try to control the loose ends, which seemed to help somewhat: enough to stick with it.
F&F describes the wool as good for sturdy fabrics, and projects like rugs or tapestries, though lambs' wool might be suitable for next-to-skin projects.
F&F mentions the fly-away problem when spinning in low humidity and suggests added moisture to control that. I hadn't considered that! It's not something I've done previously, but I'll definitely keep it in mind for future work with this (and other long) fiber.
Good thing I'm just experimenting here and not aiming for perfection! 😁
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Artemis, merino/tussah silk 75/25
#tourdefleece2026 #handspinning #tourdefleece -
Artemis, merino/tussah silk 75/25
#tourdefleece2026 #handspinning #tourdefleece -
The tour continues! Freed up 10 of the little bobbins, so have started spinning more of the samples from the advent calendar.
Had to look up today’s colour - Oobst is too far from English or German for me to guess. Harvest - merino, mint and bamboo.
The two plies spun during the men’s tour are twinkle and amethyst.