A while ago, I brought home this lovely braid from a friends destash: Julie Spins Ultrafine Merino in a colour called ‘Stained Glass’. My spinning has definitely taken a hit lately, between knitwear design and churning out jewellery, but I finally found time a few…
Further proof of the genius dyer at Inglenook fibres. Mother Macrina recently decided to shatter my fiber diet plans by releasing a series of batts inspired by the Hobbit. With a name like ‘Smaug, chiefest and greatest of calamities’ how could I resist? My nerdy…
While fibre touring the Brooklyn General Store I decided to pick up a bag of superfine merino pencil roving (sadly, only 2 oz of it) and a few packets of acid dye. I dyed the pencil roving in strips, split it right down the centre…
Of the many things we dug up from Jaqueline’s stash, one of my first loves was this braid of a mysterious fiber in a gorgeous teal. After spinning up the Viola, I decided I was ready for a relaxed 2-ply, one where I could really…
I thought I’d take a break from trip stuff today to share some pics of my first FO since coming home (does a skein of handspun count as an FO?). A few weeks back, Rayna and I went to the home of a friend of…
From this: To this: And this: And finally this! I was getting 11 WPI on this yarn, so I used my 7.5 dent heddle. Feeling pretty happy with it :) It’s about 60″ long and super warm. The Navajo plying really lends itself to warp…
It’s amazing how much the fiber changes, from merino top to actual yarn. This is a braid from a dyer called ‘Urban GypZ’ – part of our haul from Jaqueline’s stash (more on that later!). Most of it was spun on the weekend at the show.…
A few months ago, Rayna picked up a massive stash of fiber from someone who had opted to get rid of, literally, a garbage bag full of the stuff. She was going through it and held up a braid and declared that she would likely…
Almost a year ago Rayna gifted me a braid of fluff in a really soft superwash blend of merino/bamboo/nylon (called, I have just learned, ‘Panda’) by Dripping Fiber Studios. The colour way was called ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ and, being that I was…
I’ve had my wheel for a week, and it’s already got a space in my heart right text to my loom and my Sock Rockets. It started out feeling like a battle between the wheel and I, but I learned to relax, to move my…
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