I started with two braids (8oz total) from Llady Llama Fiber Co, colorway was Clockwork on their Targhee base. I went looking for the pictures of the braids and I took those March 22nd. I pulled apart the braids, spun them as a gradient and made a 2 ply fingering weight yarn. I crocheted it […]
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Fiber Resolution
So I’ve been wanting to buy some fleeces and start processing fleece to spin. As of right now, I have somewhere around 9-10 pounds of fiber that is currently spinable and available in my stash. I hadn’t realize I acquired that much but time flies. I know my stash is small compared to a lot […]
Fiber roundup
Let’s see if the pictures work since I c/p from pillowfort where they were posted I haven’t posted about fiber I’ve spun since I was in the doldrums of the Romeldale/CVM in June. As it turns out, it wanted to be spun very fine and you can spin 1000 yards of 2 ply yarn from 4oz […]
Knitting
I taught myself to knit today because I have long term plans to spin and knit a sweater (knitting produces more durable garments than crochet because knitting is loops, crochet is knots) and after one (1) whole day of knitting, I have come to the conclusion that knitting is 50% making loops and 50% shuffling […]
Extravagance at virtual MDSW
Made an extravagant purchase of roving to spin. Like, a huge amount in comparison to what I normally get. But fuck it. I got 16 news breeds to try spinning which is very exciting.
Fiber roundup
It has been Some Time since my last spinning roundup. I did many things in the past almost two months. Spinning has been a wonderful distraction, especially when work is slow but I might need to stop and answer emails. Merino, the colorway was southwest succulents. I chain plyed it to keep the colors together. […]
Baby Camel
Oh baby camel. So soft, so warm, so shiny! And a pain in the butt for me. This was the angora all over again. It has a 1 inch staple. It was a very slippery fiber, very similar to angora. I had to treadle very slowly, I put very little twist in and it didn’t […]
Manx Loaghtan
This was an interesting fiber to spin. It has a 2-3 inch staple was was an extremely high close crimp fiber. I will say, it didn’t make the smoothest yarn, definitely better for outerwear or non-skin applications. It did long draw very well and was pretty enjoyable to spin. It needed low takeup, average to […]
Jacob
This came in the sampler pack but I’ve spun some other than that and I really enjoy it. The fiber in the sampler pack has a 4 inch staple but I’ve spun some 2 inch as well and both were lovely. It long draws like a dream! It catches on itself and draws out beautifully. […]
Corriedale
This Corriedale came in the sampler pack and before I wrote this up, I bought some from my local yarn shop which is also a sheep farm. I love it! The staple is 3.5 to 6 inches, generally on the longer side. It has tons of tiny crimp to it but doesn’t catch quite as […]