Zwartbles, which is a very nice name, was wonderful to spin. It has a 4-5 inch staple. While it was mostly soft, there is a characteristic to it that is a little bit wirey. I got it in the sampler pack. When I was spinning, it needed less twist than average because it didn’t need […]
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I made a sweater!
It was fun! I took Llady Llama’s Targhee base dyed in Manta (white to dark blue), 8 ounces of it in two braids. I spun it up long draw, which Targhee does extremely well. It was lovely! Very squishy yarn. As I was spinning one braid fully, I got better at it, so the second […]
Fiber Roundup
I finished a bunch of fiber last weekend. Finishing is the actual process of hot soaking spun yarn to set the twist, poof it up if it’s prone to it and get the full characteristics of the yarn set before used as a finished product. So I did some of the project fibers that I’ve […]
Angora (Rabbit)
I bought the rabbit Angora from Wooly Spruce Farmstead and I bought two ounces of it. It is soft as a cloud and very nice. I don’t have great pictures of it because I was tired but maybe I’ll update it at some point. An ounce of Angora roving is A Lot! It was a […]
Fav dyer
my favorite fiber dyer has just discontinued the base fiber that I liked so much :'( they’re switching entirely to merino or blends with nylon, which. fine I guess. They just aren’t my favorite to spin because they are much better suited to short draw and I only really do long draw. You can long […]
Bamboo
This was the second plant fiber I’ve ever spun and oooooh boy is is weird. From my reading, it’s probably bamboo from rayon, which means it is very similar to most other rayon produced plant fibers. It is shiny, silky and has a staple of around 2 inches. When spinning, I had to keep the […]
Herdwick
This was a fascinating fiber to spin. I deliberately don’t look information up about the fibers as I’m spinning as not to be biased but here’s some basic info on the Herdwick sheep. The fiber is wirey, most similar to a goat or dog coat but still a 3 inch staple. It is very pokey […]
Icelandic
I bought this fiber from Frelsi Farm at the 2018 NY Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. I bought 8 ounces but only spun 1 last night to start my fiber fun. This picture is pretty bad, I took it on the first flat surface that I had which was the back of a […]
Accountability
I just purchased a bunch of fiber, including some things on my Sheeps and Sizes list. HOWEVER. I am not allowed to buy any more fiber until May, at the MD Sheep and Wool festival. If I do buy fiber before then without having spun everything that I have, I will be making a donation […]
All Star Break and More
The NWHL is currently on break, I suspect partially because the football thing happened this past weekend and there’s generally no international competitions right now. Generally, because Sweden is hosting the Eurohockey playoffs that start on the 5th. It’s cool though. I’m so pumped for the All Star game this weekend, it will be a […]