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Finally using my new Lykke ball winder and swift arrived and they are gorgeous! The smell of rosewood wafting everywhere whilst winding yarn cakes is truly delightful. I wound up my first ever yarn (green, I’m calling it ‘Curly Qs’) and my variegated red/blue yarn. For some reason one of the variegated skeins snapped when…
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Completed swimming elephant diamond painting.
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Finished the clouds on the right side, only the left side left to go before detail stitching.
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My new spindle from BullSheepFibry on Etsy arrived & I am in love! 😍 This is a highly versatile spindle; you can switch the weight balls around so weighs between 24 to 61 grams, it can be either rim or centre weighted, it can be a top whorl drop or a bottom whorl drop/semi supported.…
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Started on another windstones pyo, this time a gryphon channeling one of my favourite native birds.
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Got this beautiful bottom whorl spindle from RagBagRebelAlliance on etsy. It’s turned from reclaimed antique parts; shaft is a furniture leg, whorl is a treadle spinning wheel whorl combined with a spinning wheel bobbin end. It kinda reminds me of a dalek eyestalk. It’s 89g so is going to be a plying spindle. My only…
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Only a little bit left to go! I’m really pleased that the bead colours were a lot brighter than the print looked.
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Washed my first handspun to set the twist & weighted it to dry in an attempt to even things out. Nope, my first handspun is a hot mess of wiggles because parts are way overspun. That’s ok, I never expected it to be perfect. Now I’m going to put it back on the niddy noddy…
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Ok, I’m good for roving now. The scandi wool is for support spindle practice & Felting Ewe roving is destined for some shawls. The rest is just because it’s delicious blends & I got enough to knit some small items once spun.
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Hemmed all the raw edges before glueing the fur down. Glueing was tricky because the back under the sail had to remain open for the hood to fit over, then that had to be henson stitched closed. Still needs a nose/eye trim.