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Finished red dorset horn waste wool, that was used for packing & I combed. It’s ended up a really lovely tweedy yarn 🧶
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My final #TDF2024 efforts. I achieved my first thread plyed fractal and a chunky weight yarn, alongside 4 other skeins and masham singles that are now resting. I didn’t progress much on the cotton but I did learnt a lot about how to spin it. Plus, I got blackout on the TDF bingo challenge card!
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TDF progress update! I have finished the fractal yarn, all the bobbins have now been plied, the brown icelandic single is finished, & the cotton is progressing. I also prepped 200g grams of ‘berry burst’ roving into rolags because I impulsively decided I needed a lofty woolen spin for the planned chunky yarn.
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This was an interesting exercise. Both skeins are 100% yak with singles spindle spun supported at the same time. BUT left one was plyed end of last year using my usual method matching the ply twist to the singles twist on my plying drop. Meanwhile the right one was plyed recently on the drop except…
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Finally cleared off my craft desk of full spindles, and holy heck! I am doomed to some serious plying hell because I filled up a lot of spindles…and this isn’t even all the spindles I own now…
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I fell into a pattern of simply filling up spindles over the last few months. So here’s the 100s of meters of thread that needs to be de-spindled, plyed, & finished.
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Kevin has decided she’s caretaker for the full spindle sticks. These are the spun up rolags I hand made. Now to plying them!
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I did it! I just put in all my entries for the 2024 Royal Easter Show. I’m entering all but one category under the Spinning Arts & Craft schedule; the dark purple in the handspun category, other yarns are going up against wheel spinners in respective laceweight & regular weight categories, the garment in the…
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WoW fibre advent Day 24. This is a cracker of a colourful (see what I did there) blend of merino, cashmere, & sari silk. Thanks to every spinner who was doing the WoW or another fibre advent with me this month, & to everyone who followed along with my efforts. Merry Christmas 🎄
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WoW fibre advent Day 23. A misleadingly named blend of merino, corridale, & tussah silk. Honestly, I was rather unimpressed by with the vile colour choices.