Tag: yarnblr

  • I managed to ply, wash, & thwack 10 skeins of yarn over just a few days! 🫣 I am thankful for our Australian summer heat which dried these skeins right out overnight.

  • I’ve been wanting to try out a spindolyn since I first saw them. It’s a very interesting little tool but not something that I would use regularly because of my preferred spinning style. It is however wonderful to spin up neppy wools and when you want a ridiculous amount of loft in your yarn!

  • Spinning some merino on my new Mingo&Asho glasspin. I taught myself to spin supported earlier this year. I found fleegle style spinning to be the most comfortable on my support spindles as its a kind of unsupported style which accommodates short or long draw. Do you like watching my spinning videos? Should I do more…

  • Hubert would like to present a basket of yarn cakes ready for plying & the latest singles of my dyed red panda spin.

  • This is how I prepare hand dyed fibre for spinning. It’s so satisfying floofing out the fibre & feeling it go from coarse to a literal cloud.

  • Finished off my competition yarn I’m planning to enter into the 2024 Royal Easter Show. I tried really hard to spin as evenly and finely as possible, so I’m very happy with how this turned out.

  • Conclusion of my Tour de Fleece 2023 journey. Over the 3 week period (mens race) I spun & plied a skein each of black welsh & white scandi. I finished the last single of my competition yarn & plied that. I completely finished all singles for 2 skeins of blue merino/alpaca. I filled my tahkli…

  • I may have gone a little bit insane playing with all my spindles. I’ve got two 4ply plying balls ready, 2 mini plying balls, some black welsh waiting to be plied with what’s still on a spindle, more harmony/scandi/red panda singles, and a merino mulberry silk blend on the glasspin. Suffice to say I’ve been…