I’ve organized and begun spinning on my Bacon Burner batt. I’m using my spindles from Woodland Handcrafts which is my first time really doing a project on them. Currently using the little owl which is so cute and of course also spins well. This project will take a while but it’s only 2 oz of fiber so maybe won’t take as long as I fear. #HandSpinning #fiber #FiberArts #spinning #supportedspindle
My other purchase is a bag of naturally dark black alpaca roving.
I've been wanting to try blending the husky fur with something a bit longer and more likely to hold together. I'm going to play around with proportions, but I think this would look really sharp as a dark core of black alpaca surrounded by a fuzzy white husky halo.
Of course I'll post photos when I get to this project!
These two fibers are a very unhappy marriage, but also interesting. Working on my drafting skills. Not sure how to ply this. #HandSpinning #yarn #Gotland #ClunForest
My poll ended up on Bacon Burner by one vote! I’m happy with that because I realized I already have a WIP in color very close to the Jellyfish Ride colorway to be followed with something close to paper airplane skies! So Calcifer it is. I’m thinking I will spin from one end of the batt to the other and then chain ply to maintain the gradient. We will see. With 2 (or 3) other spinning WIPs at the same time no one project is making much progress. #HandSpinning #FiberArts https://wandering.shop/@consumablejoy/114474365156433006
More #fleece coming off the #SheepOfMastodon today! #Wool #FiberArts
#HandSpinning #Shearing #GulfCoast
Today I skeined up a literal bucketload of freshly plied yarn, mostly 4-ply black Shetland, but also some red Targhee at the bottom of the pail.
It's all a bit over-twisted on the ply, but should be entirely fine after wash/dry. Really pleased with how it all turned out and am looking forward to the black & grey Shetland sweater that's in my future. 
Photos for poll
Bacon Burner - Calcifer
Ponyo’s Jellyfish Ride
Paper Airplane Skies from the wind rises
Fossil Fibers studio Ghibli themed batts of various fibers
(2/2) #fiber #Fiberarts #handspinning
I got these batts from Fossil Fibers - pics to follow in the thread. I am thinking of spinning them on supported spindle. They are all Studio Ghibli themed. Which one should I start with? @fiberarts #fiber #fiberarts #spinning #handspinning (1/2)
The kitty blanket is finished! I'm so chuffed with it, but also a little sorry to be done #knitting it, because it was fun to make. My partner loves it, and asked me to make more for our den. The #cats continue to produce fur, so I see more #handspinning in my future. This is a blend of Jacob #wool and cat #floof that I spun. It is WARM! The pattern is my variation of the famous 10 stitch blanket by Frankie Brown. More details in the alt text. #handmade #fiberarts #textiles #homespun
I'm having a go at a longest thread competition for the first time! 2 grams of 22 micron merino, 2ply yarn.
It's taken me almost a full day to spin it on a drop spindle! I count 38 wraps per inch, the official length measurement will be tomorrow.
#HandSpinning
This is one of my favorite YouTube channels because she is so knowledgeable and passionate about #handcraft especially #handspinning #weaving and #knitting. Here, she takes us through the history of industrial textile production in the USA, along with the resulting labor movement. As a bonus, she also explains how the tariffs won't lead to a renewed US textile industry bcz we're standing on our own dicks. https://youtube.com/watch?v=2qALHS-QJ28&si=rC0ekF1Xn2JC2kcJ
Checking in on how #FiberGoals went in April - I did at least 5 minutes of fiber arts on 21/30 days. I was hoping for more but some days I was just too tired, and that’s ok. I did mostly spinning (on both wheel and supported spindle) but I also kicked off a Sophie Scarf (I’m feeling pretty meh on that) and picked up my Brette origami scarf again, which I love working on. #handSpinning #knitting #fiberarts https://wandering.shop/@consumablejoy/113756208408207812
A couple semi-recent skeins of yarn! The second one I posted before, but that was in worse lighting & before I washed it so here it is again. #handspinning
For #WIPWednesday I have:
* sock 2 cast on ready for a short trip
* 28 grams of fiber left to spin
* 5 cm of the body of the Cymric cardigan left to go - that is the to be folded part of the hem
* fun blending board experiment with recently dyed Gotland and an older sample of minty coloured Clun Forest (I think, could also be Southdown). The Gotland had not felted and was still reasonably organised after dyeing.
#knitting #HandSpinning
My cat fur blanket is coming along nicely. I just spun up another huge cake of yarn, but the end is in sight. This has been a great "resting" project, just semi-mindless #knitting #handmade #handcraft #handspinning #cat This is my own variation of the 10 stitch blanket by Frankie Brown,a free pattern on Ravelry.
I stopped by the Woodland Handcrafts site just out of curiousity. I’ve only placed preorders and never successfully ordered something from stock but I hit the jackpot and soon will be the owner of this gorgeous morel mushroom support spindle. OMG. #handspinning #supportedspindle
Finished #knitting this Flax sweater. Started #spinning the yarn for it in August last year. One single was a multicoloured bamboo/merino, the other one a solid blue Shetland, twined together into a lovely soft fingering yarn. #handspinning #handknit
After writing this post, I almost plopped a inexpensive Turkish spindle in my bag in case this really does happen and I want to leave the spindle and some fiber with someone, but then I thought, no, not quite yet. Plus I am going to Seattle and there are many places to pick up this stuff there if someone wants it. #fiberarts #HandSpinning
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