Yarnings » Spinning
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Yarnings » Spinning
1y ago
A fiber book series “Roving, Batt, Card & Blend” has landed in my mailbox! Inspiring is the work of this inventive and passionate fiber artist Grace Shalom Hopkins, guiding her readers through extensive creative possibilities in fiber preparation for spinning ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
1y ago
Another in the old German silent black & white films, I seem to have discovered a treasure trove in the last one posted about Flax spinning in 1930’s Germany. This film was made in 1964, when I was still sleeping ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
1y ago
What a coincidence, yesterday just after I posted about Virginia learning to spin on an old flax spinning wheel and the little flax knitted bag she made and sent to me, I found this little silent black & white film ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
2y ago
Rain has soaked the earth in our neck of the woods since mid October, there were run-off streams rushing down the hill that I literally haven’t seen years, so the return of the rain season is at last on time ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
3y ago
The final plied woolen spun skein, washed & dried, and my nep cloud experiment is finished ! The neps were so subtle and very difficult to get to show on the camera, so I had to intensify the color saturation ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
3y ago
The final washed & dried skein, and my nep cloud experiment is finished ! The neps were so subtle and very difficult to get to show on the camera, so I had to intensify the color saturation just so that ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
3y ago
I have got an almost new pair of Schacht hand carders, for a great bargain, from someone who didn’t need or want them anymore, practically a gift. These are an essential part of my blending experiments past and future! Rather ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
3y ago
Yesterday I was blending on my blending board in the early morning light, listening to the inauguration on NPR. I had just finished the gloves design and figured I’d dedicate the meditative hours of dawn to prepare for a new ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
3y ago
I wanted to try spinning my first ever sock yarn, so I looked in my basket of gifted fiber, and chose some lovely hand-dyed superwash Blue-faced Leicester fiber in beautiful Autumn tones. I wanted to spin this fiber without the ..read more
Yarnings » Spinning
3y ago
Taking a break from sweater knitting and have enjoyed this short Tweed Chronicles experiment, the Quick Mix. Just as I expected, a slightly more homogenized affect than straight off the roving, resulting in a pinkish brick fired terra cotta shade ..read more