I am sure I am not alone in having numerous small samples of hand spun yarn or commercial yarn left overs from major projects. I have recently started a great pattern for using them up. This scarf is an easy fun knit, uses up odds and ends and looks great. I made one a few years… Continue reading Odds and Ends Scarf
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Blooming
The photos are of some softly spun spiral plied yarn that bloomed by 40%, the cardboard bobbins show fine tightly spun 3 ply that bloomed by 7.5% Background Hand spun yarn blooms, becomes thicker and shorter, when it is finished (washed, thwacked, steamed etc). This effect is rarely mentioned in books though Ann Field takes… Continue reading Blooming
Wet Felt Flower
It has been such a strange time recently, I hope you and yours are keeping safe. Thank goodness for the NHS and crafts. I am sure I am not alone in finding solace in fibre and fabric. A friend asked about instructions for a felt flower so here it is. There are many ways of… Continue reading Wet Felt Flower
Blending for spinning
As I plan for my course in a few weeks time, I have spent a lot of time blending and thinking about blending. This great list is based on one from Anne Schwartz via facebook spinners study group. - Thanks Anne Why might you want to blend? For colour To produce the colour you want … Continue reading Blending for spinning
Finishing hand spun yarn
At one stage I thought finishing my yarn was when I reached the end of the plying. I didn’t appreciate that ‘finishing’ had another meaning altogether. I suspect I was not alone. I spun fibre, plied two singles together, made a skein and it hung straight. Great. Only later did I realise that if it hung… Continue reading Finishing hand spun yarn
