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 So what is blooming? When you have spun your hand spun yarn, it needs finishing (washing, thwacking or steaming ). The fibre fluff up and the yarn… Continue reading Blooming
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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
Felt Flowers
I really enjoyed our felt flower workshop the other day. I love the way the gorgeous colours of the fibre blend and blur as it felts. Wet felting is such a tactile experience, rubbing and rolling, seeing the fibres contract and cling to each other. The colours from one layer blend and appear or disappear… Continue reading Felt Flowers
Best Fleece Washing Method ?
Results from our test washings In July I blogged about my favourite ways of washing a fleece. Since then Alison Daykin and I meet to discuss fleece washing for our book. We discovered we had very different approaches and had come across many more – so to settle our arguments we decided to test a… Continue reading Best Fleece Washing Method ?
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