The handful of you who also follow my gardening account @PermaSolarPotter know that I’ve begun #spinning native cotton. I love plants in the hibiscus family and was given permission to gather some seeds from a plant at the community garden last spring. I started off spinning the fiber with a pencil and then got my neighbor to make me a spindle from scrap wood. The two ceramic whorls I made just came out of the kiln and my neighbor fashioned some dowels to fit them. #FiberArts

The handful of you who also follow my gardening account @PermaSolarPotter know that I’ve begun #spinning native cotton. I love plants in the hibiscus family and was given permission to gather some seeds from a plant at the community garden last spring. I started off spinning the fiber with a pencil and then got my neighbor to make me a spindle from scrap wood. The two ceramic whorls I made just came out of the kiln and my neighbor fashioned some dowels to fit them. #FiberArts

#FibreArts friends, I want to re-home this bundle of merino wool. I got it when I learned to spin and I've found I don't enjoy spinning merino all that much. Does anyone fancy it?

It's free to a good home for the cost of postage. I'm in the UK. Happy to post international. I'm happy to consider a trade too if that's more of interest.

As per the packaging, it's from FibreHut in the UK.

@fiberarts #Spinning

#FibreArts friends, I want to re-home this bundle of merino wool. I got it when I learned to spin and I've found I don't enjoy spinning merino all that much. Does anyone fancy it?

It's free to a good home for the cost of postage. I'm in the UK. Happy to post international. I'm happy to consider a trade too if that's more of interest.

As per the packaging, it's from FibreHut in the UK.

@fiberarts #Spinning

Might as well toot a pic of the wool currently #spinning for #dydddefaidodon #defaidodonday :)
#sheep #Defaidodon

Might as well toot a pic of the wool currently #spinning for #dydddefaidodon #defaidodonday :)
#sheep #Defaidodon

Practicing #spinning. It’s becoming something I do when I want to zone out for a moment, usually in the evening. I still haven’t purchased any carding combs (although I think I will at some point) and I’m working with the short-fiber native cotton I grew, so it’s a bit challenging but I like it.

In the same way that working with clay needn’t be a consumer hobby, I’m seeing how far I can get with just this homemade spindle. #fiberarts #handmade #crafts

Practicing #spinning. It’s becoming something I do when I want to zone out for a moment, usually in the evening. I still haven’t purchased any carding combs (although I think I will at some point) and I’m working with the short-fiber native cotton I grew, so it’s a bit challenging but I like it.

In the same way that working with clay needn’t be a consumer hobby, I’m seeing how far I can get with just this homemade spindle. #fiberarts #handmade #crafts

Here's another sweater I knit some time ago but didn't get around to take pictures of until now. The pattern is my own and I even spun the yarn myself.
I made the jeans as well, the pattern is Ginger Jeans by Closet Core.
#knitting #spinning #sewing

Here's another sweater I knit some time ago but didn't get around to take pictures of until now. The pattern is my own and I even spun the yarn myself.
I made the jeans as well, the pattern is Ginger Jeans by Closet Core.
#knitting #spinning #sewing

I’ve been teaching myself how to spin the cotton into yarn with a pencil by watching YouTube videos. It’s very slow-going because I barely know what I’m doing, but feels good to see myself make a little bit of progress with each attempt. Also a spindle would definitely make things go faster but I can’t decide whether to buy a wooden one or attempt to make one out of clay. #handmade #spinning #fiberarts #crafts #beginner @gardening

Here’s a good video with a discussion about the interconnectedness of fiber workers with animal husbandry when it comes to turning fiber into finished textiles. Vegetable fibers are also mentioned but the visual examples are mostly from wool. #fiberarts #knitting #spinninghttps://youtu.be/ELM4Whplylc?si=XLiE-cLvNDNCXp_T

Here’s a good video with a discussion about the interconnectedness of fiber workers with animal husbandry when it comes to turning fiber into finished textiles. Vegetable fibers are also mentioned but the visual examples are mostly from wool. #fiberarts #knitting #spinninghttps://youtu.be/ELM4Whplylc?si=XLiE-cLvNDNCXp_T

The lovely folks at the @chaoss podcast interviewed me recently. We discussed my books (and shared a code for 25% off through October!), why projects fail, how to speak to executives, and #spinning!

Check it out!

https://podcast.chaoss.community/117

#OpenSource

The lovely folks at the @chaoss podcast interviewed me recently. We discussed my books (and shared a code for 25% off through October!), why projects fail, how to speak to executives, and #spinning!

Check it out!

https://podcast.chaoss.community/117

#OpenSource

in the ongoing story of the cottonseeds i started at winter solstice, i've got two bolls! hopefully they'll be full of seeds for next year.

i started off with 4 blooms, but then another big storm came thru and blew two of them off the plant. 😥

i'm gonna say, not bad for a first try growing them! and during climate change weather, too.

#spinning #cotton #diy#FiberArts #gardening#SeedToSocks

in the ongoing story of the cottonseeds i started at winter solstice, i've got two bolls! hopefully they'll be full of seeds for next year.

i started off with 4 blooms, but then another big storm came thru and blew two of them off the plant. 😥

i'm gonna say, not bad for a first try growing them! and during climate change weather, too.

#spinning #cotton #diy#FiberArts #gardening#SeedToSocks

I am starting to get excited for Finish-or-Frog-Along running in September / October (FKA #FallFinishAlong, renamed to be more hemisphere-inclusive). I plan to host as for the last two years and I hope the Fediverse is engaged as ever! Open to crafters and makers of all kinds - anyone with works in progress (WIPs) to finish or mindfully decide to kill. Stay tuned for more! #FinishOrFrogAlong #knitting #spinning #crochet #weaving #quilting#CrossStitch#FiberArts @knitting @fiberarts