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Alex, the Hearth Fire boosted

Paws 2 Spindle

Some people claim that garments knit with dog-fur yarn are too warm.

I have no complaints!

#Knitting @knitting #HandSpun #Chiengora

The author takes a selfie on a very cold winter day, as evinced by the ski goggles and face mask covering all but the tip of his nose. He's wearing a brown fuzzy hat with brioche ribs that can be barely made out through the fuzzy brown dog-fur yarn halo, and dusted with tiny flakes of white snow.

Paws 2 Spindle

@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden · 2 weeks ago

Some people claim that garments knit with dog-fur yarn are too warm.

I have no complaints!

#Knitting @knitting #HandSpun #Chiengora

Alex, the Hearth Fire boosted

Sand Hill Thicket

@SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com · last month

I'm back! Our Mastodon server was down for maintenance for the last couple of weeks, so I couldn't post over the holidays.

Happy #NewYear! ✨🎇🎆

I finished the purple #handspun yarn. It's 196 yards! 🥳 I did manage DK weight.

I'm working on #HandSpinning its sister #yarn now.

Did you do any #FiberArts over the holidays?

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An open hank of purple handspun yarn with strand over a sheep-shaped WPI measuring tool.

A hank of purple DK weight handspun yarn.

Sand Hill Thicket

@SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com · 2 months ago

I'm trying to spin DK or smaller. This is my first try on the high speed whorl.

#HandSpinning #Wool #Yarn

Sand Hill Thicket

@SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com replied · last month

I'm back! Our Mastodon server was down for maintenance for the last couple of weeks, so I couldn't post over the holidays.

Happy #NewYear! ✨🎇🎆

I finished the purple #handspun yarn. It's 196 yards! 🥳 I did manage DK weight.

I'm working on #HandSpinning its sister #yarn now.

Did you do any #FiberArts over the holidays?

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Sand Hill Thicket

@SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com · 3 months ago

It's been almost 10 years of selling #GulfCoast #fleece, #CombedTop, & #yarn & people keep asking me if I have an online shop. I promised my coach I'd have one made by Halloween! 😮😬 I always say, better late than never! 😅

So, I am building a little shop on my website... 😊 Stay tuned!

I'm also picking up my new (sock) yarn from the mill this weekend, which will be available in my shop in the near future! #knitting

Aaannnddd, you will also find some of my #HandSpun in the shop as well...☺

A collage of all my different handspun yarns.

Julian Fietkau boosted

rebecca

@rebecca@toots.ravenoak.dev · 3 months ago

continuing my "what is the deal with art yarn" journey, my first coily beehives 🐝

this is a very silly technique. I can't imagine using it for a real project, but it is fun to spin.

#handspun #artyarn

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a tiny skein of grey handspun yarn on an orange tiedye towel. the yarn varies dramatically in thickness, from tiny spirals to big chunky coils

a spinning wheel bobbin wrapped with thick and thin spiraled yarn in shades of grey

rebecca

@rebecca@toots.ravenoak.dev · 3 months ago

continuing my "what is the deal with art yarn" journey, my first coily beehives 🐝

this is a very silly technique. I can't imagine using it for a real project, but it is fun to spin.

#handspun #artyarn

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Travis F W and 2 others boosted

Sand Hill Thicket

@SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com · 3 months ago

Here is my costume this year - I went as myself - a wench! 😆 Happy #Halloween!

This is the cowl/hood I #HandDyed and crocheted this year. The dusty rose accent is #handspun. It is entirely made of #GulfCoast #wool off the backs of my sheep and is heavy and super warm!

#FiberArts #Crochet #Yarn #HandSpinning #Samhain

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A picture of me standing with my hand on my hip in a green dress, brown underbust corset, leather belt and purse, and the multi-colored green and dusty rose crocheted cowl/hood.

Another picture (different view) of me standing with my hand on my hip in a green dress, brown underbust corset, leather belt and purse, and the multi-colored green and dusty rose crocheted cowl/hood.

Sand Hill Thicket

@SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com · 3 months ago

Here is my costume this year - I went as myself - a wench! 😆 Happy #Halloween!

This is the cowl/hood I #HandDyed and crocheted this year. The dusty rose accent is #handspun. It is entirely made of #GulfCoast #wool off the backs of my sheep and is heavy and super warm!

#FiberArts #Crochet #Yarn #HandSpinning #Samhain

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Axiom the Doge

@Axiom@fiberart.club · 5 months ago

Before and after dyeing this skein of #HandSpunYarn .

The yarn is 4-ply sport weight, 50% Wool 25% Alpaca 25% Satin Angora

Dyed with black walnut hulls #naturalDye . I boiled the hulls twice, then placed the bath in a shady spot and soaked the yarn for three days.

This was a test dye for a larger project. I love the color, but I'm not sure it's right for this project. I'll decide after knitting a test swatch.

#handSpinning @fiberarts#handSpun

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A skein of yarn against a clover background. It has three strands of white and one of cinnamon brown. Upon closer inspection, you can see there are two dull white strands, which are wool, and one bright what strand, which is Angora. The brown is Alpaca.

The same skein as before, now in shades of gold, brass, and copper

A close up of the yarn, showing off the color variation. The Angora has dyed a light yellow gold, the wool is a medium brass, and the Alpaca is the same cinnamon brown or dark copper tone as before.

Paws 2 Spindle

@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden · 7 months ago

Time to talk about my new combs!

In a previous post, I teased that I got some combs from Bam Fiber Works as an alternative to carding Oni the Tibetan Mastiff's long fur. I've been testing them out, and so far, it's bee really good!

But first: a bit of a clean. I took half of the darkest bin of fur (what remained after the original 7oz drum carding test) and split it into half, which I then put into a laundry bag and washed. By luck, my random selection on Amazon returned laundry bags that perfectly fit the cement mixing trough that I've been using for washing/fixing fiber already!

I gave the fiber a good soak with mild agitation, rinse, and then took the whole back outside to dry in the sun and breeze.

The result is... a bit more matted than I'd hoped. But it's salvageable. I can pull it apart into clumps, then load it onto the combs for standard combing passes before pulling off into a sliver. It smells nicer, albeit with still a strong doggy scent. I have yet to decide if washing is worth it...

🧵 ...

#spinning #HandSpun @spinning

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