Spin, spin, spin
I’ve finished spinning my purpink rolags (88 grams). In the last couple of days, my husband and I have been watching…
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Frosty skein
The icy rainbow rolags that I have made recently were a joy to spin! I finished the singles last night.…
Petrol & Sport
I have been trying to spin some yarn that is thicker than fingering weight (after plying), but somehow, I tend…
Blending an icy gradient
Yesterday I have done a little experiment with fibre! I have recently bought some inspiring stuff from World of Wool,…
Woolly surprises
I am destashing some spindles, and I’ve just sold two of my MirkwoodArts spindles. They are so very pretty and…
Midwinter unicorn
Two weeks ago I made rolags from some Nunoco mini batts. I was quite in love with the icy colours,…
Functional art
The nice thing (or at least one of them) of spinning on spindles is that you get these beautiful, functional tools,…
Colour levels
I’ve been spinning some very pretty merino-silk by Passe-Partout. It has bits of pink, silver, white, blue… a lovely light…
Using a blending board
I have almost finished my latest spinning project (I only need to ply it still), so I’m thinking about what…
Spindle house
About half a year ago, I made a simple storage solution for my supported spindles, from a cardboard box, 4…
Colourplay
I just wanted to say that I really love making rolags! As I finished my last spinning project this morning,…
M-ply
Most spinners probably have heard of n-ply (navajo ply or chain ply). It is a technique to ply one single…
Blending
Last Saturday my parents came over to celebrate my and my father’s birthday together. We had a really good time!…
More handspun
As I’m spinning every day, I’m noticing that I’m producing a lot of yarn (well, for spinning on spindles, that…
Handspinning
What’s going on? I’ve hardly knitted anything this year… somehow, since December last year, I’ve been hooked on spinning instead. I…
Dutch Knitting Days
Yesterday I went to the Dutch Knitting Days in Zwolle, together with my mum. It was very nice again, and…
Spinning rainbow yarn
As my cobweb is still drying, I have continued plying yarn that I spun during the Tour de Fleece. I…
Cobweb finished!
A couple of months ago I started spinning Tasmanian superfine merino from Malcolm Fielding’s Etsy store. This is a supersoft,…
Hestia is finished
Last week I finished knitting my homely Hestia shawl. I finished it on Sunday, and blocked it on Thursday. Right…
Designing a homey shawl
During the Tour de Fleece, I have spun a big skein of Polwarth-silk yarn from two braids of fiber from…
Cabelle is available!
Actually, it has been for a few weeks already, but I did not really announce it anywhere. I finally got…
Review: Malcolm Fielding
My favourite supported spindle maker is Malcolm Fielding. He lives in Australia, and he creates devilishly divine spindles! He has…
Tour de Fleece 2015
This year’s Tour de Fleece has been a lot of fun! I’ve spun for Team Karma (as usual), Team Mirkwood,…
Goals
Since December, I have been spinning a lot more (and knitting a lot less). I did start to knit socks…
SAL with Smaug: finished!
The SAL with Smaug has been running from March 9 until yesterday (April 30). I’ve been spinning along, and I’m…
Spin along with Smaug
Tibor from MirkwoodArts, the spindle maker, has been quite busy, lately. He has been developing new spindles (the Ladies of…
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