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…
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Spindle house
About half a year ago, I made a simple storage solution for my supported spindles, from a cardboard box, 4…
Wool party
Yesterday a good friend of mine, Snorrepot, organized a wool party at her place in beautiful Den Bosch! After the…
Flowers and stars
Now that the days are at their shortest and daylight is minimal, it’s a perfect time for crafting items that…
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…
Kusudama
The kusudama, meaning medicine ball in Japanese, is a sphere made of pyramidal units, and traditionally it contained incense or potpourri. It…
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…
Valleys and mountains… and squashing
Two weeks ago I saw an interesting little movie clip on Facebook. Actually, this is the long version. Somehow, this…
Elementary, my dear!
We have just finished another swap in the NKS group on Ravelry. This time, the theme was “British Detectives”, and…
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,…
A gift from my brother
As you know, I’m very fond of creating beautiful things with simple tools like spindles and knitting needles. So is my…
Amazing machines
Last weekend I was in Munich, to visit my brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece. We had a great time together!…
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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