From processing fleece to knitting with handspun, and everything in between.
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Silk is a delightful rabbit hole. It sounds like a specialized fiber, but once you begin exploring, you discover the variety in silk that just keeps going. … More 35c of 51 Yarns: Pedencal Silk
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. From the classic Bombyx silk which has been used globally for centuries, to a more specialized silk, which I had never heard of until I visited the … More 35b of 51 Yarns: Muga Silk
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Greetings! It’s been a busy season here; I’ve been doing lots, but haven’t been so inclined to write about it. So much for excuses. Now for silk! … More 35a of 51 Yarns: Bombyx Silk
I was going to write this post yesterday, but yesterday was really difficult. Writing yesterday would have cast a pall over the month of July that didn’t belong there. Because July, quite frankly, has been wonderful. The weather has been grand. In the teens most days, sunny most days. Some days the bugs are bad, … More July 2020 Roundup: Summer
Another Tour de Fleece is in the books! Even though the Tour de France is not running this summer, the spinning event continues as scheduled. And the upshot is that this is the first TdF in a long time when I haven’t been traveling. My goal was pretty simple: spin for at least an hour … More Yellow Jersey
This has been a month of finishing, finishing, finishing: disciplining myself to finish old projects so I’m ready for new ones! It’s been a month of transition as well, since a month that we started by ice fishing: Ended by going for a swim. Knitting I finished Ringle at the beginning of this month! I … More July 2020 Round Up: Wind Up and Pitch
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. If you’re like me, you’re probably pretty sick of me posting pictures of samey-looking greyish-brown yarn. But this is for science, so stick with me. Or, you … More 34 of 51 Yarns: Shetland Rewound
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Weeeeee’ve got butts and tips and tips and butts, we’ve got butts and tips and tips and butts, we’ve got butts and tips and tips and butts, … More 33 of 51 Yarns: Shetland Tip-to-Butt
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Wool has butts! I mean, obviously sheep have butts, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Wool, when you cut it off the sheep, sticks together in … More 32 of 51 Yarns: Shetland Butt-to-Tip
Ringle is finally finished! I started wearing it right away. It’s comfortable and “me” and is the first sweater I’ve made that just feels like wearing a warm shirt. And I’ve finally used some of my favorite handspun yarn. The pattern is Ringle by Kate Davies. Now, mods! I changed it from bottom-up to top-down. … More Ringle Around
