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. Having prepped and spun these two examples of extreme worsted and woolen yarn, the last step was to knit them up. The swatches produced exactly the fabrics … More 8 and 9 of 51 Yarns: True Woolen and Worsted: Knit
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. Yesterday I catalogued the prep for these two spins, on the extreme end of woolen and worsted yarn. Today I’ll talk about the spinning thereof and the … More 8 and 9 of 51 Yarns: True Woolen and Worsted: Spun
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. With these two yarns, we started a new chapter. This month and next, it’s all about woolen and worsted: the prep, the draft, the yarn and fabric … More 8 and 9 of 51 Yarns: True Woolen and Worsted: Prep
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. Last time I shared about my experience separating the two coats of a bit of Icelandic fleece and spinning the outer coat or Tog. Today I’ll share … More 6 of 51 Yarns: Icelandic Thel
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. The next three yarns are all about dual-coated sheep. This is the last stop in the first section of the book, which is all about the general … More 5 of 51 Yarns: Icelandic Tog
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. This post is coming a month and a half later than planned. That’s because, while I had a gloriously typical Down wool experience, I kept having intriguingly … More 3 of 51 Yarns: Longwool Outliers
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. I learned about Down wool a couple of years ago, soon after I started following Rachel. Since then I have read the special issue of PLY magazine … More 4 of 51 yarns: Suffolk Down Wool
