I usually don’t mind January. It’s cold, but it’s a quiet break after the busyness of the holiday season. It’s fun to get so much done in the quiet. Spinning So, yeah, this was the month of playing catch up with 51 Yarns! I posted about no less than nine samples this month. A few … More January 2020 Roundup: Catch Up
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. Before I complete this chapter on yarn structures, I’m ready to go back and talk about chain ply. I’m not a huge fan of chain-ply; I always … More 21 of 51 Yarns: Chain-plied Targhee
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 have a bonus post to share, because supercoils deserve their own moment in the spotlight. Clearly someone looked at a coil yarn and said, “what if … More 25(b) of 51 Yarns: Supercoils!
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. Behold, another yarn that is completely new to me! How delightful it is to venture into the unknown in a craft one loves. This yarn was a … More 25 of 51 Yarns: Coils
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. Corespun is one of those delightful things that should be hard but really isn’t. You take a core yarn, point it straight at the wheels oriface (yes, … More 24 of 51 yarns: Corespun
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 don’t know how to make an accented “e” on my computer. That’s the sort of thing I knew how to do in college, when I was … More 23 of 51 Yarns: Mohair Boucle
Since I went to the trouble of making these last four samples for the 51 Yarns SAL with the same singles from the same fiver, I thought I’d take a moment to compare how they turned out. Grist: Surprising graph, right? Not surprising that I made one, cuz I’m a big nerd, but surprising what’s … More Pause Button: Simple Structures
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. (Yes, I skipped #21! I’ll come back to that one in a while.) Now the structures start to deviate from the norm. You might wonder why we … More 22 of 51 Yarns: Cabled
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 the 2-ply and 3-ply are the most normal of yarns, 5-ply is one of the most unusual. I can honestly say I’ve never spun one before. … More 20 of 51 Yarns: 5-Ply
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. It’s hard to know what to say in this post. The 3-ply yarn is, if possible, even more standard and vanilla than the 2-ply. Another handspinner might … More 19 of 51 Yarns: 3 Ply
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