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Fleeces to Finished Projects Pt.1
Hello! I am starting a new and wonderfully long journey of turning raw animal fleece into crochet wearables. For quite some time now I have found myself wanting to take part in more ethical ways of creating, though finding an entry point can feel daunting sometimes. Fiber arts has become a significant part of my…
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New Tools
Hello! This week the rest of the general tools I need for spinning were delivered on Thursday. I think I finally have all the equipment necessary now for fiber processing from start to finish. I can tell you that there are some exciting new paths coming now that these tools are in my possession. The…
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Dye Projects, Demonstrations, and Art Yarns
Hello, and happy Father’s Day to everyone who has a special someone to celebrate today! Just wanted to show off the latest dye projects and my first art yarn attempt. I’m also including a short timelapse video of me spinning. Hopefully the video works just fine. If not though, feel free to leave a comment.…
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Perfecting Fractals
Hello! This week I’ve just kept up spinning fractal yarns. I was mostly practicing for consistency and decided to let the colorways just be whatever I felt was easiest. That meant the colors didn’t always end up going well together, but I definitely have gotten much better at keeping a steady consistency. Thankfully that was…
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New Fiber and Fractal Yarns
Hello! I’m so excited that I have a lot of new fiber I’ve gotten to spin up lately. The fiber is all solid colors, so I also get to build my own color scheme instead of buying pre dyed fiber with a pre picked color scheme. I got plenty of undyed roving as well, that…
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Undyed Roving to Colorful Yarn!
Hello! I’ve completed the large dye project I had planned this week earlier than expected, so I get to share my findings earlier too! To make this happen, I used the general dharma tutorial for color pooling/painting dye method. As of chemicals I used dharma acid dye (uv and non uv reactive), vinegar (or citric…
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Project Prep and Finished Results
Hello! I have spent most of this last weekend as well as today preparing some fiber and supplies for an upcoming hand dyed project. This left me with just a few other projects to share besides the main one I’ll most likely post about on Thursday or Friday. Anyways, yesterday was a great day to…
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Continuing to Practice
Hello! I have not been as motivated lately to crochet. I think that’s due to the excitement of the new wheel. So, I figured I’d just take this time to spin away. I have also completed a small duplicate stitch project, and my 2nd cross stitch. The cross stitch was a much larger project than…
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Back From Regrouping
Hello! I’m finally back! I definitely needed some time to slow down and reconfigure my days. While I was away, I found the kindest woman who was selling her spinning wheel and a bit of her fiber stash she’d collected. I had been looking for a while for a good deal on one and just…
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Mother’s Day Projects
Hello! First off, I hope everyone’s Sunday was filled with love, laughter, and joyous memories made with the special women in your lives! I know I thoroughly enjoyed my Sunday. Today I am finally able to show off the projects I was working on last week. To start, I originally had planned to leave the…
