Posted on March 1st, 2011, by Nuri
I’ve been experimenting with different types of fiber, different preparations, and using worsted and woolen spinning techniques. One great way I’ve found to try out these many different fiber options is to play with combining samples or to swap things I have plenty of (hand-dyed yarn) for things I don’t (batts!). Of course, there is [...]
Tags: batts, fiber, lessons, merino, phatfiber, roving, spinning, top, yarn
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Posted on September 10th, 2010, by Nuri
School is back on, and classes are great so far. This year I’m going to be keeping up with my dyeing; it’s a great creative outlet that doesn’t give me wrist injuries! I can intersperse it with my knitting. Speaking of which, I’m working on a Seaside Shawlette with some of my own recycled, hand-dyed [...]
Tags: dyeing, Etsy, fiber, pattern, phat fiber, polwarth, sampler, shawl, stash, sweater, thrift, top, wool, yarn
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Posted on July 1st, 2010, by Nuri
For some unknown reason, I’ve been bitten by the spinning bug. Maybe I am particularly delicious. I don’t know, but whatever the reason, my fingers have been itchy for fiber lately. I was ordering yarn bases for dyeing anyway, so I threw some blue faced leicester top into the order and started playing away. The [...]
Tags: dyeing, fiber, handspun, hats, spinning, wool, yarn
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