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Kicking off with candyfloss.

#hand spinning #spinning blog #wool #cochineal #natural dyes #spinning #pink #candyfloss #yarn

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tfw half your dyepans are redundant now you have an induction hob :(

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L: alum mordant

R: copper mordant

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Cochineal is incomparable.

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25% cochineal dyebath

L to R

- copper mordant (first use of dyebath)

- alum mordant (second use of dyebath)

- alum mordant (third use of dyebath)

Then I ran out of wool.

#incomparable #dyeing #natural dyeing #natural dyes #cochineal #wool top #wool #hand dyeing

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tfw half your dyepans are redundant now you have an induction hob :(

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L: alum mordant

R: copper mordant

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Cochineal is incomparable.

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tfw half your dyepans are redundant now you have an induction hob :(

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L: alum mordant

R: copper mordant

tfw half your dyepans are redundant now you have an induction hob :(

#look it's been a while so I hadn't noticed #until just now

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Dyer's Broom yellow, in progress.

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Finally finishing this up. It's been a busy year.

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Dyer's Broom yellow, in progress.

#spinning #handspinning #spinning blog #dyer's broom #yarn #wool

This Yarn item is sold by Lanifica. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on 07 Jan, 2023

Still in tidy-up mode. Very reluctantly, I’ve added one of my favourite ongoing spinning projects to Etsy: recycled sari silk sourced from Fibrehut, currently in purple, red and gold colourways. I have blue on my spindle right now; it may end up on Etsy too, if I don’t get a tableloom before anyone clears me out of this.

Let me know if you’re interested and have any questions.

#handspun yarn #yarn #Etsy #recycled sari silk #silk #sustainable silk #dragon hoard

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Dyeing to meet the new year. Happy 2023! It's dyer's broom. I have hopes that if I use enough of it I may get the strong, true yellow of my dreams.

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Well, this is definitely yellow. 225% dyestuff to alum-mordanted wool. I think we conclude that these are the sort of proportions you need to get a decent yellow out of dry dyestuff. I'm pretty satisfied.

#natural dyeing #natural dyes #dyer's broom #yellow wool #dye #yellow #alum mordant #perhaps most importantly I got rid of the dyer's broom I hadn't realised was sitting in the cupboard #nothing like a good clearout

Dyeing to meet the new year. Happy 2023! It's dyer's broom. I have hopes that if I use enough of it I may get the strong, true yellow of my dreams.

#natural dyeing #natural dyes #dyer's broom #guess it's been a while #still alive though

Three new Etsy listings:

Lockdown Blues, a Romney/bamboo blend hand-dyed with indigo

Baby Alpaca, single-ply baby alpaca in natural shades (grey, fawn and chocolate brown)

Viking Varieties, four samples of Scandinavian breeds (note: only one 50g skein of Gotland currently available, but I liked it so much I have another 300g stashed away to be spun)

#spinning blog #handspinning #yarn #indigo #dyeing blog #Etsy #alpaca #wool #finally doing some lockdown admin

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Things I have done during lockdown. Includes alpaca, recycled sari silk, various wool samples and a lot of bad TV. The blue is a Romney/bamboo blend I discovered in my yarn coffer, spun but undyed, and decided to use up some indigo on; I had to unbind all three skeins to do it and ended up spending a week unknotting and reskeining one of them. Currently I have more recycled silk and a stash of Suffolk and Gotland waiting to be spun. And I really need to list some of these, especially the alpaca, which is lush.

Meanwhile, for anyone in the UK looking for cute handmade facemasks, my friend has been making them for neighbours and family and now also for Etsy. Go right here!

#UK morning reblog

Things I have done during lockdown. Includes alpaca, recycled sari silk, various wool samples and a lot of bad TV. The blue is a Romney/bamboo blend I discovered in my yarn coffer, spun but undyed, and decided to use up some indigo on; I had to unbind all three skeins to do it and ended up spending a week unknotting and reskeining one of them. Currently I have more recycled silk and a stash of Suffolk and Gotland waiting to be spun. And I really need to list some of these, especially the alpaca, which is lush.

Meanwhile, for anyone in the UK looking for cute handmade facemasks, my friend has been making them for neighbours and family and now also for Etsy. Go right here!

#lockdown #facemask #etsy #spinning blog #alpaca #wool #silk #handspinning #indigo #dyeing blog #I hope your lockdown is going well #I am... looking forward to TK Maxx coming back #my horizons have narrowed rather lately

Yes! I am finally back on the recycled sari silk!

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First time spinning silk on the wheel. I always thought it would be less controlled than the spindle, and perhaps it is, a bit, but also it means not having to deal with the spindle weight. Also that spindle is coming apart in so many ways and I really need a new one. This is mulberry silk, in any case, and I don't plan to dye it. It's going well.

#spinning blog #hand spinning #spinning wheel #silk #mulberry silk #it is not helping me keep up with action in The Punisher #but I'm rapidly losing interest in that anyway

Exmoor Copper | 2 ply handspun, hand-dyed wool starting from £8.50/40g skein. Exmoor Blueface wool dyed with barberry bark + copper mordant.

New Etsy listing!

#Etsy #Lanifica #wool #yarn #spinning blog #dyeing blog #barberry bark #natural dyeing

Bluefaced Humbug | 4 skeins of 2-ply natural humbug Bluefaced Leicester

New Etsy listing!

#Etsy #Lanifica #yarn #Bluefaced Leicester #grey yarn #handspun yarn

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