Wannabe Orbweaver

✨ yucky ✨

(pre-scour soak on 8oz of corriedale)

LMAO and you aren't wrong!!! sure, the first wash will always look yucky, but this was the second scour bath:

and this is after 4:

that's ABSURD for such a fine wool like... for context, here's the scour of this corriedale compared to the polwarth I did a few weeks ago

it cleaned up soooo fast ;-; she's so beautiful

i'm gonna go reblog that post you made of the sample spin of this fiber again because it is stunninggggg. i cannot WAIT to get this on the combs

its not completely dry yet but im already obsessseeeddd

my phone camera cannot capture how LUMINOUS it is

#corriedale spin #wool scouring #fiber processing #hand combing #the poison plant rambles

i might be in love

✨ yucky ✨

(pre-scour soak on 8oz of corriedale)

LMAO and you aren't wrong!!! sure, the first wash will always look yucky, but this was the second scour bath:

and this is after 4:

that's ABSURD for such a fine wool like... for context, here's the scour of this corriedale compared to the polwarth I did a few weeks ago

it cleaned up soooo fast ;-; she's so beautiful

i'm gonna go reblog that post you made of the sample spin of this fiber again because it is stunninggggg. i cannot WAIT to get this on the combs

#corriedale spin #tdf26 #fiber processing #fiber arts #wool scouring #the poison plant rambles

its not completely dry yet but im already obsessseeeddd

my phone camera cannot capture how LUMINOUS it is

alright it is time to flick some corriedale

Incredible incredible fleece wow

literally just finger twisted from the picked lock, no other prep. This is going to be an incredible warp yarn 😍😍😍

oh i’m in danger

okay 20g of fluff for the nano, the goldy green project spin has been ejected for the monent

auressea

Gorgeous! the lustre! It's so white and clean- was the sheep coated?!

It was only coated through hay season and the fleece was priced slightly lower because of that. I don’t even know what I’d do with one of her year round coated corriedales, I’m beside myself at how much I love this one.

The tiny wheel sample 2-plied was ~2.5g and ~15m (600m/100g) 🥳

✨ yucky ✨

(pre-scour soak on 8oz of corriedale)

#fiber arts #corriedale spin #wool scouring #scouring #fiber processing #the poison plant rambles

LMAO and you aren't wrong!!! sure, the first wash will always look yucky, but this was the second scour bath:

and this is after 4:

that's ABSURD for such a fine wool like... for context, here's the scour of this corriedale compared to the polwarth I did a few weeks ago

it cleaned up soooo fast ;-; she's so beautiful

i'm gonna go reblog that post you made of the sample spin of this fiber again because it is stunninggggg. i cannot WAIT to get this on the combs

✨ yucky ✨

(pre-scour soak on 8oz of corriedale)

#fiber arts #corriedale spin #wool scouring #scouring #fiber processing #the poison plant rambles

iamasalmon

the thing about fiber art that nobody tells you about is that every single kind of fiber art is a gateway drug to other kinds of fiber art.

everymanesq

I hurt my wrists crocheting cause I was bored of knitting so now I’m cross stitching cause my spinning wheel needs to be readjusted from the humidity and I can’t go thrifting for quilt fabric but what I really want to do is set up my back strap loom but like that’s such a project, ya know?

wanderingjunkdrawer

These are the facts.

Non-debateable.

Tour de Fleece 2026 Plans

This year will be my first TDF, and I am very excited! I have a lot planned for prep this month, so that I have as many options to choose from during TDF! I don't necessarily plan to complete everything, but having it structured like this helps me hone my focus and realize how much I've accomplished :)

Alpaca / BFL Spin Prep - 100%

fawn fiber combed - 100%

brown fiber combed - 100%

Corriedale - 30%

scoured - 100%

combed - 0%

Polwarth - 30%

scoured - 100%

prepped (maybe blended with alpaca?) - 0%

Alpaca - Puck24 - 30%

washed - 100%

prepped - 0%

Chiengora - Heimdall Puppy Fur - 0%

washed - 0%

prepped - 0%

last updated: 06/24/2026

#the poison plant rambles #puck24 #polwarth spin #corriedale spin #tdf26 #heimdall puppy spin

tj-crochets

Links to my free sewing patterns! - big manta ray - smaller manta ray - monster friend (those monsters with horns I’ve been making lately, but without horns) - pie slice - Fred, the Fish of Minimal Effort - tiny cat (aka Jiji) - mini mothman - whale shark/donut whale shark - juggling frog/toad (aka my smallest, simplest frog pattern of the three I’ve made) - large frog - tiny hedgehog - minecraft bee - minecraft zombie - blorbo - Strawberry Hearts quilt pattern - starfish - little octopus - canvas tote (wider than it is tall) - canvas tote (taller than it is wide, more of a grocery bag) - basic bat and ghost - mini mushroom friends - whale - hammerhead shark - simple seal Tutorials: - flannel baby blanket tutorial - onigiri bag tutorial - tomato pattern design walkthrough (how I design the pattern, not a link to the pattern itself)

tj-crochets

Free pattern post, now updated with a link to the seal pattern! If it’s been a while since this reblog when you read this, it’s worth clicking through to the original post, I will update it whenever I share a new sewing pattern

livingadagio

You don't NEED an expensive wheel, a set of combs, a drum carder, or commercial dyes to spin wool or to process a fleece, guys. If you want them that's one thing, but they are not a requirement to get into spinning your own wool or processing fleeces yourself. I am a disabled spinner with literally no income who can only get tools and supplies very infrequently because of holiday gifts or people giving me free things, so trust me I would know.

You can spin wool on cheap or easy-to-DIY drop spindles, you can use cheap dog slicker brushes as hand carders, combs are literally just nails set into wood handles if you're up for DIY-ing, you can safely dye fiber with natural dyes from your yard or kitchen (which is what I do), etc.

There are plenty of cheap or even free ways to engage with spinning as a hobby. Do not let anyone try to tell you it's expensive to get into because you need this or that specific pricey tool or product, or because good quality fiber/fleeces are more expensive to buy and only lower quality fiber/fleeces are affordable—which is absolutely not true btw. All the cheap fleeces I've gotten have still been very nice quality fiber for making wearables with. You can even get nice quality fleeces for free sometimes if you make friends with shepherds online or irl who are trying to offload them because they have too many to deal with, or who have no desire to process and/or sell their fleeces themselves.

I got into spinning with a cheap $10 drop spindle that was just a rough, round piece of wood stuck on a dowel rod. That was all I used for my entire first year of this hobby, and it worked perfectly fine. I still primarily use my drop spindles now even though I have two wheels (thanks to gifts from people). They're convenient to use anywhere, they're what I'm used to using, and when you are used to using spindles they are not really any slower than using a wheel. Wheels are not "better" than spindles, they're just pricier lol

Also, speaking of gifts, when people in fiber arts hobbies tell you that you can get a lot of stuff for free from older people looking to pass their stuff on or from people looking to de-stash, we mean it. I got an entire set of very nice wooden knitting needles (my very first set of needles) and a bunch of nice natural fiber yarn more expensive than I could ever hope to afford for FREE from someone I know from tumblr who wanted to de-stash. I've had shepherd friends I made online offer me free fleeces that they didn't have a use for. Gifting really does happen if you put the energy into looking for and making connections in your hobby of choice.

Fiber arts guilds and classes for fiber art hobbies will often have people looking to get new folks into their hobbies or shove off some old supplies taking up space in their house onto someone new. If you are in a place that has a local fiber arts guild (look it up and see if you do, you might be surprised) they probably also have equipment you can use—drum carders, spinning wheels, looms, etc.

Nobody is lying to you by saying fiber art hobbies can be done affordably, and that they can even produce affordable supplies for your other fiber hobbies (in the case of spinning, which my original post was about). It's the truth. Fiber arts are pretty affordable to get into compared to many other hobbies. There is a lot of available help to be found both in person and online to get into them. Beyond acquiring the very basics needed to do the hobby, they are really only as expensive as you make them.

#the poison plant rambles #polwarth spin #handspinning #spindle spinning

you can really spin on *anything* if you're willing to get a little creative!

(a bit facetious; ill admit) - here's the same wool spun on a drop spindle that couldn't have been more than $25

and the prep itself? a brush meant for sheepskins ($10 or less) used to flick open the locks. This fleece was gifted to me, and I'm not gonna pretend thats accessible to all of us, but there are plenty of wools out there sold for less than $5/oz

go out there and spin! you can, you can, you can!!!

knottybliss

SONUVACRAP IT’S WEDNESDAY

avatar-of-the-vast

I'm making socks:)

#the poison plant rambles #falkland fractal spin #handspinning

(still technically a WIP cause its still drying)

i have 4oz of falkland wool dyed by wild hare that i spun as a fractal spin, and i am a little bit obsessed. maybe lot a bit obsessed.

suesheroll

Heyyy I know its a long shot. But would be grateful if yall could suggest some cute fun crochet projects to get me out of my slump.

i have a pattern for a bouquet if youre interested that i found on tiktok a year or two ago that i could share!

suesheroll

Omg this is so cute!! Yes please!!

so i dont have like. Pattern patterns for them, but i have some descriptions of them that i typed up a few weeks ago

the original maker of the flower patterns is @lovesicksami on tiktok!

i no longer have tiktok, so i cant link to them 😔

tulip (white flower) pattern:

ch4 and join with a sl st OR magic circle; your choice

work 10 sc into middle of ch4/magic circle

when you get back to your 1st sc, work 2 sc into each sc (working in a spiral, so theres no sl st or ch).

once you think youre near where you started your increase row (cause it can be hard to tell with spirals), start increasing with an 'every other' pattern (2sc into one st, then one sc, 2 sc into one st, then one sc, etc)

after appx one row of that increase pattern, then you just sc in a spiral all the way up till youre happy w/ the height! i normally finished it off with a few slip stitches to help the spiral end evenly

as for the lavender (purple flower):

ch 20-35 stitches (up to you how many you want

work 3dc into the 3rd ch from your hook

sl st into either the same stitch or the next stitch (i cant remember 😅)

then you get to your pattern repeat- sl st, *chain six, sl st into same st, sl st into next st, rep from * until complete

leaf

the leaf was made with a pattern from ravelry that i can link for you :)

As seen here, the Curvy Leaf was made using a 4.5 mm hook and worsted weight yarn. However, you could make this with any weight of yarn as

im really sleepy rn so i just copy-pasted them from when i first wrote them; apologies if theres any errors! if you have any questions or want to ask advice, you can message me in my DMs here; they should be open to everyone :)

happy crocheting!!!

suesheroll

Thank you so much!!! One question tho how do you get the ridged edge of the tulip? Sewing?

#the poison plant rambles #crocheting

oh yes, thank you!

so you could definitely sew it (and tbh i think it would look and feel a bit nicer) but i glued it cause i was in a rush 😅

i put a bit of polyfil or a cottonball inside of the tulip, then put some glue on and squished it from 4 corners like this

hope this helps!!

Its been raining for like two solid weeks and its going to keep raining basically for the foreseeable future 🥲 weather pls I have fleeces I need to scour

#the poison plant rambles #tdf26

same over here ;-; I love the rain but if I could have like... two days of sun to scour before TDF that would be nice...

vitariesocks

Hello to other knitters/crocheters with hand pain! I always have hand pain when I knit or crochet (I’ve been mostly knitting lately) and can really only knit for 40-minute bursts. (I think it might be normal but I’m not sure…? Could be chronic pain, I have an arthritic + disabled parent). I always do warm-up stretches before I work, but that doesn’t really help. Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone had any luck with compression gloves? Thank you!!