Til Death We Do Art, and also other stuff

Art! Mainly of the fiber variety.

[ofchaosgoddess]

Maybe this will help me actually find my posts

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Spinning: #fancy sticks #handspinning

#Big green sweater spin <- spinning the 4 braids of green Shaniko for a sweater

#General fleece processing tag <- what it sounds like

#Garment sewing <- what it sounds like

#Tunis 2166 <- 2025 jewel Tunis processing tag

#Tunis Jesse <- 2025 jewel Tunis yearling ram fleece processing tag

#Will I ever finish this cloak <- that embroidered wool cloak that I haven’t touched in two years

#Wip pile of doom

#Mending pile of doom

#stash highlights

#52 weeks of cookies

#book quilt 2026

#pine quilt

[newsandstuffisee]

[ofchaosgoddess]

I do wish books that purport to be about human anthropological history and early human migration acknowledged that race does not exist. Its not a thing, humans made it up.

Homo sapiens that emigrated from africa whose descendants have lived in europe for 500 years and have light skin are not distinct in any biological way from homo sapiens whose descendants now live in China and have been there for 500 years and those people are not distinct from homo sapiens whose descendants live in West Africa and have been there for 500 years.

There is a continuum of human phenotypes with no clear distinction between them visually or genetically. You cannot know the migration history or geography or genetic history of a group of people by looking at their skin color. You cannot identify race biologically because it doesn’t exist.

Lots of human cultures have spent a lot of effort building barriers between people and trying very hard to make race and racism true but guess what it remains that race is not real.

[ofchaosgoddess]

TdF Day 14

I actually managed to get up in time and spin before work! Both singles spun up and ready for plying.

[ofchaosgoddess]

plying day! If I get both mini skeins and this blellow spin plyed up today, I’ll be at 400g finished yarn for tdf and will have met my stretch goal of spin at least as much as I spun last year (now that I’m right next to the goal I can say it).

And the first mini is plied 😊

[ofchaosgoddess]

Plying the romney/mohair fractal. This wasn’t my most consistent spin ever but it looks like I’ll still get some decent yardage out of it!

[ofchaosgoddess]

definitely not winning any consistency awards for this one 😅

[ofchaosgoddess]

I have a reasonably fine default spin, a 2ply light fingering weight (24st/4in on 3.5mm needles which is my ideal knit fabric!)

pros: so much yardage! massive flexibility in possible projects. very pretty.

cons: I’ve been plying for ten million years 🫩🫩🫩

[owlspinningyarns]

good news, i have in fact been spinning for Tour de Fleece

meh news, i have not been posting about it because i'm tired

so here's a day whatever it is round up of some yarns i have recently plyed. haven't gotten around to washing them yet but i'm happy with them all

[owlspinningyarns]

okay so post-TDF i'm now planning to make a tips and tricks for spinning two ply gradients so that the colors match up

anyone who wants tagged, let me know

[ofchaosgoddess]

TdF Day 14

I actually managed to get up in time and spin before work! Both singles spun up and ready for plying.

[ofchaosgoddess]

plying day! If I get both mini skeins and this blellow spin plyed up today, I’ll be at 400g finished yarn for tdf and will have met my stretch goal of spin at least as much as I spun last year (now that I’m right next to the goal I can say it).

And the first mini is plied 😊

[ofchaosgoddess]

Plying the romney/mohair fractal. This wasn’t my most consistent spin ever but it looks like I’ll still get some decent yardage out of it!

[amnesiaguy]

so ummm welcome to my jar:) lemme show you around! theres some holes poked in the top so i can breathe, theres some leaves to munch on, and ive even got a twig! #mytwig

[amnesiaguy]

weird as hell, thank you for asking

[ofchaosgoddess]

TdF Day 14

I actually managed to get up in time and spin before work! Both singles spun up and ready for plying.

[ofchaosgoddess]

plying day! If I get both mini skeins and this blellow spin plyed up today, I’ll be at 400g finished yarn for tdf and will have met my stretch goal of spin at least as much as I spun last year (now that I’m right next to the goal I can say it).

And the first mini is plied 😊

[affreca]

Tour de Fleece Day 13: Polwarth

One of my favorite wools. Soft as merino, good luster and longish staple. Which makes sense, as they were developed by adding 1/4 Lincoln with 3/4 Merino.

This sample spun like butter. I tried to spin thicker, but I only managed to get to sport. My two ply made a nice string of pearls.

I can find undyed white Polwarth top at all the expected stores. World of Wool also carries a grey undyed top, and a number of luxury fibers blended with Polwarth. Most hand dyers use Polwarth for hand dyed braids. One of my favorite sweaters (pictured) is a raglan I knit from yarn from three colors of Polwarth dyed by Frabjous Fibers. I have another sweater quantity spun up from various braids of Polwarth and Falkland (not a breed, but many Falkland sheep are Polwarth) that I need to pick a pattern for.

References:

Ekarius, C., & Robson, D. (2013). The Field Guide to Fleece: 100 Sheep Breeds & How to Use Their Fibers. North Adams: Storey Publishing, LLC.

Robson, D., & Ekarius, C. (2011). The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn. North Adams: Storey Publishing, LLC.

Smith, B. (2014). The Spinner's Book of Fleece: A Breed-by-Breed Guide to Choosing and Spinning the Perfect Fiber for Every Purpose. North Adams: Storey Publishing, LLC.

Sheep pic (https://nzsheep.co.nz/polwarth/), the rest by me.

[ofchaosgoddess]

polwarth my beloved 😍😍😍

[reverendrowdy]

Use your PTO

[ofchaosgoddess]

TdF Day 14

I actually managed to get up in time and spin before work! Both singles spun up and ready for plying.

[tangleddreaming]

First week of TdF

I decided to take it very chill this year (also my first year of TdF). I don't have any big separate TdF project going on. My goals are to spin everyday, finish wipes and spin batts I've blended. I also have huge amount of mint green merino but we'll see if I get around to that.

Days 1 & 2 I continud to spin one old wip (lavender batt). Days 3, 4 and 5 I was not at home so I spun just a tiny bit of silk on my spindle. Day 6 I finished spinning lavender batt and the singles are now resting and on day 7 started spinning beige batt.

The lavender batt spun up

[distance-does-not-matter]

girl who started a load on laundry: I’m gonna change my life I’m gonna clean my whole house I’m gonna go on a walk

[ferncrafts]

Had a walkabout with a friend and a camera the other day to finally take some pictures of my serk! More pictures and process below.

Okay now that you’ve seen me frolic here’s the timeline, as told through images from my camera roll:

April 16th: trying on mockup from a couple years ago.

April 17-18th: ???

April 19th: serk missing only one sleeve (finished but not attached yet) and side gore, as well as the neckline

Went in and added gores down the middle one evening at the beginning of June.

[littlebirdinagarden]

I know I’m not the first person to discover this, but freeze dried fruit is absolutely goated for baking. fresh fruit makes everything soggy, regular dried fruit has little flavour. we should be adding freeze dried fruit to everything

[ofchaosgoddess]

TdF Day 13

I spun a whopping one (1) gram on this spindle last week, for a total of 6g so far this tdf. but in my defense I was At Work for so many hours the last 5 days. A truly unreasonable number of hours okay. I definitely will not be spinning an ounce on this spindle by the end of tdf but we will see how far I do manage to get.

I finished the first ply of this planned 2ply fractal and resisted the call of the singles. The second ply is now on the wheel. Hopefully I can spin today ply tomorrow? We’ll see.

Obviously I’m in a blue/green/yellow phase rn

[ofchaosgoddess]

almost done with the second ply

If work isn’t crazy tomorrow (it fucking better not be 🔪🔪🔪) I should have a finished skein by eod!