#polwarth

[skeksis98]

𖧧 more glowworm yarn, two different plies

2-ply on left & chain-ply on right (still have a whole bobbin to chain ply today)

this concludes that bunch of polwarth, using my ashford now and things are a lot more even and smooth compared to the nightmare trying to ply the first three skeins on the eew nano

[thread-goblin]

TDF days 8 and 9? I think?

Yesterday I did a bit of tiny spinning on the nano. Almost through the first green section! I also plied the exmoor horn and spun up a sample of my next breed: lonk.

Today I had a great time spinning at the arboretum with friends! I did overdo it though so now I'm resting my arm and glad that tomorrow is already a planned rest day for me.

[ezekiellsplayground]

Eeeeeeeeeee! Look what arrived yesterday! The largest fibre order I have EVER made and the currency conversion was horrific, but these colour ways are just. so. gorgeous! I have no regrets. Fibres are handdyed by Fossil Fibres.

[hello-delicious-tea]

@bookshelfdreams - here’s the Polwarth! It’s the Darkness to Dior colorway from Fresh Lotus Designs. I’m thinking of sending them a message about doing a braid without any of the lighter colors to ply it with - they did a lovely dye job of some yarn for me when I needed a bunch for a blanket!

What’s left of the braid, what’s currently on the spindle, my pretty spindle from Snyder Spindles, what I have wound off already with the help of my beautiful assistant (my four year old) on a toddler stacking toy that I think will be very handy for plying (except I forgot when winding off that I wanted to do two ply with a more neutral colorway not three ply with the same braid - such is life)

[leveragehunters]

Polwarth! Oh my gosh, Polwarth! It's the nicest softest fibre I've ever touched. It feels like duck down or a baby bunny and spins like a dream. And the wool isn't dyed! Those are the natural sheep colours.

Plus! Polwarth sheep are an Australian breed, and I got my fibre from Tarndwarncoort, where the breed was established in the 1840s. I can't get over how fun it is to spin!

[disgruntled-lifeform]

WELCOME TO WOOLSTOCK DASHSWAMP 2024

I did promise pretties

First up is a repeat visit to Akara for more pretty fibre! Hands down one of my favorite local dyers and I was afraid they had disappeared when their website went down but they just relocated!

Continuing with the fibre haul, here is some BFL from a dyer I haven't tried before called Lickety Spit but the seafoam greens and blues and the brown ensorcelled me

[wanderingjunkdrawer]

Yarn Bowls & Lost Posts

Let's review. No. Let's sum up.

Yarn bowl = cool tool

Lost Posts = 8 attempts

Of yarn bowls - mine are below.

Made of a precious Norway Maple from our yard, wrought by a local woodsmith, just big enough to fit a standard ball winder's cake, & allow a center pull ball to be fully worked.

A porcelain bowl with the characteristic swirled guide. This was found at a LYS In Iowa City IA ~The Knitting Shoppe~ and fits neatly into an Art Deco smoking stand that has been in my family a (literal) century.

IMO a truly grand repurposing.

If yarn bowls work to contain & control yarn - why not roving?

Found this gloriously large bowl at The Shepherds Market in Johnson County Iowa. It's big enough for both roving & plying bobbins or balls - while keeping the fibers clean & safe from - um - busy black paws.

Imbolc ☘️ Spin Update

Days 35 - 36 - 37 (Lost Posts)

Due to app troubles there are three days of posts missing - not that there was much variety as it's been Polwarth then some Polwarth followed by a little Polwarth. And very, very white Polwarth, at that.

Nonetheless - it is spun and will continue to be spun until done.

[cozyhearthyarnworks]

We're wrapping up our current custom spinning project in more ways than one! 🧶 Just the final touches left before we can send these skeins on their way 📨