handspinning

Obtaining roving in Minneapolis

carbonel wrote in handspinning Apr 22, 2013 14:13

I have a project for which I need three or four ounces of plain red roving or top (to spin singles and ply with something else). The problem is, I need it done by Thursday, 4/25 ( Read more... )

Handspun mohair/cashmere

reedrover wrote in handspinning Mar 26, 2013 21:02

I finished some yarn last night that had been languishing for quite a while. By "quite a while" I mean that the Angora goat who contributed the kid mohair ply is now 7 years old. The other ply is purchased cashmere. I got 238 yards for 3.5 ounces.

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SpinU

jadecat9 wrote in handspinning Oct 10, 2012 13:15

I'm taking a "SpinU" class (12-weeks!) at my LYS (Purlescence Yarns). It's been pretty awesome so far, and we're learning a lot of technical details to help make our spinning consistent. Things like ( Read more... )

three ply, handspun yarn, yarn pr0n

sooo...

missychacha wrote in handspinning Aug 05, 2012 17:22

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Slubby silk skein!

carbonel wrote in handspinning Jul 27, 2012 14:41

So I finished carding and spinning my dyed cocoons (re earlier post), and just two-plied them together. I ended up with around 330 yards of very slubby laceweight yarn, weighing all of 1.25 ounces ( Read more... )

handspun yarn, silk

Looking for advice regarding spun silk cocoons

carbonel wrote in handspinning Jul 23, 2012 13:25

At this year's Shepherd's Harvest, the only spinnable thing I bought was a couple of ounces of dyed silk cocoons -- because I loved the color (a lightish teal) and they were inexpensive. I had no idea what to do with them, so I tried carding them. I ended up with a bag of rolags that I've been spinning into a lace-weight single with lots and lots ( Read more... )

Tour de Fleece 2012

carbonel wrote in handspinning Jul 22, 2012 22:15

I have successfully completed my Tour de Fleece project! Last year, I had those three bags of dirty Suffolk fleece that turned into two bags of skirted and (eventually) washed fleece. It was about half white and half gray, and I sorted it into two bags. I finished the white fleece over rather a while, but the gray fleece I decided to do as my TdF ( Read more... )

handspun yarn, carding

Looking for advice about combs

carbonel wrote in handspinning May 10, 2012 22:59

I've been doing a lot of carding of fleece. I'm comfortable with cards, and pretty darned good at using them, if I do say so myself ( Read more... )

Yellow fleece?

carbonel wrote in handspinning May 01, 2012 09:22

I discovered a bag of fleece in my garage. It must have been one that I got from my friend-of-a-friend who raises Suffolk lambs for eating. I suspect that it's ram's fleece, and it has to have been in the garage for a couple of years. (I've since received several other bags and spun the contents of some of those up; it makes a nice lofty springy ( Read more... )

washing fleece, fiber prep

Some thoughts on cleaning fleece

carbonel wrote in handspinning Apr 25, 2012 14:51

1. Sheep poop is nowhere near as hot-water-soluble (or even hot-water-and-soap-soluble) as one might have expected ( Read more... )

washing fleece, carding, sheep & wool