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When it comes to fleece, how short is too short?

carbonel wrote in handspinning Sep 30, 2011 16:26

Remember the post I made some time ago looking for someone to clean fleece in exchange for a proportion of it? I didn't find anyone, but I did learn how to clean fleece myself in a five-gallon bucket, and the bag of clean wool is slowly getting fuller and the level of the first bag (of two) of skirted wool is slowly going down ( Read more... )

Dyeing on short notice

carbonel wrote in handspinning Sep 16, 2011 16:32

Okay, it's not actually all that short a notice -- it's me failing to plan ahead ( Read more... )

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Washing fleece

carbonel wrote in handspinning May 17, 2011 21:15

So I washed my first fleece.

I have a dark-brown half-fleece that I got at Shepherd's Harvest that may have been skirted, I'm not sure, but is definitely filthy. But before I tackle that, I wanted to practice.

I had two bags (3 ounces, at a guess), one each of black and white dirty fleece, that I bought at Shepherd's Harvest last year as ( Read more... )

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Any Twin Cities people interested in sharecropping?

carbonel wrote in handspinning Apr 06, 2011 16:26

I have three large bags full (yes, really) of white lamb fleece, unwashed. It looks rather nice to me, but I'm quite inexperienced in such things. I don't know the breed, but I can probably find out. The lambs in question were from a local farmer who raises them for meat. I don't have the wherewithal (or, honestly, the time) to clean the fleece, ( Read more... )

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade . . .

dameruth wrote in handspinning Feb 23, 2011 23:03

. . . When life gives you cat hair -- spin it!

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handspun yarn, photography, spinning cat hair

Spinning Wheel?

corvaxgirl wrote in handspinning Oct 18, 2010 14:04

I want to get a wheel in the near-ish future. I'm looking for a wheel under $400 that can be used while sitting on a couch, if spinning on a wheel on the couch possible? I'm just starting the wheel shopping process and I've never used one or owned one before.

Spinning with a hand paddle spinner

fyrdraeg wrote in handspinning Sep 17, 2010 13:53

UPDATE:

Here is an update on this conversation.

Apparently this item is descended from a Mayan Handspinner.

Here are some links for the curious of mind. These things really are very fun to use. As someone with fibromyalgia I can say that it is true that this is easier for me to use than a drop spindle.

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Spinning!

islandofwords wrote in handspinning May 08, 2010 17:51

So, I recently found this community, and I'm pretty thrilled. So hello and whatnot. I come bearing pictures of handspun! Take a trip through the cut with me:

( It's like the wardrobe into Narnia! )

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Blocking Project

princess_ismya wrote in handspinning May 05, 2010 11:19

I had some (mostly rough spun) yarn sitting around in my closet. I finally decided to go ahead and block it so I can either give it to people for projects or work with my loom for a bit. Here are some pretty pictures.

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Cleaning fur

andmydog wrote in handspinning Mar 04, 2010 16:19

This is a question about a full piece of fur, rather than just the fibers. I hope that's okay ( Read more... )

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