Tag: spinning

Yarn for another shawl

The Haphazard knitters are planning to make Radiance Shawls – with help from Erica, SpinningSchool’s Knitting Advisor. Here, Val is plying her hand dyed merino tops with some indigo dyed yarn from Indigo-inc, purchased at our recent Indigo workshop.

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Spinning Silk from hankies

To spin silk when you have only just learned  worsted and long draw the day before is quite an achievement!

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Spin Suri Alpaca, Cashmere, and Sillk this weekend

at Knuston Hall – lovely fibres, lovely place and its not too late to join me and a rare chance to get your hands on Suri alpaca lovely fibres in a lovely place

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New Art batts

My new art batts comprise, merino, silk, spun yarn and these lovely angora locks, all of which were dyed in the same bath

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Mabel has twins

Mabel looks as if she will be a good mother as she nuzzles her new lambs. Ingrid’s flock of Shetlands is keeping her busy with two cades…

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Lovely old spinning wheel

This lovely old wheel came to Woolly day last week – Trish bought it for £15! – we would all have paid lots more than that for it

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