#Spinning #DefLeppard... #vinyl

Finished #spinning the mystery alpaca and plied the multicolored questionably merino this afternoon. I really need to put accurate labels on my fiber more frequently.

I got a little done on my spinning today. 1 skein done, at least 1 more to go. Gotta find the best way to split the next braid a touch more evenly. #spinning #handspinning #yarnjunkie

Plying today did not go well. Sometimes I wasn’t getting enough take up to get the yarn to wind on, other times I wasn’t getting enough twist. Sometimes I was slowing the bobbin down with the tension I was putting on the yarn. Sometimes it squeaked and made other weird noises. I experimented with changing the brake band. It might be that or it might be the bobbin I used or it might be that the EEW 6.1 just doesn’t work for me for plying. #spinning #handspinning #fiberarts

I've been dyeing some new wool using several shades of kool-aid. This is 8 oz of blue-faced Leicester. I doubled the strand of roving, and poured my dye to make a long gradient. Image hidden because it looks like it could be a pan of guts, but it's just wet wool. Very pretty once you know what it is. #spinning #handspinning #handmade #dyeing #Koolaid

Spinning Frigg Vintage Fairytale Pin: A beautiful vintage brass pin of a woman with her distaff and spinning wheel. Pin measures just over 1 3/4" (4.5cm) wide. 

Frigg is the Norse Goddess of spinning-- it is said that she spun the clouds and you can see her spinning wheel in the sky as the constellation known as Orion's Belt.

https://feralstrumpet.com/products/spinning-frigg-vintage-fairytale-pin

There’s a meeting of the national #spinning group I recently joined. I have no idea what to expect. But I’m going to card some fleece tomorrow. And decide what wheel to take with me. I think one of my 2 old wheels…
If there’s anyone with experience with LSG alv’s, please some advice…

Finally done with my big bulky weight spin! #handspun #yarn #spinning

So, Erik was bored?

Yes!

- https://midtsveen.github.io/duck.html

I’ve got the first four (of twelve) sections of the Mega Multi Merino Gradient project spun and plied - and a plan to make a new lazy kate from something nicer-looking than a shoebox.

https://www.knittingpirate.com/2025/03/16/in-which-the-pirate-makes-progress-8/

I’m done with 4/6 of the rolags in my supported spindles current project. I’m fascinated by how the singles look and i am super curious how they’ll look when plied. I need a lot more of this kind of experience to understand what roving or rolags become when you actually spin them and how singles look when you combine them. #spinning #Handspinning #FiberArts I stopped counting the days of supported spindle spinning but suffice to say I definitely feel like each day gets easier and better.

Doing this a third time since I migrated to gamepad dot club (yay!) ....

#introduction

I have a passion for all things #art, #knitting, #spinning (fiber), #books, #gaming, and of course #cats - I have #multiplesclerosis and often forget I cannot do all the things.

Below are some pictures of stuff I've done:

(For the Horde mittens, electric Daedalus spinning wheel, and a digital drawing done in Procreate on my iPad)

The other morning I was thinking about the possibility of making supported spindles out of metal (instead of wood or 3D printed polymer) - machining them I guess? I imagine a nicely shaped shaft, and a disc of some sort for the bottom weight, possible threaded on the shaft and on the disc to allow the discs to be changed out as desired. That’s the simple version, before adding cool features. #spinning #handspinning #metalwork @LilPecan @JamesK

Today is the last day of the 100-day spin a long thing I've been doing, so here's the current state of my drop spindle. I'm on the last single for this project and I likely won't finish it today but maybe soon?

#spinning #DropSpindle @spinning

I have gotten good enough with a supported spindle now that I can spin under the desk while on a teams call with the camera on. If you work with me (you know who you are) please don’t tell anyone ! I won’t do it often because I still need to be able to take notes and present and talk but it’s nice to know I can. Really helps the ADHD. #spinning #FiberArts #HandSpinning

I’m so glad there is material to read/watch while learning to spin - books, magazines (Ply), websites/blogposts, YouTube, etc. I was reading something about learning to spin woolen and do long draw and the person specifically said not to worry if the yarn doesn’t look as smooth as your usual, because woolen yarns *aren’t* smooth, and suddenly I felt freed from expectations (or blessed with a new set of expectations). It’s supposed to be this way! Phew!!!! #spinning #handspinning #fiberArts

I have a cold but I'm still well eough to lie down and knit.
So knit I did. I finished a scarf and a pair of socks and frogged a cowl that I started with too small needles and cast it on again.
I am using handspun yarn for the colour changing bits and I love how it is turning out.
The pattern is the forests of Arda cowl by Melanie Rountree. My first time doing cables and colourwork at the same time but it works up quite fast. (Could also be the 7mm needles lol)
#knitting #spinning

Every new #spinning method I have learned has helped me become a better spinner overall. Years ago i never got the hang of a drop spindle. But after getting an EEW 6.1 - I learned the basics of drafting. Spinning on a wheel taught me even more. Finally I learned enough to understand finally how to really use a drop spindle (my choice is Turkish). and now using the supported spindle I understand so much more about long draw, woolen versus worsted, and fiber prep. #HandSpinning #fiberArts

A gift for me on March 8 (my first spindle)