Obsessed with Art Yarns

February 26, 2009

I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately, but after hearing Brenda Dayne talk about Jacey Boggs’ new DVD, Sit and Spin, I’ve become obsessed with wanting to learn how to spin art yarns. I’ve always been more in the camp of people that thinks “what do you do with those kind of yarns”, but [...]

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Handspun Merino/Silk + Mystery Fiber

February 18, 2009

This is some yarn I just finished in another attempt to create a fingering weight three-ply yarn. It’s two plies of some merino/silk from a top preparation and one of a ‘mystery fiber’ I got a while back for free from the Copper Moose when I purchased a drum carder from them. The latter fiber [...]

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Russian Spindle

February 11, 2009

After being inspired by the latest issue of Spindilicity, I bought myself this beauty–a Russian spindle.
A Russian spindle is a type of support spindle that is typically used for making lace weight yarn. I wish I could give you some tips on using it, but I haven’t quite figured it out myself yet. The [...]

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