Spincycle yarns projects

When spinners talk about grist, I think many of us glaze over. My knee-jerk reaction to grist is, “Well, that sounds serious,” and then subsequently beetle off and do something else. But grist is a…

Spincycle Dreamstate in The Family Jewels and Deep Bump with Harrisville Nightshades in Streetlight. #StrandedKnitting #StrandedColorwork #ColorworkKnitting #ColourworkKnitting #CowlKnitting #CowlPattern #CowlKnitting #KnitKnitKnit #KnittingInspo #KnittingPattern #KnittingPatterns #ILoveKnitting

The Thing About Spincycle - Modern Daily Knitting

Learn how to spin Treasure Yarn from left over scraps of wool, luster fibers, ribbons, fabrics, locks, hand more! If you have been saving your scraps and wondering what you can make with them, this is it! Joyce will show you how to sort your fibers, and hand card magical little fluffy batts using hand carders. These little, colorful batts will then be handspun into gorgeous and wild art yarns.

Craft me Happy is a craft blog full of inspiration, techniques and helpful advice. It features knitting, spinning, resin, jewellery making and more.

My creative world can be broken down into two, equality important parts – spinning and embroidery. Even though those are very different fiber crafts, they are extremely connected in my work &…

New to spinning yarn? There are various factors that will help to achieve a consistent handspun yarn, which we will discuss today.

Over the last couple of years, I’ve spent a significant amount of time spinning merino and other finer fibres that I’ve prepared myself; whether it’s combed top using my mini wool combs, blended top on my hackle, or rolag-punis on my blending board. Earlier this year, however, I took a trip to Wonderwool Wales where I treated myself to a sweater quantity of fibre - I bought this hand-painted blue-faced Leicester and camel blend… … and this blend of Black Welsh wool and merino, along with…

Any Way You Spin It

What do you make with the leftover fiber that you have collected over the years? Spin it!

Virtual Tour de Fleece has started. And I started spinning too, yesterday. There’s a blend suitable for socks on the wheel. I spin three singles which I will then ply. This gives a nice round…

There are so many excellent spinning books out there, it was hard for me to choose my favorites. But, as I started to narrow it down, I realized that my favorite beginner books were the books that taught me how to spin yarn! While several of these books are no longer in print, they are available in Kindle format, and of course you can always find them second hand if you are on the look out. So here they are, my top 5 books that taught me how to spin yarn.

Skill of the Month: Spin Your Own Yarn via The Survival Mom -- Spinning is one of those skills that, once ubiquitous, has become something of a novelty. In the past, spinning your own yarn with a drop spindle or spinning wheel was as common as cooking dinner. Everybody used to spin. If you are alive on the earth today, you have ancestors who spun. #spinyarn #knitting #howtospinyarn #DIY #diyproject #lifeskill #homesteading #spinningyarn #yarn #crochet

“I don’t want to spin mud” - This is a very common phrase uttered amongst hand spinners and it refers to the frustrating phenomenon of buying the most beautiful, multi-coloured blend of fibres, and then spinning a yarn from it that, from a short distance, looks like a murky brown or dirty grey colour. I’ve done it myself. I bought three hundred grams of World of Wool’s Fairytale blend called “Over the Rainbow” and took it away on holiday to spin. Image copyright World of Wool It’s gorgeous…

When you hold a floof of fiber in your hands you can get a little overwhelmed with all the possibilities. There are so many different spinning and plying techniques to try and there's only so much time in the day. That's why I decided to share my 3 favorite go-to techniques for those days when

300K views · 28K likes | ॐ Eloise Clarkson on Instagram: "Thankyou a ton for the love on tonight’s fibre drop💌 here’s me experimenting with turning my scraps into wool nep-esque bits and spinning them🧵the skein ended up selling in a mini skein set💖⁣ ⁣ #yarnsscraps #handspunyarn #spinningwheel #trendingmusic #explorepage #crochetersofinstagram #knittersofinstagram #crochetproject #knittingproject"

Core spinning involves wrapping fibers around a strand of spun yarn. The fibers cover the strand of yarn, which becomes the "core" of the new yarn.

Master spinner Michelle Boyd @spindleprincess returns with a detailed, photo-illustrated tutorial on how to spin singles yarn for knitting, crocheting and weaving projects. She addresses use of spindle and wheel, and discusses fibre choice. READ:

Happy Melodie on Instagram: "Spinning Peach Lemonade vegan art yarn 🧡 1 skein is currently available in my shop! 🙌 #happymelodie #veganartist #fibreartist #creativeprocess #artisticprocess…