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Thea Idea
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Enjoying fiber and textile related crafts 🧶🧵 slowly crafting my own website from scratch
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The 12th WoW advent #handspinning was time for my first-ever cabled yarn. I was so excited that I spun all the singles in one afternoon — it was such a smooth spinning experience. The yarn has slightly too much twist, but I’m very happy with the result anyway. 😃
A hank of cream-to-camel-brown cabled handspun yarn on a wooden table. Behind it is a lit, muted turquoise scented candle in a glass jar labeled with the number 12, from another advent calendar.
January 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Happy new year!

The 11th fiber blend from the WoW advent calendar was such a joyful and quick spin — the yarn turned out wonderful and has a lovely color.
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A hank of deep raspberry-red handspun yarn on a wooden table. Next to it is a scented, white lit candle in a glass jar labeled with the number 11.
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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I love the golden color of the red eri silk fibers in the 10th spin from the WoW advent calendar. The yarn didn't want to be spun thick, so it took ages to finish. The poor candle from another advent calendar gave up during plying — the glass broke from the heat. 😁
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A hank of mostly black handspun yarn with bursts of golden color lies on a wooden table. Next to it is a lit white scented candle in a glass jar labeled with the number 10; the back of the glass is broken.
December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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First time spinning from the fold! It was so much easier to spin a fiber blend this way. The 9th spin from the WoW advent calendar was a quick and easy one. Sadly, I felt so frustrated when my single broke during chain plying.
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Two hanks of handspun yarn in the same brown-and-cream color. A larger hank sits in front, with a smaller one behind it. Behind both is a lit marine-blue scented candle in a glass jar labeled with the number 9.
December 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The eighth WoW advent calendar spin took a really long time. Still, I discovered the joy of the short backward draw. I found it easier than the short forward draw when #handspinning this merino–silk blend. And I fell in love with chain plying — it’s starting to feel like a breeze. 😃
A turquoise hank of handspun yarn on a table. Next to it is a lit, marine blue, scented candle in a glass jar with a number 8 on it.
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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The seventh fiber blend from the WoW advent calendar was inspired by potatoes. And the resulting yarn „screams“ mashed potatoes.
I dared to try a long draw (well, kind of 😂) and I’m glad I did it. It was way easier on my hands.
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A very pale yellow hank of handspun yarn on a table. Next to it is a lit offwhite scented candle in a glass with the number 7 on it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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I'm delighted with how the sixth spin from the WoW advent calendar turned out. Although it was still challenging in terms of pain, seeing the finished yarn made me incredibly happy and proud.
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A hank of deep green handspun yarn on a table. Next to it is a lit scented white candle in a glass with a number 6 written on it, indicating the sixth day of a candle advent calendar.
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The fifth fiber blend from the WoW advent calendar was the most difficult one so far, mentally. I started feeling some pain from #handspinning while I was under (self-imposed) pressure to finish all the spins timely. The result is a relatively thick yarn, with much regret that I was pushing through.
Dark brown hank of handspun yarn next to a lit, turquoise scented candle in a glass with the number 5 on it.
December 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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They said sanding was dusty and messy … meanwhile my sewing room is covered with lint.
#sewing
An elliptically shaped piece of fabric with an invisible zipper on a green cutting mat. The fabric is sewn together from two pieces: a black inner ellipse with wide taupe edge. The middle part of the black fabric is full of lint. There are also some bits of threads next to the sewn piece and a rotary cutter, a seam ripper and embroidery scissors lying on the piece itself. In the background, there is more fabric that was used for sewing the edge. The fabric is quilted and has a plush beige top and taupe wide cord backing.
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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First time spinning pineapple and banana fibers - so exciting! It was nice watching the colors blending together and I like how it turned out.
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A pink-red-orange-yellow skein of handspun yarn on a table. Behind it is a lit very dark candle in a glas with number 4 on it. The yarn color is not homogeneous and it mostly looks red-pink.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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The third handspun from the WoW fibre advent calendar is my favorite one so far. The fiber blend was incredibly soft and so inviting to be spun. I loved spinning every centimeter of it.
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A slightly rosa skein of handspun yarn lying on a wooden table. There is a lit bluish scented candle next to it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The second handspun yarn from the WoW fibre advent calendar. Slightly thinner than the first one at 12 WPI. I found the bits of waste sari silk quite challenging for spinning. Overall I had a lovely time spinning it.
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Brown skein of handspun yarn with bright colorful bits. Next to it on a table it’s a lit bluish scented candle in a jar with number 2 on it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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One of my recent handspun yarns from the WoW fibre advent calendar. It was such a joy spinning it!
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Redviolet handspun yarn with bursts of blue color next to a lit scented candle with number one on it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM