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Dressed as a witch in a hand knit ghost sweater, watching Beetlejuice, munching candy, and spinning yarn - what could be better? Happy Halloween, yarny friends! #spinning #handspinning 🧶
A braid of spinning fiber, a cop of singles, and a Turkish spindle sitting on a purple velvet with hat. The spinning fiber is hand dyed with splotches of neon colors on a white background, and a golden moon charm dangles from the tip of the hat.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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When you knit a tiny pumpkin, you make your cat wear it as a hat, of course. Pattern is Teeny Tiny Pumpkins by Anna Tracy, available on Ravelry, yarn is Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight, cat is Amos. 🧶 🎃
An orange and white tabby with pale green eyes, sitting calmly and staring straight into the camera, with a tiny knitted orange pumpkin balanced on his head. A close up picture of the tiny orange knitted pumpkin. It is held up by a white-skinned hand with purple painted nails, and using the hand for scale, you can see that the pumpkin is no more than an inch across. In the background are several blurry shelves of knock knacks against a dark teal wall.
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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4 days of progress! I did a bit more after this and even though there's still room on the arms, I'm definitely feeling the extra weight, so it might be time to take off the cop and start again.
A Turkish drop spindle with a carefully wound turtle of neon yellow, orange, pink and purple hand spun yarn. In the background is the unspun wool fiber, which is mostly white with pops of bright colors.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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It's also a really lovely day for a mildly moody walk through the woods, just fyi.
A small clearing in the woods in autumn. The ground is thickly covered with leaf litter, and the leaves left on the trees are a mix of golden yellow and green. To the left is a campsite with a faintly smoking fire pit, and an adult, child, and dog are walking along the trail in the middle distance. A small stream snaking through a sparse wood. Both banks are covered with orange and brown fallen leaves, with a few green ferns and patches of moss along the edges. The trees rising above the stream have lost most of their leaves, and the ones that are left are yellow against the dark branches. A man in a gray sweatshirt and a medium sized brown dog are walking next to the stream.
October 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I am trying again to make friends with a drop spindle, and I think I have to accept that my 33g Turkish just can't do thin singles. Which is fine, because this Shaniko Tweed from 316 Dye Studios (in the appropriately named Lite-Brite color) will look pretty good as a DK/worsted 2-ply. #handspun 🧶
A Turkish drop spindle next to a braid of neon-dyed wool. A small amount of the wool has been spun into singles which are wound into a gods-eye style cop on the spindle, showing off pale neon blues, greens, purples and oranges, with tweedy bits of all different colors. The fiber braid is hand dyed in blotches of the same colors, only brighter and interspersed with white. Barely visible on the arms of the spindle are cutouts in the shape of cars playing.
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Very lucky to have a husband who can print more bobbins when I run out! My current project has filled 4 of my 6 bobbins with no end in sight, so I may yet end up needing a few more, but not for a few weeks. #handspinning 🧶
A shiny teal-blue 3-D printed spinning wheel bobbin held close to the camera, with two more lying on a couch in the background. The bobbins have a small gear on each end, indicating they are for a Woollee Winder device.
October 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Desperately trying to will sweater weather into existence with a new cast on. This is The Botanist by @theacolman.bsky.social in @purlsoho.bsky.social Hedgerow, a merino Donegal tweed with a smidge of cashmere and silk. #knitting 🧶
A swath of in-progress knitting, still on the needles and swirled into an A-shape, lying on a worn wooden table. The knitted fabric is a deep, rich burgundy with tweedy pops of lighter red, pink, and green, and the surface of the fabric is twisted into a complex cable texture.
September 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Taking lunch in my car and knitting while parked outside a cemetery seems super appropriate for September. The Musselburgh hat seems never ending - this is only half a hat - but that was kind of the point, a project that is super easy to pick up and put down and will keep me busy for a while. 🧶
A hand holding up a long tubular piece on knitting. The knitting work in progress, which is going to be a hat, is striped in grey, tan, and burgundy and is over a foot long. The person holding the knitting has a tattoo of a tiger fairy kitten holding a ball of purple yarn. In the background is a concrete cemetery wall and a large gnarled tree with a canopy of green leaves
September 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Steeking and blocking done, all that's left to do is sew a few buttons! #knitting #handspinning 🧶
A close up of the button bands of a hand spun, hand knitted sweater. Three of the brown mother-of-pearl buttons are sewn on, and the fourth is in progress with a golden needle and purple thread sticking out of one of the button holes. The sweater is various muted shades of purple, blue, gray, green, and orange in a textured color work pattern. Lying on top of the sweater are a white card with purple and pink embroidery floss wound onto it, and a pair of gold and silver folding scissors.
August 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Our camping trip was..not ideal (dog got injured at the sitters, car broke down two states away from home, and it was so cold and rainy that we left a day early), but we're having a nice do-over with hot dogs, s'mores and knitting by the fire pit in our own backyard. #knitting #handspinning 🧶
A knitting work-in-progress in front of a concrete block fire pit. The piece of knitting, which is actually the second sleeve of a sweater, is made of handspun yarn in various shades of purple, green, and tiny bits of orangey brown, and is being held up by a person's hand near the needles. A few flames and wisps of smoke are curling up from the fire pit, and further in the background is the setting sun peeking through out-of-focus pine trees.
August 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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My handspun sweater is trucking along! I have a hard deadline to finish because I preemptively entered it in the Big E, and entry drop off is on 9/2. That's cutting it a bit close for me, but I have grand knitting plans for my upcoming vacation week. #spinning #handspinning #knitting 🧶
A white woman with dark hair taking a selfie in a mirror while wearing an unfinished sweater. The sweater, which is knit out of self striping hand spun yarn, is knit in a simple textured color work pattern. The body of the sweater is complete, the right sleeve is nearly complete, and the left sleeve is still missing. The yarn shifts through many colors, including gray, brown, blue, purple, and green, all in muted dark shades. The woman is holding two balls of yarn in front of her body in her left hand, and her face is hidden behind her phone, which has a purple phone case.
August 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I went to bed with the best intentions to work hard and get everything off my desk before vacation, but of course now that I'm here I'm totally checked out... Anyway, less work, more yarn. Here's a cute Louise Pullover Kids from Northside Knits in Knit Picks Heatherly that I made for a coworker. 🧶
A handknit baby sweater on a wooden table. The sweater has an all over bobble texture and is knit in a soft pastel sea-green color. The table under it is actually an ancient telephone wire reel, and the wood and metal are pleasantly worn and rustic.
August 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I needed a break from socks so I started a Musselburgh hat by @ysoldaknits.bsky.social for my new travel project. Perfect for knitting on the deck until it got too dark to see! 🧶
A hand holding an in-progress knit hat in front of a weathered deck and blooming hydrangeas. The hat, which is being knit from the top down, is knit in hand dyed yarn that is pooling in uneven stripes of grey, burgundy, and tan. The hydrangeas are pink and white.
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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I fell off the #tourdefleece wagon so hard. My travel project for my work trip was no good - short staple wool that I wanted to spin thin for socks does not go with a heavy spindle - and I was swamped with homework when I got back. Still, I finished my handspun socks on the plane! #knitting 🧶
A pair of hand spun, hand knit socks laid out on a faded blue deck railing above a blooming hydrangea. The socks have short, rolled cuffs and a traditional heel flap. The yarn is blended shades of bright blue, brown, sea green, red-purple and dark blue, and is spun to create a striped or color blocked effect. The striping on the two socks does not match. The hydrangeas are in full bloom in pink, white, and pale green.
August 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Nope, no actual spinning yesterday, but I'm not calling it a rest day because I dyed just over 3 pounds of fiber... Now the garage smells like vinegar and wet dog!
A multi-layered mesh drying rack hanging in a messy garage. The black drying rack, which is meant for herbs, has six levels, each with a bright green zippered opening, and all six levels are full of drying wool which can be glimpsed through the black mesh fabric.
July 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Days 7 and 8 of #tourdefleece! I finished spinning the last of my dyed Romney last night, and decided to dye some more today. I took no measurements or notes for any of this - pure vibe dyeing! Not sure yet if any actual spinning will take place today... #handspinning #handdyeing 🧶
A metal strainer, sitting in a metal sink, full of brightly colored wool. The wool has not been processed besides scouring and dyeing, and is still mostly clumped in wavy locks. It has been dyed shades of turquoise, ocean green, lavender, and lilac. A hand holding two bobbins of blueish yarn above a spinning wheel that holds a third bobbin of the same yarn. The spinning wheel, an old-style single treadle Schacht Matchless, is a warm honey colored wood, but the 3D printed bobbins are an incongruous shade of metallic silver with bright red gears on the end. The yarn is roughly DK to worsted weight singles in turquoise blue with hints of purple and gray. The person holding the two bobbins has a tattoo of a tiger kitten holding a ball of yarn on their arm.
July 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Days 3-6 of #tourdefleece! Work and homework are seriously interfering with my spinning schedule, but I managed to finish another bobbin and start my travel project. I'm also now half way through Dungeon Crawler Carl 4, which I coincidentally started on day 1 of the tour. #handspinning 🧶
A top down view of a variety of yarn spinning paraphernalia. On the left is a spinning wheel on the floor, bearing a nearly full bobbin of muted turquoise yarn. On the table to the right is a spread out batt of wool, the same turquoise/gray/lavender/blue as the yarn on the spinning wheel, and there is another bobbin full of yarn sitting on the batt. Also sitting on the batt is a Turkish spindle with a small cop of pale green yarn.
July 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Day 2 of #tourdefleece! I only spun for a half hour, and that might be it because it is unpleasantly hot and humid and I have homework due today. Still, I finished this bobbin of singles and weighed my remaining fiber. I'll do a bit more carding later to be ready for tomorrow. #handspinning 🧶
A bobbin of hand spun singles held by a person's hand. The singles are turquoise with hints of lilac and have a woolly, fuzzy texture. A bowl of unspun, uncarded wool on a kitchen scale. The bowl is green, the scale is black and silver, and the fiber is varying shades of blue, green, and purple. The scale has been tared to remove the weight of the bowl, showing that the fiber weighs 232g.
July 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Day one complete! The 3 batts I prepared ahead of time spun up in about 2 hours, which is much faster than I expected, and nearly filled 1 bobbin. I carded two more bats and probably have enough dyed wool for 8-10 more. Now to decide if I should dye the other 2 pounds or spin it as is...
A close up view of a bobbin on a spinning wheel, mostly full of turquoise yarn. The yarn has bits of lavender mixed in, and in the background is a pile of turquoise and purple dyed wool. A drum carder loaded up with the turquoise and purple wool. The wool on the drum is mostly turquoise with a few streaks of darker teal. The feed tray has a layer of lightly fluffed wool ready to be added to the batt, which shows the various shades of lilac, blue, and sea green more clearly. After blending, the colors will mostly mix together into a muted haze.
July 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Indie decided to join me for the #tourdefleece kick off. My goals are to spin every day, spin all of this Romney fleece, and get my new (to me) Country Craftsman wheel up and running. If I finish the Romney, I also have a pound of merino to dye and blend with sari silk. #handspinning #handspun 🧶
A dog lounging in a patch of sunlight streaming in through a skylight, next to a spinning wheel. Indie, the dog, is light tan, wearing a teal collar, and looks very relaxed. The spinning wheel, a Schacht Matchless, has a small amount of muted blue-green yarn on the bobbin. A dyed sheep fleece spilling out of a white pillow case onto a wooden table. The portion on the left is uncarded, and the naturally silver-brown wool has been dyed shades of turquoise, teal, and lavender. On the right, some of it has been carded into batts, blending the colors into muted but still lovely shades. In the background is a drum carder and a cup of coffee.
July 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Practicing core spinning onto fairy lights! USB lights are much brighter than battery lights, and while I'm very pleased I can plug them into a timer and not worry about batteries, the brightness overpowers the color of the fiber a bit. #handspinning #handspunyarn #artyarn 🧶
A Schacht Matchless spinning wheel with a bobbin partially full of brightly glowing fairy light yarn. A hand wrapped in fairy light yarn. The lights are turned off to show the colors of the yarn, which is streaked with minty green and pink wool and silk.
June 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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My first (successful, not-immediately-on-the-verge-of-disintegration) handspun sock! The opposing ply yarn really feels amazing and squishy, yet dense and sturdy. I do not usually suffer from second sock syndrome, but #tourdefleece starts soon... #sockcuterie #handspinning #knitsky #yarn 🧶
A nearly finished handspun, hand knit sock on a foot. The sock has a short rolled cuff, and shifts in color from blue/red marls at the ankle to turquoise to ocean green to brown to purple back to bright blue again at the toe. The only thing left to do is weave in the tail that dangles off the toe... And knit another sock, of course.
June 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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#sockcuterie has commenced! I'm knitting Rose City Rollers in yarn I dyed and spun. Most of this knitting has sadly been without snacks, but it was fun to put together a pretty board to accompany the cast on. Is anyone else knitting socks this month? #knitting #knitsky #handspun #handspunyarn 🧶
A half finished hand knit sock on a reddish purple background. The sock is being knit from the cuff down, and the yarn is striped and marled in shades of blue, green, brown, and purple. The fabric in the background is printed with stylized black mushrooms. A small charcuterie board and a ball of yarn on a wooden table. The yarn looks predominantly blue in this picture but still has striations of other dark colors. The board has an appealing array of crackers, cheese, and cured meats, with a few blackberries and chocolate covered almonds for dessert. It's just enough for a meal for one person, or a snack for two.
June 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Spinning workshops are my happy place 🥰 Today, Emily of @bricolagestudios.bsky.social taught the Nutmeg Spinners fiber blending and core spinning on wire, including spinning onto a fairy light core. This might be the coolest thing I have ever made! #handspinning #wool #silk #yarn 🧶
A pile of fiber and yarn on a pea-green table. In the back is a carded batt in shades of purple and pink, streaked with white and pink silk and sprinkled with tiny bits of multi-colored textile waste. In front of that is a silver 3D printed spinning wheel bobbin, partially filled with pale green and pink corespun yarn. The core is wire, giving the yarn a structural stiffness. In the front is yarn made from the purple and pink batt. It is corespun into a fairly light wire, which shines through the stiff, colorful yarn. My hand holding the corespun fairy light yarn in front of a wood wall. In this dark area, the lights shine brilliantly through the pink and purple wool, illuminating my hand. The battery back for the lights hangs to the side.
June 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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We have a swatch, perfectly 8 stitches per inch! It biases a tiny bit, which is not too surprising, and is wonderfully smooth and squishy.
A knitted swatch, still on the needles, on a gray background. The stitches are tiny and even, and subtly striped in purple, green, brown, and turquoise. The loose yarn to the side is energized and twisting back on itself, surprising given how smooth and even the surface of the swatch is.
May 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM