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Wander and Stitch
@wanderandstitch.bsky.social
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Spinner, weaver, natural dyer
Aotearoa New Zealand
www.wanderandstitch.com
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Making batts for spinning! Natural brown Haunui wool with sari silk, mulberry silk dyed with indigo, and merino wool
A spiky drum carder with brown natural wool fibre strewn with streaks of blues, yellows, pinks make up a confetti burst of colour
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Carded natural Gotland wool, washed and prepped from fleece #spinning #fiberprep #wool
Half a banana box filled to the brim with coiled up wool batts for spinning and felting, from top to bottom there are three shades of grey: light, medium and dark grey; all natural undyed wool
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Handspun ‘Confetti’ yarn, a blend of recycled sari silk and silver-toned natural Haunui wool. Carded on my drum carder then handspun with great patience. The watercolour paintings were an inspired extra addition.
Two skeins of handspun yarn in natural silver-grey Haunui wool with brights flecks of confetti-like recycled sari silk throughout, with a hand-blended batt fibre prepped for spinning. Two watercolour paintings rest in the middle of the shot, they were painted after spinning the yarn and felt absolutely necessary as though the handspun yarn was not complete without them.
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Handspun yarn made from batts carded on my drum carder #spinning #yarn
A coiled up skein of mostly blue yarn sits on a golden wood back ground. The yarn is a blend of wool and silk, blue with pops and streaks of orange, red, bright aqua blue and a couple of pops of bright yellow, with white flecks of silk throughout. It was spun on a spinning wheel
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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I just launched a new hand spinning yarn and fiber art blog! I’m still working on it, but can find it at www.wanderandstitch.com
4 skeins of handspun yarn lie flat lined up next to each other showing a graduation of natural undyed wool colours from rich dark coffee espresso colour through toffee to oatmeal to silver. Above, are cooked up balls of natural undyed wool fiber that I fiber prepped into batts and then spun into this handspun yarn!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The handspun yarn result of a natural dye process, using marigold flowers to dye silk and Haunui wool which I then blended into a batt for spinning #fiberprep
A bright and brilliant skein of golden yellow two ply yarn handmade from Haunui wool and silk fibre which I natural dyed with marigold flowers and handspun on my spinning wheel
July 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Marigold natural dyed Haunui wool and mulberry silk batt for spinning, carded on my drum carder #fiberprep #fiberart
A big fluffy bright yellow batt for spinning into yarn lies on a neutral grey brown wood background. The batt has been natural dyed with marigold flowers and then blended on a drum carder into a batt, the type of fiber prep used by spinners to produce handspun wool yarn
July 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Sweet handfuls of rich golden yellow natural dye from marigold flowers and Haunui wool combed top and pure mulberry silk sliver
A coiled up bunch of Haunui wool combed top or roving, this is fiber for spinning which has been natural dyed with marigold flowers to produce a rich bright golden yellow colour, resting in the palm of a white womans hand with a handmade silver ring around the thumb and a blue hoodie sleeve popping in the bottom of the frame, the background is a wooden deck ramp A coiled up bunch of pure mulberry silk combed top or roving, this is fiber for spinning which has been natural dyed with marigold flowers to produce a rich bright golden yellow colour, resting in the palm of a white womans hand with a handmade silver ring around the thumb and a blue hoodie sleeve popping in the bottom of the frame, the background is a wooden deck ramp
July 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Pure Mulberry Silk and Haunui Wool looking heavenly in a marigold natural dye bath #naturaldye #spinning #fiberprep
A natural dye bath made with marigold flowers. The image features a Birds Eye view of a large pot, containing a rich deep gold liquid, with bright gold silk just under the surfaces and a lighter more oatmeal golden coloured wool roving underneath
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Mulberry silk from Japan and Haunui wool roving from New Zealand getting ready to be natural dyed #fiberprep #spinning #wool
A pot full of water with an oatmeal coloured natural wool roving submerged, and shiny Mulberry silk fibre sitting on top, getting ready to be natural dyed ready for spinning into yarn
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Handspun handknit wool beanie is perfect for keeping a jar of coffee warm when sketching in the crisp autumn of Wanaka, Aotearoa New Zealand
Bright colourful handknit fabric wrapped around an unseen jar of coffee, fading from red to purple to blue to green and back to purple. In the background, orange autumn leaves and green grass. In the foreground, five plain pencils front and centre with a sketch book off to the side
April 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Rolags - blend of Haunui wool and silk #spinning #fiberprep
Silky smooth and shiny rolags, a type of fibre prep for spinning where you blend fibres together; silk and wool today, and wrap them into circular lengths using two wooden dowels
April 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Hand blended and handspun Haunui wool-silk-linen, made on my blending board and spinning wheel #spinning #yarn
March 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Weaving with my handspun yarn, on a rigid heddle loom #spinning #fiberart
Bright multicoloured weaving made with handspun yarn made on a spinning wheel, it will be a scarf
March 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Finished handspun, superfine blend of 70% Haunui wool 30% silk + mulberry silk + linen spun from rolags. 2ply construction, fingering weight yarn #fiberprep #spinning
A hand spun skein of delightfully soft and shiny wool in silvery-grey with a rich brown wood background which contrasts exceptionally with the shiny bright white silk strewn amongst the yarn. The yarn is a finely spun 2ply of about fingering weight
March 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Two handspun singles of 18 micron 70% Haunui wool hogget 30% silk, blended with pure mulberry silk and linen flax on a blending board, ready to be plyed into lace weight yarn
Two wooden spinning wheel bobbins sit on a lazy kate ready for plying. Each has finely spun single yarns that will be spun together to make a 2-ply construction lace weight yarn. The colour is silver-grey with pops of bright white pure silk. The fibre is a blend of wool, silk and linen. It is exquisitely soft.
March 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Rolags blended with superfine 18 micron Haunui hogget wool, Mulberry silk, and linen #spinning #handspun #fiberprep
A selection of silver-grey natures fibers laid out to be fiber prepped for hand spinning into yarn. Clockwise from top we have natural coloured Haunui wool roving ready to be blended, 3 rolags which are the finished pieces, below are punches of a creamy yellow linen-silk blend and shiny white pure silk, above is a rolled up rolag snail shiny from the silk catching the light
March 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Latest handspun yarns, super difficult to get photos of #spinning #yarn #fiberart
March 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Merino wool and silk batts #spinning #yarn
Multicoloured fluffy merino wool batt featuring a natural while base strewn with pink, red, yellow, blue all muddled together into an almost muddy splash with lashing of pure white and indigo silk
March 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Handspun wool and silk yarn made with batts carded on my drum carder #fiberart
Grey handspun wool and silk yarn with flecks of bright colours such as aqua blue, red, yellow, pink, orange
March 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Another colourful art batt ft merino and natural dyed silk #spinning #fiberart #handspun
March 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Art batt carded on my drum carder, Ashford merino and corriedale wool with lashings of natural dyed silk #spinning #handspun #wool #fiberart
March 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Evening in Akaroa, Aotearoa New Zealand
February 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Colourful hand carded wool and silk batts, blended on my drum carder #spinning #handspun #fiberart
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Natural dyed yarns, pure merino dyed with colours I grew #wool #yarn #naturaldye #dyedyarn
February 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM