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musingmaker.bsky.social
On the blog today, frustration & the fiber arts...
#knitsky #crochetersofsky #fiberarts #crafts #handspinning #spinnersofBluesky

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Frustration & The Fiber Arts — Making & Musing...
If you’re reading this, chances are you love to knit, crochet, spin, weave, etc. Or maybe you’re a beginner who’s trying to learn one of these crafts? Although many of us love the fiber arts and us...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
sycamorefibers.bsky.social
One little fact about me: I’m a total bird nerd.

When I dyed this one, the salmon pink immediately reminded me of flamingos 🦩 Do you know what a group of flamingos is called?
Here’s Flamboyance!
#SpinnersofBluesky #HandDyed #HandSpinning 🧶

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A hand dyed braid of wool, dyed in shades of salmon pink and navy blue. It’s arranged in a spiral, with another braid lying adjacent to the first.
January 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
berrytired.bsky.social
100g, 175m, of coreiedale dyed with blueberries.

I'm gonna make some boiled mittens for next winter! So my first goal is to swatch!
Two twisted skeins of pastel lavender yarn. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #handdyed #naturaldye #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #LGBTQ
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
berrytired.bsky.social
Making some mittens for next winter, in my blueberry-dyed handspun corriedale!

Using this pattern so I can make sure the cuffs are even length:

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Most of a plain knit mitten. The yarn is lavender. A bright rainbow string is holding the stitches for the thumb loop. The Cuff ribbing jas just started, and is sitting on a circular needle in magic-loop position. This mitten has been knit from the top down. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #handdyed #naturaldye #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #LGBTQ #handknit #knitting #knitsky
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
catbriarfiberworks.bsky.social
Wednesday morning coffee and yarn spinning is making progress on the purple Shetland wool. Also I have wound a four strand plying ball from hand combed Tunis wool spun on my wheel. 🧶😀

#handspinning #DropSpindle #SpinningWheel #SpinnersOfBlueSky
A red coffee mug, a ball of white yarn, a drop spindle holding purple yarn, and a length of unspun purple wool. A blue covered journal sits beside them.
January 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
fossilfibers.bsky.social
Mel Medarda, the queen that you are. 🙌 This is going to be a tricky one to recreate as we go. That red dye is more of a fluid kind and likes to travel into the white spaces, but we will do our best.
Shop update Sunday the 9th at 12pm EST.

#handspun ##spinnersofbluesky
February 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
asmiyasaki.bsky.social
Started a new spin tonight ☺️ It’s been so long since I got this top, and it was just in a bag, without a label. I can tell it’s merino/plant fiber. I’m guessing bamboo? Feels like bamboo 😅 Planning to do a trad three ply. #yarnsky #knitsky #spinnersofbluesky
Three bundles of green combed top stacked on a red couch.
January 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
barbroheikin.bsky.social
This handspun yarn loved being wound into a cake! #SpinnersOfBluesky #handspunyarn
February 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
longdogyarn.com
Guesses at which Disney song our next colorway is inspired by? 👀

#handdyedfiber #spinnersofbluesky
Two coiled braids of fiber lie on in the corner on top of white cotton cloth next two a stretch of handdyed fiber in the hues of eggplant, lilac, teal, sunflower yellow, and gold.
April 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
bridgetknits.bsky.social
Yes! The spinning police will not come and lock you up if you don't wash it, thwack it, and hang it to dry before you use it. #handspinning
#spinnersofbluesky
senesced.bsky.social brenna 🌈🌿🍂 (she/her) @senesced.bsky.social · Jan 27
break every rule, knit straight from the bobbin, sow chaos 🧶
Brenna's latest work in progress, a hat knit with the Musselburgh pattern, sits atop a closed laptop. the project is connected to a bobbin of yarn, in reddish/pinkish and brown hues, which Brenna was clearly too lazy to wind into a center pull ball. She will unwind from the bobbin as she knits.
January 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
berrytired.bsky.social
First color change on the natural alpaca fractal 😍

I'm not sure I can overstate how buttery smooth this stuff is. Its almost begging to be laceweight! Living the Dream Alpaca Farm is once again blowing my mind 🥰
A drop spindle shaft, with some spun yarn wrapped around it, laid next to some alpaca roving. The roving is a light tan color. On the spindle, there are two almond-shaped bundles of yarn. The lower bundle is larger, and an off-white. The higher under is smaller, and the same light an as the roving. #alpaca #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning
May 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
fossilfibers.bsky.social
We can't do Ghibli without Haku. Spirited Away is an amazingly crafted piece of art and definitely a favorite. I chose our Fine Polwarth base for this one for some maximum softness and puff. The handle is excellent! 🥹

Shop update Sunday the 20th at 12pm EST.

#spinnersofbluesky #handspun #wool
April 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
jamespurvis.bsky.social
Spotted out and about, we all live on Spinning Path really
#HandSpinning #HandSpunYarn
#SpinnersOfBlueSky
A UK street sign that says “Spinning Path” on a wall
September 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
t-hooker-arts.bsky.social
needless to say i'm over the moon about my handspun moonlight cardigan 🤩
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#knittersofbluesky #spinnersofbluesky #handknit #handspun #fiberartist
February 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
longdogyarn.com
A Whole New World, inspired by the song from Disney’s Aladdin, on Shaniko Silk and Corriedale.

It might not actually be my favorite song from Aladdin (hello, Friend Like Me!) but I couldn’t resist these colors. 😍

Coming May 10.

#handdyedfiber #spinnersofbluesky
May 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
faulifunk.bsky.social
caturday = spin break ❤️🧶

#catsaysno #handspinning #cardedfibers #fiberart #packdeckenfarbe #spinnersofbluesky #linkespinnerin
a small brown tabby-coloured maine-coon-mix cat rests her head on a middle-aged woman’s hand. the hand holds a large rolag of a light purple, speckled blend of wool fibers. no spinning is happening in this photo.
March 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
t-hooker-arts.bsky.social
almost halfway through this balrog braid 😍
#spindlespinning #supportedspindles #handspinning #spinnersofbluesky
February 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
dobarah.bsky.social
One more braid to spin and chain ply…then I knit the sweater!!!! #spinnersofbluesky #handspinner #spin #spinner #artyarn #spunfiber
January 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
sycamorefibers.bsky.social
More new color combos. This one is so earthy with the colors feeling like they come straight from nature. I dyed this one on Punta Arenas, a next-to-skin soft wool that comes from sheep in Chile. 🧶 #yarnsky #Spinnersofbluesky #handspinning
A braid of wool hand dyed in earthy colors of blue, green and brown. It sits on a weathered wooden deck.
December 28, 2024 at 3:07 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I finished the swatches for the Muga Silk. It liked to be spun very fine and it's very shiny.

#handspinning #handspunyarn #spinnersofbluesky #handspinner #yarnspinning #handspun #yarn #🧶 #breedandfiberstudy #MugaSilk
My breed and fiber study page for Muga Silk with a picture of the fiber, a sample of each of the two yarns spun, a swatch knit from each of the yarns spun.
March 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
knitterkim.bsky.social
I just stocked a few more colorways on the soft and fluffy tweed combed top. www.kimdyesyarn.com/spinning-fib...
🧶🧶🧶 #SpinnersOfBlueSky #handspunyarn #Tourdefleece
Tweed combed top: colorway is browns, purples, blues, oranges. The tweed flecks are white. Tweed combed top: colorway is pinks, lavender, gold, olive brown. The tweed flecks are white. Tweed combed top: colorway is dark brown, orange, hot pink, blue.. The tweed flecks are white.
June 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
fossilfibers.bsky.social
Craterium Roseum made for a really cool variegated with these hot pink pops against a neutral background. I think this would make for a WICKED fractal yarn.

Shop update Sunday the 9th at 12pm EST.

#wool #handspun #weaving #knit #spinnersofbluesky
March 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
berrytired.bsky.social
Plying 1/2 of the blueberry yarn on my MacGuyver'd drop spindle. My Lil Ashford one can only handle like 30g max, so I gotta bust out the cheapy boy for this 50g.

Kinda wanna refine this design lmao. How I made it is in the alt text!
A homemade drop spindle, with some plied lavender yarn wrapped into a cop around it. The drop spindle is made with an old prescription bottle, a knitting needle, and an elastic band. Make a hole in the center of the prescription bottle cap, just big enough to put your knitting needle through. Put your knitting needle through the hole so that the pointed tip is coming out the bottom of the cap. Take the elastic and wrap it close to the tip to make sure the cap won't fall off. Slide the cap down, flush with the elastic, and your drop spindle is technically done. For added weight, fill the container part of the prescription bottle with rice or marbles to the desired weight and reattach it to the cap. I sandwich some waste fluff or tissues around the weights for less clacking and to vaguely help steady the needle. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #handdyed #naturaldye #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #LGBTQ
February 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
berrytired.bsky.social
More natural dye experiments! This time with (I think) cosmic purple carrots!

#yarn #handdyed #naturaldye #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #LGBTQ
A coppery colored nonstick pan with shredded purple carrots simmering in water. A white plastic fork is dipped into the water to show it's grape purple color.
February 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
t-hooker-arts.bsky.social
50g possum blend batt spun, i'll ply on friday
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#tourdefleece #handspinning #spinnersofbluesky #fiberartist
July 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM