Donna Smith talked to us about dying yarn with natural dyes, and I bought 3 skeins - 2 in DK weight for a hat (undyed) and a cowl (naturally dyed from color from the lac scale insect), and one in a beautiful indigo lace weight for a lace shawl. I don’t knit much lace but I felt so inspired by the yarn itself.

https://donnasmithdesigns.co.uk

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I bought some 2-ply jumper weight yarn from West Lynne Wool - from the Tait family’s sheep, some Shetlands but also crosses with Cheviot and Llyen. I started making Gudrun Johnston’s Riggies Cowl (free pattern). It’s almost done, needs blocking and then seaming up the back.

https://ravel.me/riggies-cowl

https://www.paparwark.co.uk/west-lynne-wool/

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Fiber Goals Update cont’d

For the rest of the goals - i already let those go (good tidings, finish long-term WIP) in favor of embracing where i am.

Current goals include: blocking and finishing projects; possibly making a sweater out of some beautiful Aran yarn I picked up in Shetland; getting back to spinning. I have so much fiber i want to spin - some destined for Turkish spindling, some for espinner. Getting excited again. (3/3)
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Fiber Goals Update cont’d

Spin-to-Knit: technically I already completed this goal for the year but I am so happy I did *another* project all the way through - this time with the fiber I spun completely on Turkish spindles and plied on my Starling. No pics yet but will post after blocking (I already wore it during my Shetland trip)

Hexiflats: I completed two more, from Shetland yarn I bought at a local maker! https://www.paparwark.co.uk/west-lynne-wool/
(2/?)
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