Very excited that #FiberuaryChallenge has made it here! I did #fiberuary a couple of years ago and met some great people and saw lovely work here because of it.
Intro post from me - I’m London-based, always knitting and/ or sewing, with a bit of tapestry, embroidery, occasional weaving and mending on the side
The plying's done, and this morning I wound the yarn into skeins so I can wash it. 8 ounces of three-ply yarn, 924 yards before washing. (The yarn will almost certainly floof and lose a few yards in the wash, which is desired. I'll re-measure when I wind it up to knit with.)
My next project will be a gradient spin.
One of the kiddos wasn't interested in the board game that was going on, so I brought out the Pollywog and taught her to spin. She got the basics pretty quickly and went home with a little ball of her very own yarn.
What a great way to kick off #fiberuary! 🧶
Anyone got any plans for #fiberuary this year?
In this month's #WhaleboneStitchClub newsletter, we're talking about embroidered Tudor coifs, Hester Prynne, and the lipstick effect. Read on Patreon (you can even get a free trial!)
For this years #fiberuary I challenge myself to #destash.
We're talking about some serious destashing. I have bags and bags of raw fleeces that I want to wash, dry and card by the end of the month. Not sure if this is even possible.
One of the bottlenecks apart from carding is drying the fleeces. It takes up to three days to dry, depending on the weather.
Been knitting up the previous pile of handspun. Pantsing a kind of wrap. I hope the yarn can take being frogged if necessary. Meanwhile, trying some mixed BFL spun long draw from the tip as a palate cleanser while I consider another larger stash busting project.
#handspinning #spinnersofmastodon #BFL #fiberarts #fiberuary
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