I love exploring new fibres for spinning yarn. Recently, I’ve noticed a lot of unusual fibres appearing in online wool shops, fibres made from seaweed, mint, corn, banana plants…. I’m just beginning to explore some of them.
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Hand Painting Wool Tops – Wool Dyeing Tutorial
Hand painted wool/silk blendHand painting wool tops is sooo much fun. I completeley lost myself for a couple of days in dyeing wool using many colours and experimenting with different wool blends and painting techniques.
Crocheting A Winter Scarf With Hand Spun Wool – Crochet Pattern
I love colourful winter accessories, I somehow need them to cheer me up in cold and grey weather. This winter scarf I crocheted with wool I spun on my spinning wheel. I started spinning when we moved to the UK 8 years ago. Someone sold me her spinning wheel and I’ve used it every winter since.