BatZo

after much experimentation, i’ve come up with the following process:

four singles: easy. four lengths of singles, one for each ply. three on a lazy kate, one on my wheel’s integrated bobbin holder, done.

three singles: still pretty easy. turn one of your remaining bobbins into a plying bracelet. this gives you two ends from one length of single. that, plus the lengths from the other two bobbins, makes four plies.

two singles: now we’re cooking. where we go from here depends on whether your plying bracelet ran out, or one of the other bobbins ran out:

a) two bobbins: chain ply one single, while simultaneously plying with the other. the chain ply gives you three plies, and the additional single makes it up to four. a fun discovery i’ve made with this is that it doesn’t actually make a difference which single you pull through the loop in the process of chain plying - you can essentially alternate which of the singles you chain, as long as you’re only ever pulling one single through the loop at a time and letting the other single ply normally. (you can also do (b) below with two bobbins, but this is way is much less of a hassle.)

b) one bobbin and one plying bracelet: turn your remaining bobbin into a second plying bracelet, on the other wrist to the current plying bracelet. now you have two ends of singles from each wrist, for four plies total. this is exactly as much of a nightmare to control as it sounds, especially if your singles have a lot of twist in them. good luck!! you’re going to need it :) also, probably turn your wheel’s tension up a bit. that helps.

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I'm still in the beginning of my spinning journey so I wanted to try a bunch of different fibers. I didn't want to buy a large quantity of one fiber I haven't tried and I already have a bunch of mittens and beanies etc so I didn't want to do a bunch of one skein projects. So I planned to use all of the different fibers I bought for a sweater.

I already had some solid coloured blue Corriedale and the other fibers I bought were merino, merino-silk, merino-bamboo, merino-sparkly, merino-bamboo-viscose. The tweed and the black fibre from the picture I left out of this project.

I wanted to get a striped effect where the colours would fade nicely to the next colour but that didn't happen especially on the sleeves. I divided the fibres into smaller sections and spun two identical bobbins where the colours appear in the same order.

Then I plyed those two strands of merino blend with the corriedale

Finished skein

Finished sweater

The fit isn't perfect because I was very lazy when I casted on and didn't do any shoulder shaping. But still MY FIRST HANDSPUN SWEATER!!!

Stash!!!!!

I found these in my stash (looking for something else ofc) and immediately wanted to do a Luminous Nine Patch.

Now, now listen.

I know I seem to be making a few of these.

But they turn out gorgeous! How could I not make them?? They’re so easy and fun to do.

Look at this thing! I love her! She’s gorgeous!

She’s bold and dramatic and demands attention!

I think this one is one of the best Luminous Nine Patch quilts I’ve done.

I was correct. The black cuddle and binding are just fab with this.

I did actually find a more golden yellow thread called Dessert Sunset that I used instead of orange to quilt with, and I love it.

One of my tiktok mutuals said, “It looks like stained glass windows in a dark church.”

Pattern: Affric by Rebecca Clow

Started: January 15, 2026

Finished: February 1. 2026

Size: 5

hello my babes sweater is finally done 🥹

I drafted my own pattern and would definitely make some changes to it for future use, but overall pretty happy with the result!!

The Lachrymae Sweater.... All Over Lace.....

I am having fun (shockingly). Current dropped (and recovered) stitch count is at 1, and number of painstakingly tinked rows is also at 1. The lace motive is pretty easy to remember, still have to remind myself at the beginning of each row but I think I'll get there soon, and I can already detect if I've gone wrong mid way through a row and get back on track without counting from the beginning of the row. All in lovely pattern so far.

I am kinda obsessed with this pattern (if you can't guess). I've joined in the round for the body and done a bunch of the pattern repeats, but I've been itching to put the collar on it so it has a bit more shape and feels more like a jumper: I love it even more honestly!

The collar is a little ruffled at the moment but I'm gonna trust the process and hope it all stretches out with blocking and lies nicely when it's finished.

I think from here I'm gonna do the sleeves and get everything else done before I go back to the body. It does mean working from the outside of my yarn cake while the centre pull is attached to the body but I don't really want to cut the yarn any more than I have to cause the ends are a pain to weave in lol

I am so hype to wear this it feels so light and airy it's gonna be perfect for spring and summer.

This time I'm not asking 🤣