al dente crafting

the warm bobbin has also been giving me fits in places; i think it felted a bit or the tussah silk is not as slippery as I’m used to. Ah well.

plying objectively takes much less time than spinning the singles so why does it feel so interminable???

we have plied!

Starting a scrap quilt!

Taking a break from the never ending hat failures to have some fun with Sisal. I have a big spool of the stuff, and bast fiber singles like this work just fine for ply splitting. It's so lovely and golden! It looks like the sun.

I'm debating trying a chain ply on this, last time I did it I was not successful 😬. Who knows, I'm feeling brave!

Definitely into the pinks now, with only a tiny bit of the fuchsia left before I move into the rosy pinks. 💜✅️

Its coming along quite nicely if i may say so myself

Right is a store bought cashmere yarn I‘m putting some twist into so I can then ply it with handspun. There’s also a hand carded merino/angora bunny single on another bobbin and I am running out of bobbins, so maybe this TdF is a good incentive to finish stuff!

During a visit to Fair Isle in the summer of 1913, the Reverend [Robert Logan] and his wife Annie purchased the pullover for [their son] John from one of the island’s knitters. The garment is a good example of the type of traditional knitting done in Fair Isle for at least a century before, and prior to the global fashion boom in fair isle-style garments for men and women in the early 1920s The pullover is made of white hand-spun wool, most likely from sheep born and raised on Fair Isle. The colours are somewhat typical of the earliest phase of the craft: red, dyed from madder or a mixture of madder and several local dye sources; very dark blue, a strong indigo dyebath that required dipping and oxidation numerous times; medium blue, from a weaker indigo dyebath; yellow, made from various native plants; and natural white.

Mmmmmm woven texture!

Since y'all loved my last post of rainbow colored fiber, here's how it looks as I'm plying it up! It looks like candy 🍭🌈

My goal for TDF26 is to make a huge dent in this fine Shetland I’ve been putting off spinning since September. I’m spinning it in sports weight-ish with the hopes of making a sweater after! No goals other than putting a good dent in this project!