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goblin jane 🍄

three good things:

1) i had a few chocolate chips about an hour ago and now i am frantically planning on cleaning and dying a fleece that's been in my garage since 2023. i have a wee bit of inspiration to dye small bits of wool in various colors and then use them for embroidery on another project that's been languishing for a while.

chocolate chips as instant motivation? maybe! i'm not sure how long this energy will last, but i'll take it. lol

2) i still have fairy lights in my front window and they are the special kind that flash along with whatever music is playing nearby. i may never take them down. sorry neighbors. 😌

3) did i mention that i ate a very small handful of chocolate chips? because i'm not used to that amount of caffeine (or like, any caffeine, lolol) so i am kinda spinning my wheels here. but they were pretty good and i have now reached my caffeine quota for the year. 🎉

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consumableJoy

Fossil Fibers launched a Studio Ghibli themed fiber collection for April / May (planned before the recent AI-driven Ghibli noise). I love some of them - Howl, Haku, Ponyo. But the one that got be to buy was the soot sprite kit, because I can think of all kinds of fun ways to combine these. And because they really hit the spot on Soot Sprite for me. fossilfibers.com/ #spinning #handspinning #fiberArts #fiber

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consumableJoy

Looking at the next Fiber Fusion - June 7-8 outside Seattle - I realized it was at last year’s event I got bitten by the spinning bug. So since June 1 2024, I have acquired an EEW 6.1 (i got it one week later to see if I’d like spinning), a Schacht Ladybug, Turkish spindles and then supported spindles, and, hopefully before June 1 2025, a Daedalus Starling. I guess I’m a spinner now. I just need to create more time to actually spin. #spinning #handspinning #fiberarts fiberfusion.net/

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

I can just about replicate my previous yarn/fiber colorways. Good think there really isn't a perfect "dye lot" when it comes to dyeing spinning fiber, like when you have a yarn.

I kinda look at what colors I have and say... what colorway are we dyeing today?

... I need to work on dyeing some fiber but I have a lot to do. Strangely enough I don't like dyeing m my handspun yarn in wacky colors. 🤔

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

Good morning/afternoon.

Watching Rebecca from Chemknits (on YouTube.)
It's a random episode. She's dyeing sock blank donuts. (She's one of my goto yarn-tube channels to watch.)

She has a background as a science teacher so all her videos are yarn dyeing experiments.

When I dye yarn and fiber... I legit go with Vibes. 🥴 I have an idea of where I wanna go, but I dye and overdye until I get results. I've tried the 'plan ahead' stuff and it doesn't go well. 😋
#spinning #dyeing #knitting #crochet

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

And if you're thinking "Well, all the more reason to buy from indie dyers and indie yarn brands!"
...
Where do you think they get their yarn bases from? A LOT of Merino comes from Australia and New Zealand. A lot of silk comes East Asia.
Cashmere comes from East Asia.

There are small yarn mills dotted around the US. They tend to make small specialty yarns. Some have closed due to economic reasons. Where do they get their spinning machine parts from?

#knitting#crochet#spinning
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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

When you consider tariffs for fiber arts... good luck if you want fleece or fiber prominent from a certain country.

The US... for complex reasons we aren't a wool using country. A LOT of the yarns in LYS and big box stores are made in another country. Turkey, UK, France, Italy, some in China, a LOT from India...

Panic buying yarn isn't the solution. Folks did that during the pandemic and still don't know what to do with the yarn.

Idk.
#knitting #crochet #spinning #weaving

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

I do want another Romney fleece. Some classify it as a long wool because it technically is. Others classify it as a "medium" wool because the fleece isn't as long as most long wools, it's somewhat softer and finer.

I find it a good workhorse wool. Great for adult sweaters, hats, socks and gloves.

It's used for meat and wool in the US. It's a BIG sheep. The nearby fiber festival had Romney fleeces upwards of 15 lbs. Largest was 21 lbs? 😰 majority are white.

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

Primitive breed sheep's wool is called that because the sheep isn't "improved" by cross breeding it with other breeds. The sheep's genetics have been the same for 100s or 1000s of years.

Some Primitive breeds I want to try or have tried and liked: Jacob, karakul, Icelandic, gotland, romanov, gotland, faroese...

A lot of those breeds are in Europe or Asia. Only a few flocks In the US.

Sampling raw fleece from those is hard because of international shipping regulations.

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

I typically don't spin woolen, unless I'm using a supported spindle. But spinning Cotswold woolen is making the yarn fluffy and slightly softer. (Not by much.)

Many long wools are rougher than "medium" and fine wools.
Primitive breed wools are a toss up as to softness. But softness isn't the only reason to choose a certain fleece.

Some folks like spinning art yarns with the wool locks. And it's gorgeous. I just don't know what to do with art yarns.
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#knitting #crochet #spinning #queer

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

Spinning this particular long wool in a woolen style as opposed to worsted is interesting. Long wools need very little twist (unless you're using it for weaving.)

The curls on this Cotswold fleece are so gorgeous. I had a moment of panic about running out of this fleece. So I began looking around for similar long wools: Wensleydale, teeswater, Border Leicester...

Nothing on etsy or ebay. Idk farmers nearby that have long wool flocks. I think many farmers haven't shorn yet.
#spinning #knitting

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BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:

Good morning.

Spinning wool. Cotswold wool on a supported/bottom whorl spindle.

I'm getting tired of spinning the superwash merino + nylon blend (for socks). The texture isn't really interesting me right now. Tussah silk is still interesting. It's just... the individual fibers get stuck to EVERYTHING. It's basically like spinning a bunch of spider's webs. Except silk comes from a moth.

Well, you know. 😅

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consumableJoy

My order for a Daedalus Starling has officially been placed - cranberry with dark grey accent colors. Should arrive after Maryland Sheep and Wool. It will bring my official “wheel” count to 3 - Lizzy, my EEW 5.1; Jane, my Schacht Ladybug; and then my as-yet-unnamed Daedalus Starling. She will not be named after a Jane Austen character, so I don’t know yet. I assume Lizzy will travel with me and Starling will live in one place. I think. So excited. #handspinning #spinning #fiberArts

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