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The more I weave, the more I love it

Yarn: BFL/silk laceweight dyed by Northbound Knitting in the colourway Metallurgy

#handweaving
Overhead view of a weave in progress on a floor loom. The weaving bench has a cushion covered with handwoven wool cloth
October 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Finally back at the loom today
#weavingwithhandspun
#handspunyarn
A weaving project in process, on a 4-shaft table loom. The yarn is colourful handspun Romney wool, and the draft is Wall of Troy twill.
August 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The metallic effect is so lovely, I can't bear to cover it up with another layer. Time to start another spindle, I guess.

#handspunyarn #crossarmspindle
#spindlespun
August 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Tour de Fleece day 3, no team, just vibes, Brenna @senesced.bsky.social style!

Today I'm plying up a blend of one part local Romeldale to two parts indie-dyed Merino, making yarn to knit a sleeveless top.
A spinning wheel with a jumbo bobbin of 2-ply yarn in blues and dark brown/black An overhead view of a wheel spinning corner, with a modern Saxony spinning wheel, an antique wooden chair, and a homemade lazy kate A blending board holding a layer of dyed Merino fibre in various blues and browns, with a layer of naturally coloured black/brown Romeldale fibre over it
July 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Coming home to some woolly mail from a friend must be the best way to start the weekend. Thank you @amivice.bsky.social for this beautiful package of wool grown by the flock of @shepherdessofbs.bsky.social, I can't wait to play with this treasure!
Two clear plastic bags are on a wooden table, and in the foreground, the sweetest note is being held aloft in my hand Washed locks of the most beautiful black wool with brown tips are scattered on a tabletop. The wool was shorn from Gwen, a ewe tended by @shepherdessofbs.bsky.social Raw buck wool locks from a Merino ram by the name of Carmy, suitably light caramel in colour and looking delectable, also from the flock of Erin @shepherdessofbs.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Recent wool scouring led to some really beautiful little bundles of hand combed top
Left to right: 1. Grey Romney x Cheviot X Rambouillet 2. Charcoal merino lamb with light tips 3. Black Shetland 4. Black Romeldale lamb 5. Brown Romeldale lamb
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Properly struck with a handspun handknit sweater obsession a couple of weeks ago, so I was compelled to make some yarn

#handspunyarn
A mostly grey cake of handspun yarn is being held aloft, and the beginnings of the sweater it's being knit into is in the background
April 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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I remembered seeing a picture of Marie Ekstedt Bjersing using a ring mould for a water bowl, so I borrowed the idea and hastily dressed my distaff to see how I would like it. I feel a little rusty, but summer flax spinning is coming up, and I'm sure I'll get plenty of practice.
April 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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An oops and a yay with today's distaff carving. I'm actually happy that the oops happened now, rather than later. And the yay went on a test drive and performed admirably.
Two handcarved wooden ring distaves are lying on plain newsprint. The one on the left was made from backyard birch and is broken through the middle. The one on the right is made from locally milled birch and is miraculously intact. A view of a wooden table, with a basket of white wool and spindles taking up most of the top half. The bottom half shows a spin in progress using a high whorl suspension spindle and a ring distaff dressed with a good amount of hand combed white wool
February 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Using up a scrap of cherry wood today
An overhead view of a woodcarving work in progress, including a stick of wood and a carving knife on a black rubber mat. There are wood shavings and some other hand tools scattered around
February 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Somehow, always choosing the most fussy way, but always with the most satisfying materials
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handspun warp from local Taproot flax // handspun wool from Small Bird Workshop // crochet hook made by Knitbrooks
February 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I ❤️ flax. Especially dew retted, like this line flax that just arrived from @mountainheartvt.bsky.social
A hand is wielding a twisted bundle of long flax, over a wooden desk which is holding more similar bundles, as well as some white some spindle-spun wool. In flax speak, there are four stricks of line flax, each a different variation of brown
February 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Chaos to order to chaos again in a virtual class with @kerstinneumuller.bsky.social
A still view of a desk holding the beginnings of three band weaving projects. The bands have wee hearts woven into them. A handwoven band is held against a ruler to demonstrate how wee it is. The band is less than a quarter of an inch wide. A picture of an improvised heddle-threading set-up. The warp threads are weighed by a wooden bowl in the background, held in order by popsicle sticks in the midground, and threaded through the heddle in the foreground. A still view of a wooden desk holding paraphernalia related to narrow width weaving. There are multiple handcarved wooden rigid heddles, handmade bags, and spools of weaving yarn. In the background is a handspinning project in progress. The scene suggests chaos but promises order.
February 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Thinking a bit about ergonomics with this bite sized spin I just whipped up for a fun time. I'm keeping my wrist as neutral as possible, and trying not to raise my arm and shoulder too much.
February 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Can you believe that all those combed wool marshmallows are destined to be spun onto that empty bobbin?
A still view from above, showing many marshmallowy bundles of white wool, one intact wool lock, one empty spinning wheel bobbin, and one bobbin filled with freshly spun yarn A still overhead view of bundles of hand combed white wool, and the wool combs that made them. A still overhead view of some white wool that has been washed but not further processed. A lock of the wool is shown to be two and a half inches long, demonstrated by the ruler next to it. This wool brings to mind marshmallows, and was grown by a Clun Mule sheep named Rainy.
February 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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It's Sunday morning and I'm spinning up some cotton that was gifted to me years ago by my friend Marilyn. Four more punis to go, and I'll be at the halfway point and ready to start a new tahkli.
A still view of a cotton spinning project, including spun yarn on a coin tahkli, balanced on a wooden spinning bowl. In the background, there is unspun cotton and fibre preparation tools
January 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM