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@meadowlarkfiber

Spinning, knitting, weaving, staring into the void

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Probably some quality time in storage while I get my weaving selvages under control, then hopefully a blanket scarf πŸ˜…

08.02.2025 02:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My Starling is one of my favorite things but lately I’ve been thinking that if I got a Magpie too it might ALSO be one of my favorite things πŸ€”

08.02.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hank of teal, gold, and gray handspun yarn

Hank of teal, gold, and gray handspun yarn

Hank of teal, gold, and gray handspun yarn with a brown tabby cat looking down at it

Hank of teal, gold, and gray handspun yarn with a brown tabby cat looking down at it

Hank of teal, gold, and gray handspun yarn

Hank of teal, gold, and gray handspun yarn

Another day, another product of crafting-into-the-void. This is two braids of Cave at Hug Point by @threewatersfarm.bsky.social chain plied into fingering weight 🧢

#handspun #handspunyarn

07.02.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this so much

07.02.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

She’s for sure one of my favorite dyers! Sometimes I wonder about branching out into dying my own fiber and then I see color stories like hers and realize I really should just stay in my lane πŸ˜‚

01.02.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Skein of handspun yarn in blue, brown, and purple

Skein of handspun yarn in blue, brown, and purple

Close up of handspun yarn in blue, brown, and purple

Close up of handspun yarn in blue, brown, and purple

Roving braid in blue, brown, and purple

Roving braid in blue, brown, and purple

This was such a fun spin and I was a little sad when it was over!
2-ply fingering weight 🧢 from a braid of mixed bfl/tussah silk by Woolfiend that I spun 1/3 fractal for longer color shifts. Done on my flatiron wheel

#handspinning #handspun

31.01.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

So true!!! And my belief in how fast I can actually spin the large quantity of fiber I’m hoarding is like wildly optimistic

27.01.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Five braids of dark red and gray handspun yarn with a brown tabby cat sitting next to them

Five braids of dark red and gray handspun yarn with a brown tabby cat sitting next to them

5 skeins of red/blue/gray dark handspun yarn

5 skeins of red/blue/gray dark handspun yarn

Finished five (!) braids of 2 ply fingering weight Icelandic wool from @fossilfibers.bsky.social in Faramir’s Last Ride. Now I just need to figure out what to make with itβ€”I’m rapidly accumulating more handspun 🧢 than I know what to do with

27.01.2025 21:39 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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My handspun crewneck Traveler! The fiber is targhee/bamboo/silk dyed by @helloyarn.bsky.social for this past Tour de Fleece, and the pattern is by @dreareneeknits.bsky.social

#knitting #handspun #handspinning

26.01.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The last seven days have felt like a decade 😭

26.01.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Skein of handspun yarn in red, green and gold

Skein of handspun yarn in red, green and gold

Closeup of handspun yarn on gold, green, and red

Closeup of handspun yarn on gold, green, and red

2 ply sport weight, probably mixed bfl, definitely from @threewatersfarm.bsky.social in I think the color way Perfect Moment? One of my goals for this year is better record keeping 🧢
#handspinning #handspun

25.01.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A basket of spinning wheel bobbins full of green, orange, and black singles waiting to be spun

A basket of spinning wheel bobbins full of green, orange, and black singles waiting to be spun

An old picture of bobbins waiting to be plied as I sloooowly transition here from Instagram

25.01.2025 03:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0