Dear Spinning Circle,
Welcome to another stream!
Live Stream: Tuesday, June 4 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm BST
Direct YouTube Link here
Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study
- Welcoming 2024 Post here
- Welcoming 2024 for The Wool Circle & Spinning Staples here
- Year of Yarn 2024 Syllabus: Part I (Back to Basics) here
- Year of Yarn 2024 Syllabus: Part II (Stunning Singles) here
Quick Access to Events & Information in the community:
- Ketchup & Pickles for June 2024 here
- Queries & Explorations is a chance to come together to discuss projects, ideas & trouble-shooting in our making. For more information, check out the Queries tier on Patreon here.
- Recent Tutorial on how to use Ravelry & Slack
In the show today …
Fibre Preparation & Spinning
Dorset Fleece – from Fleece Auction Summer 2019
- Sampled by creating a 3-ply yarn to see where to go from here
- Lock popped open, then carded – 2 passes on the drum carder, nests to spin
- Spun as singles: Majacraft 27:1
CraftyJaks Targhee & Smith+Ewe Organic Polwarth+Silk & Sari Silk – 2/3 to 1/3 targhee to Polwarth
- Included 2% sari silk for texture and interest
- Carded 3-4 times for blending – need to re-blend the nests one more time of recent blend
K-Nitting
Moon Tee Set by Ozetta (Hailey Smedley) – Kainuu Harmaas ~ 1100 yards, 3.00mm / US 2.5 {Ravelry Project Page here}
Jethro by Tanis Lavallee {Ravelry Project Page here} – SweetGeorgia Yarns Sheep Breeds Kit including all different wools spun and plied for SOS Workshop here & learning to crochet here, 3.5mm / E hook
Community Participation
As always, thank you to those who share in the community, uploading photos and thoughts about what you are working on! I appreciate it – it’s my pleasure to be able to share!
Thank you so much for joining me today!
Until then, Happy Making!
