Wool n' Spinning

a shared passion for handspun yarn

Tag: lendrum

  • Thank you for listening to this slightly different format! As I mention in the episode, I am exploring different mediums to decide how I want to proceed with the podcast. For show notes, see below. If I haven’t linked to something, please leave a comment and I will share the links. Also, if you have…

  • Tour de Fleece starts this weekend! It’s an annual event that the Official Tour de Fleece group on Ravelry hosts. For spinners around the world, it’s a wonderful event to connect with other spinners, as well as to challenge yourself, even with goals as simple as to spin each day. July 4th marks the start…

  • Have you ever had one of those projects that you doubted yourself all the way through? This was one of those. I wasn’t sure I wanted a blended 3-ply, but I wasn’t sure I wanted a chain-ply either. I wasn’t sure if I would want a 2-ply or singles. I ultimately decided to go with…

  • I thought I would just stop in quickly this week while we are in the midst of fighting off bugs and flu to show you what I’ve been working on in the evenings. This isn’t going particularly fast but I have enjoyed this spin thus far. This is the second of 4 ounces from Sweet…

  • I have finished spinning more of that sparkling merino, black Alpaca and silk blend. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen some of the progress and I talked a lot about it the other day, which you can find here. I’m really taken with the heathered quality that the black Alpaca brings to…

  • diving in after contemplating for … a long time.

    With a little bit of Christmas money, I had participated in one 3-month round of Hedgehog Fibres’ fibre club from December 2014 to February 2015. I received 3 shipments of interesting fibre blends that now sit in my stash. I keep pulling them out separately, looking at them, wondering what to do with them and…

  • is it summer yet?!

    After battling technology all weekend, I needed a little bit of a win. This was it. Gorgeous Sweet Georgia Yarns’ July 2014 Fibre Club. Oh, how these colours sang to me. I was able to get a second bump from a friend which meant I had a total of 8 ounces to spin. I spun…