Wool n' Spinning

a shared passion for handspun yarn

Tag: romney

  • Trifecta, Dorset Horn, BFLxRomney & More! | Wool n’ Spinning, ep. 310

    Dear Spinning Circle, While not a ton of making done in these two weeks since the last stream, I have some finished yarn and fibre preparation to share with you that I’m feeling quite excited about! Live: Tuesday, March 18 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 5pm GMT* *please note that…

  • WnS Ep. 183: PEEK-A-BOO! e-spinning Romney; Falkland & Marmor

    Thank you for being here today, especially those who were able to make it to the Live Stream. I appreciate your time spent here in this place with me. You are most welcome. I hope you feel most welcome because you are welcome here.

  • Episode 90 Live: The Spin that Ended

    Thank you for joining me this week! We will have a shorter than usual show since I am still fighting off this Laryngitis and my voice won’t last through an hour long show. We cover a little (tiny) bit of housekeeping that includes reminding you about a giveaway. Head to the Ravelry group to enter.…

  • Beauty

    Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life beautiful. -Joshua J. Marine

  • Episode 66: Live with Long Wools

    This week, I recorded live with my Patreon subscribers and this is the results! Thank you and welcome to new and returning viewers! This week, we chat a lot about some finished spins that are finally off my wheel and happen to be all long wools, from my own kitchen dyeing to some natural fibre…

  • it’s not over until …

    Remember back in November 2015 I took a weekend-long workshop at Maiwa in dyeing? Then I had a weekend of dyeing fun a few weeks later and created a gorgeous skein of hand-painted Romney in natural dyes. I was really proud of the saturation of colours I was able to achieve, based on some direction…

  • the mysticism of our craft.

    There is a certain mysticism about washing fleece. At least there was to me as I entered the world of spinning yarn. I mean, I could (and did) watch YouTube videos, read books and blog posts, and talk to friends who had done it but until I actually took that leap myself, I felt that…