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thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Have run out of handdyed braids to spin, back to making batts.
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A photo of a spiral of blended fibre on a teal background. The fibre colours are pink, orange, cream, and a dash of lilac. There is a white and black patterned rug in the background at the top of the photo.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
knitmag.bsky.social
A few days ago I taught the last session of my class Color Blending and Spinning Gradient Yarns to a delightful, creative, thoughtful group of students. Isn't their work amazing?
#fiberart #handspinning #yarn #colorblending #fiberprep #handspunyarn #gradientyarn #spinningwool #spinningandfiberprep
Screenshot of slides in a Powerpoint presentation showing color blending and gradient yarn samples of 11 students.
October 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
This is one of the 50g braids of handdyed fibre I bought a while ago for a quick spin. This one is a very skinny single.
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A photo of a handspun skein of yarn slightly curved on a bluey turquoise background. The colours of the skein are navy blue, orange, salmon pink, yellow and a tiny strip of lilac. The handspun yarn is very skinny, laceweight.
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Tencel fibre spun into singles and plied.
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A photo of a medium full bobbin of handspun yarn. The bobbin is made of wood, the yarn is 2 ply bright white tencel (wood pulp fibre).
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
kattysocknitter.bsky.social
Haven’t posted my spinning lately. Still on the same rolag, and love how much easier the drafting is going. Unknown fiber as it was gifted to me.

I’m really enjoying this!
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Hand made wood support spindle with oranges, yellows and pinks. Small lap spinning pillow with wood bowl. Purple fading to blue fiber. Hand made wood support spindle in yellows, oranges and pinks. Lap pillow with wood bowl and purple fading to blue fiber.
January 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
lesliehandmade.bsky.social
Dye experiment from a while ago I never posted. It's gulf coast native wool so I tried to dye it to look like the ocean on the gulf coast. Turned out pretty good I think
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July 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
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Wish one could edit posts for spelling mistakes!
May 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Happily spinning away on my IST turkish spindle. It's a joy to use, heavy enough to start with so that it spins beautifully at the beginning. #turkishspindle #handspinning #spinning #spinningandfiberprep
A photo of a dark wood turkish spindle with pale turquoise fibre, the spun yarn has veen wrapped around the 4 arms tto make a pleasing pattern. It sits on a black background with a white radiator towards the top of the photo. Angle of the spindle is looking down the shaft towards the turtle.
May 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Scrappy batt. Used up leftovers from other batts.
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A spiral of fluff in greys and greens. On a green fabric background
May 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Made a cake for plying, not my best cake but it'll do.
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A spiral of multicoloured handspun yarn. This is a winding method called a cake that will allow me to ply two strands.
April 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Finally managed to get 40 mins in one go for some spinning. (Puppy asleep). Made this scrappy batt a while ago.
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A spiral of fibre with a grey and white striped fabric background. The batt has a mainly brown and white streak, but there is some blue and purple visible too.
July 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Forgot hashtags
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July 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
willygknitter.bsky.social
I wanted to get a bit of exercise, but I can't not be fiber crafting... so I was the weird person doing both

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A beautiful Bosworth spindle and some bright yellow-green spinning held up to a landscape of flowers, trees, and a lake The fairly large wooden top-whorl spindle with more fiber supply added, moving to a bright orange, raised before an open lawn at the edge of a lake bordered by trees
May 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
When one needs a quick spin and only has random blends. . . . Time for art yarn.
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A photo of a nearly full bobbin of handspun art yarn. Near the top of the photo is the back of the wooden spinning wheel. The yarn is made from a blend of purple, pink and turquoise. It is plied with a slightly fluffy black yarn.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Had a really hard meeting, so treated myself to some fluff. Found a new seller on etsy.
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A white box with kid open revealing 2 handdyed braids of fibre. This fibre is Polwarth (sheep). Both braids are plaited and folded in half. The top braid is a pastel rainbow with yellow, green, blue and pink. The bottom braid is pink into magenta into blue. There is a dark green business card on top of the top braid.
July 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
lesliehandmade.bsky.social
So much handspun embroidery thread! I did 2 ounces this time and it made alot more then I thought it would! This is now washed and hanging to dry, then it will be divided up and dyed.
#handspunembrioderythread #crewelwool #spinningandfiberprep #tourdefleece2025 #embroiderythread #fiberarts
August 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
willygknitter.bsky.social
Finally plying an epic spin. It's only 4 ounces of fiber, but it's been a stop and go situation over a couple years. Turns out spindle spinning is a great fidget while watching Handmaids Tale 😬. Fiber is ShirstyCat Merino / Nylon 🌈 Glitz
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View of the underside of the cop wound on a Turkish spindle in a gradient of green, yellow, and orange Orange and green cops and turtles of spun singles ready for plying, resting in a cardboard box. The cops are suspended on knitting needles as a makeshift lazy Susan. Plying on a Navajo/ floor spindle A view of the bright orange, yellow, green fiber being spun on a Turkish spindle. There is a sparkly fiber mixed in with the wool
May 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
I spun a fine single and didn't want to cake it, so wound it on to a spare turkish spindle. Might ply it with something. #handspunyarn #spinningandfiberprep #turkishspindle
April 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
lesliehandmade.bsky.social
#crewelwool #crewelwork #woolembroiderythread #handspun #handspunembroiderythread #spinningandfiberprep #tourdefleece2025 #tourdefleece
July 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
lesliehandmade.bsky.social
I've also been trying some acid dyes and I managed not to felt this rambouillet. I steam set it this time so it stayed fluffy. I've still got some white spots but I think it will look nice when spun.
#handdyedwool #spinningfiber #handspun #spinningandfiberprep #aciddyes #jacquardaciddyes #spinning
May 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
lesliehandmade.bsky.social
Dyeing results from yesterday! I really like how the yarn turned out, the silk is a really pretty rose gold pink and the wool is a red- fuschia. I'm going to overdye half of it with osage to see what I get.
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May 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
lesliehandmade.bsky.social
Another picture of my gulf coast handspun.
#gulfcoastnative #raresheepbreed #spinningandfiberprep #spinsky #handdyedyarn #aciddyes #gulfcoast #handspun
July 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
messoknits.bsky.social
Scenes from this weekend so far. Not pictured, lits of time in the garden and trying to clean the house. #spinningandfiberprep #handpunyarn
A handspun single yarn in tones of brown, green, aqua and white A medium sized black dog looking at the camera with a guitar in the background.
May 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Washed and now drip drying.
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A photo of handspun yarn hanging on a plastic hanger hanging on a wooden trellis. Garden in the background. Lengths of yarns are mainly pink.
April 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
thebobshavelanded.bsky.social
Finally opened one of my fibre treat bundles. This is a handdyed 50g braid of Dorset Horn. I shall be spinning this on my eew nano. #SpinningandFiberPrep
A plaited small braid of fibre in a spiral. Sitting on a pale turquoise fabric background. The fibre has a yellowy/ orange ball band with the dyer's brand name - Penberth Yarns (a Cornish seller). The fibre is in 2 colours brown and turquoise.
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM