Saturday, January 5, 2008

Hand spun & plied "designer yarn"

Posted by Picasa22 micron merino fleece hand spun & hand dyed and plied with woollen thread to make a chunky thick designer yarn suitable to knit with large needles a warm beanie or scarf or whatever your creative mind takes you.
I dye them in all colour combinations from black and white, brown and pink, red, orange,yellow,green,blue and purple as shown above. or just spin up and leave white.
I am addicted to dyeing, which I do in the microwave. I use non toxic, & commercial type dyes.
I have several spinning wheels:- Electric with Woolie Winder, Babe DT with Woolie Winder, Ashford traditional x 2 ( I love them all ) and as I am a bit lazy I have a Motorize Skein Winder.
Gives me time to do other projects.

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