Beanie and Scarfette

It started with some fine lovely designer yarn , (pink merino/white merino/silver thread) yarn. I must admit I really liked. I made this small simple beanie, and a matching scarfette.
I am keeping this set myself as I purchased the mixture of fleeces from, Gerda, of Freelance Fibres, www.freelancefibres.com.au I like to buy/try other fibres and products that can be sourced from different places.
I just added the silver thread to give it a bit of bling.

Metalic Designer Yarn

I didnt think I could spin up any yarn after my accident with my right hand, but with perserverance, using my Babe Spinning Wheel I am happy with the result.

Using white merino 22 micron for each bobbin and plying a different colour metalic thread, I then dyed them to blend in.
Red metalic thread & burgundy wool yarn: Dyed red/brown/black.

Blue metalic thread & blue wool yarn: Dyed sapphire blue/green.

Mauve metalic thread & pink wool yarn: Dyed purple/shades blue.

The metalic yarn gives this hand spun wool a wonderful Zing, with Bling, thanks to Ning.

Designer Yarn with Bling

Blue hand dyed merino fleece, glitter, angelina, silk carded with hand dyed pink mohair, spun and carded back using fine metalic blue and pink thread.

Mauve hand dyed merino fleece, glitter, angelina, silk carded with many colours of hand dyed mohair and carded back with blue merino fine yarn and pink metalic thread.

I have started to spin up new designer yarns for this years 2009 Bellingen Market stock. I have giving it a touch of bling with new metallic thread I have been lucky to source out.

My Drum Carder With Spun Yarn

Large drum carder






Mixture of pre dyed fleece
carded and then spun at random
Hanging out to dry.
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I have only just purchased this Larger size Drum Carded after selling my smaller drum carder.

Now I can fit more on it width wide. It was fun mixing the coloured fleece, that have been left over from my felting garments and accessories. It was a surprise to see how they finally ended up when spun up. This is the best time to add your metalic threads and colour plying yarns from your stash. If you microwave metalic thead when using the dyeing process, it is likely to loose its gold or silver to end up just looking clear. After being spun I wash and then rinse thoroughly, spin dry then dry in the shade. I find these yarns make lovely individual scarves on chunky needles with tassles. Look for these shortly at the Belligen Market.