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I knit this. It's Maria. Scan of a knit panel with Swarovski pendants.

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Pondering my orbs.

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Got a package of Leia and Heathcliffe fuzz 🐑🐏

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BEHOLD

A CRITTER

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Basically, yes, you spin the single then ignore it for a while. When you add twist to the fiber you're trapping rotational energy and it wants to go somewhere. Given time, the rotational energy will travel throughout the fibers trying to escape and even out through the length of the single, making it more slack and less prone to twist back up on itself while youre plying it. This way you dont have to fight the singles as much while plying

Ive seen different ideas about length of time, people say to let them rest 24 hours but honestly ive found theyre still pretty twitsty after a day, the brown single in my gif had been sitting for a couple weeks (because of laziness and adhd not because I was intentionally resting it that long). So if you can let them sit a couple days I think thats best...

The book Twist by Michelle Boyd is really great if you want to know more about this concept and the physics of spinning

Energized, freshly spun single VS. Rested single:

This is why even though Im impatient Im trying to let my singles rest before plying 😅

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I would if I could make one small garment per year and sell it for 200k 😌

And spend the rest of my time leisurely spinning yarn at a non frantic pace

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The primal urge to eat the wool

Resist

RESIST

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Behold the orb

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Take me there

Herdwick sheep, crossing the beck - by James Rebanks (1974), English

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Worm bins worm bins worm bins worm bins worm bi

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Shiny 🤤

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How do other people make beautiful cylindrical rolags when mine always turn out like giant wooly caterpillars?? 😭

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My special little snowflake ❄️

Pattern is Freeze Ornament by tin can knits

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Literally me 😭 Ive been getting the urge to put all my yarn and fiber in a spreadsheet but i KNOW id forget to ever update it after the initial satifaction 😢

I'm so tempted to make an excel sheet inventory of all the yarn I have somebody please stop me from hyperfixating on this.

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Knitting with my handspun mohair 🥰🐐

Tbh the yarn is itchier than I expected so Im probably going to end up lining the inside of this bonnet

Pattern is Beloved Bonnet by Tin Can Knits

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[person 500 years ago knitting a sock] O Sister Margaret, regale me again with the tale of Vicar Wesley's scandalous elopement with the baker's daughter!

[me today knitting a sock] O Youtuber Hbomberguy, regale me again with the tale of SHERLOCK IS GARBAGE, AND HERE'S WHY