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theoriginalladya · 8 months ago

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Tour de Fleece 2024 - Day 21

Sometime over the next week or two (maybe after I've finished up the plying of all the yarns, maybe before) I'll share a pic of all the spinning from this year's Tour de Fleece, but for now I ended it with plying the last of the two bobbins I started yesterday. BARELY fit onto the bobbin, too. I'm amazed at just how much yarn I got out of this for just one set of bobbins! It's going to be an amazing amount of yarn to play with over winter!

But for now - I did it! (and I now remember why I usually save my spinning for Tour de Fleece - once a year is a LOT! lol.

#Tour de Fleece 2024 #tdf2024 #ladya spins #ladya spins yarn #e-spinner #fiber arts #yarn plying

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spindleanddye · 6 months ago

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#what pride flag is this #happy with this chain ply!!#hand spinning #handspun #spinning #handspun yarn #spinblr #craftblr #spinning wheel #wheel spinning #crafting

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radjerda · 11 months ago

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A late contribution to @glorfindelweek : Crochet Glorfindel 🌻🏵🌼

He's based on my Glorfindel design, and the crochet work was inspired and guided by CraftyTibbles' fabulous Elf Archer crochet pattern!

#I think I shall dub him Glorfindoll #He has so much hair. So. Much.#I spent so much time unwinding plys of yarn to make it but it was well worth the effort :)#Glorfindel #Glorfindel of the Golden Flower #Silmarillion #silm #Lord of the Rings #lotr #Tolkien #Radj Draws #well not actually but i dont have a crochet tag yet so ill have to add to this one later #Radj Crochets #glorfindel week #glorfindelweek #tolkien event #crochet #fiber art

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disgruntled-lifeform · 2 years ago

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I FINISHED THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SKIES AND I WISH TO COCOON MYSELF IN IT

#purchased fibre from thefiberimp.ca #merino #2-ply #4.75oz/135g #9 WPI #122.77yds/112.2m #hand spinning #wool #fibre #yarn #tour de fleece 2023 #Fiber Diary 2023 #Rocky Mountain Skies colourway

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crookedtines · 5 months ago

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Bought a lighter spindle (0.7oz vs the 1.7oz of my first spindle), spun some thread, and had to triple ply it to get it the same weight as what I'd spun before.

Triple ply is on the left side

Turns out there's a huge difference in texture between the triple plied stuff and the double ply. It's soooo smooth. Looks smooth, feels smooth, nicer in every way except how long it'll take to spin an equivalent amount.

Granted, the texture of the double ply is exaggerated by being overspun, but I don't think I could've spun that finely without the extra twist. (I was really pushing what I could do on that spindle.)

#I got my little sample by trying out ply on the fly #which felt like more trouble than it was worth #but was probably better than wrangling 3 tp bobbins full of fine fuzzy yarn that just want to tangle irreversibly with each other #which I am not looking forwars to dealing with...#my work #spinning #handspinning

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makerandbean · 7 months ago

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oh my gosh oh my gosh i REALLY did not like the way this was spinning up during plying and thought i’d made a terrible mistake but! look at it!! gorgeous. exactly what i was going for. 10/10 past me on your decision making.

2ply fractal spun BFL braid from Sealy MacWheely (in “robin”, i think). might have to get another couple of these because i am absolutely desperate for a full vest in this colour…

plus bonus “i had some left over on one bobbin” chain ply:

#handspinning #handspun #handspun yarn #handspunyarn #they’re wrapped around my hand like bandages because they’ve not been soaked n set yet #so they love to coil up all crinkly #maker spins #having seen the chain ply which imho has a nicer like. chonk to it.#what i really want is 3ply fractal #whiiiiich once i have my new wheel after the move….. i will be able to do…….. hhhhhhhhhhhh #so so so excited #i bought two extra bobbins and a lazy kate so i can do true 3ply and also 4ply #flaps hands abt it

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comfortabletextiles · 1 year ago

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Finished the last rolag, from @swords-n-spindles color fade yesterday! And today I could strat the ply process!!

2oly ball + plyed in chain ply = easy 6 ply yarn!

Even though my singles are always horrible overspun, the ply is very soft so far :)

#hand spinning #hand spun yarn #6 ply #chain ply #ply ball

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guardevoir · 9 months ago

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Tour de Fleece, Day 5:

200 grams of 4-ply, DK-or-worsted green sparkle merino nonsense.

With the 100 I did a while back, that brings me to 300g done, 100 left to go.

I always, always underestimate plying. This took me a solid two hours, and I will be sore tomorrow. Which is, incidentally, also why I am not gonna take this off the bobbin today. I'm glad it's done, I'm happy with my progress, but it's also half past five in the morning and I am going the fuck to sleep.

Also, fun fact: My plying involves an utterly cursed, horrifying habit of making plying bracelets once singles start to run out, which allows me to whittle down leftover singles to one single bobbin that is either: a) only a couple inches of stuff and goes into the "future amigurumi stuffing" pile, b) part of a big project and will be used to pad out the next batch of singles, or c) gonna get cable plied (4-ply) or chain plied (3-ply). This usually results in a completely lossless spin!

#hand spinning #handspinning #spinning #handspun yarn #tour de fleece 2024 #tour de fleece #guardy's fiber arts tag #clarification: only... 100 grams of this were spun during this TdF #and all I did today was ply #(I'm also REALLY regretting not removing that bit of scrap fiber under the right bobbin before taking a photo)

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pigeon-feet · 2 years ago

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