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End of the ride for another year. It has been a truly memorable Tour de France and a most enjoyable Tour de Fleece. This skein is a 2 ply sport weight that is super elastic and full of bounce. The fibre is Make a Funny on superwash Targhee from @helloyarnshop.
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Last spin of the Tour and what an exciting race it has been. It’s hard to believe it’s almost over. This is Make a Funny on superwash Targhee from @helloyarnshop.
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Thanks for all the love on my current #tourdefleece spin, guys! I’ve had some requests to share what technique I used to create the “rough gradient” and what exactly I mean by that, so I thought I’d make an actual post explaining what I do. It’s going to be a little long, but I know peeps like those details! Also little side note: For a perfectly flowing gradient I’ll normally use hand carders to get those super smooth color transitions. This method of sorting strips means that the transitions still flow as a whole but in a much more piece-y way, with fun bits of contrast throughout!
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✨ Start by separating the braids into lengths of about 10-12 inches. Then split those pieces 2-4 times lengthwise. The more times you split at this point, the cleaner your final sorted gradient will be.
✨ Now find yourself some space and start planning! I usually organize mine by equally considering both color transitions and color value.
✨ Everything shown in the photo was stuffed onto a single bobbin and I just spun each strip one after another from its “wispy end.” I started with the green on the top left and worked my way down the row and around going clockwise.
✨ Typically I n-ply all my gradient spins, but this particular project is an experiment! I’m actually doing the whole process twice. Then those two bobbins will be spun together to {hopefully} turn into a super awesome marled gradient 2-ply skein of epic hugeness. But yeah, n-plying is totes my default when not in mad scientist mode!
✨ Optional: Pet a doggo for being a v good doggo.
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I hope this explains the process clearly! Let me know if you have any questions or if you decide to give it a shot! I’ll be posting more pics of my own progress soon #tourdefleece2019 #teamakerworks2019
It was SO HOT yesterday!! I couldn’t stand to do outdoor chores during the day but I could throw a few pans of fiber on the extremely driveway and pop in and out to add pinches of dye. After cooling overnight, ta-daaaaa ... completely exhausted dye pans. Time to rinse, spin out water and hang to dry.
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THIS, this is so my colour. It makes my heart sing. It is Winetasting on Bond from #southerncrossfibre. 3 ply (chain plied) fingering weight, such a round, elastic yarn. Bond is such a well behaved fibre, so lovely to spin.
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Yep! I’m still at it. But 7 cakes are plied and only this one and one more to go. I’m loving this rustic spin with all the little neps. Usually NOT my type of spinning but I can say this has been a very ❤️enjoyable project. .
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Okay, as you maybe noticed when I posted about #pubknitting a few days ago, I broke in and cast on my dark red/purple/rainbow #combospin that I originally wanted to save for a market in september. But it looked so beautiful and so I wound the first skein into a ball and started another #justtherightanglecardigan (design by myself and available for free on Ravelry). I managed to work a few rows in London so it has the working title „invisibility cloak“, but it really is not on the subtle side... This will be my fifth or so cardigan following my pattern, but I still find it a wonderful garment for those #combospin yarns. It is kind of hypnotic to watch the colors shift. #wemakeyarn #handspunyarn #handspinnersofinstagram #handspinning #knittingwithhandspun
Fiiiiinally plying! ♀️ I was actually getting a little worried I wasn’t going to be able to finish by the end of #tourdefleece, but I made some good progress last night and today so I think it’ll still happen! Almost done with the pretty pinks and then it’s on to the interesting bits that mark the halfway points of each bobbin. Considering casting on a project with this yarn as soon as it’s done! How rare! (Swipe for side views of the two bobbinfuls I’m working with ) #datakerworkssideviewdoe #tourdefleece2019 #teamakerworks2019
Mmmm, BLUE! . Singles from stage 4 plied, soaked and snapped. 3 ply fingering weight, 322 yards, 100 g, 14 WPI. Superwash Merino/Nylon from Etsy vendor On a Quest for Fibre @onaquestforfibre.
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