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Made this cat yesterday I should have put him out for sale in a shop, but I can't do it hes the best cat. #art #cat #felt #wool #sculpture

A grey cartoonish cat made of felt. He looks kinda fat with skinny legs and grumpy

Today I saw two of my personal signs of #Spring within 10 seconds of each other:

First Brimstone butterfly

First classic car out of hibernation (Rover P5B FYI in pale grey)

And the third sign was that I was warm enough without #wool

Here is the finished blue-green 💙💚🧶 #yarn. I'm pleased with it. 😌 Pretty sure I can call it DK weight.

#handspun #wool #GulfCoast #FiberArts

A multi-colored blue-green yarn hank open on the table so you can inspect.

The multi-colored blue-green yarn wound over an inch of ruler showing 14 wraps per inch (WPI).

The multi-colored blue-green yarn hank in all its glory.

Finished #plying the blue-green #yarn today. 144 yards! 🥳 Wet set it and it's drying overnight. 💙💚

#HandSpinning #Wool #FiberArts

I hold out the multi-colored blue-green yarn wound on a niddy koddy in front of one of my Narnia trees with its lights on.

I'm finally done! Yay! It was getting excruciating. 😅😆

Tomorrow we ply. 🤨

#HandSpinning #Wool #Yarn #FiberArts

Two bobbins of green and blue multicolored single-ply yarn.

I’ve been finding it harder and harder to find #wool #sockYarn that is neither merino or superwash treated. I was thrilled last week to discover #AlleyCatYarns, right here in #ottawa (well, Kanata)! I placed an order that I’ve since collected and can’t wait to start #knitting with it!
#knittersOfMastodon #knittersOfFediverse #LYS #Dorset #Mohair

macro view of a skein of variegated garnet yarn

macro view of a skein of variegated turquoise yarn

Trying to knit the Sophie’scarf with scrap of Mohair … really addictive pattern ! And I love the I-cord effect on the edges

Essaie pour tricoter l’écharpe de Sophie avec un reste de Mohair… super addictif! Et le bord en I-cord est du plus bel effet !
#knitting #fiberarts #yarn #wool

Knitting of a small scarf with Mohair wool

I'm doing some wool learning after a somewhat successful and somewhat failed attempt at knitting.

I keep hearing casting on is hard but that was super easy. The knitting part... well that's another story. I also think the book I'm learning from is missing some info because 'just carry on until you get the hang of it' is not a good instruction. I have questions. Hopefully my brother will have answers.

#Wool #Knitting @fiberarts

A horizontal colour photograph of my legs in mustard jeans crossed on a grey sofa at the edge of the image. In front of me is a mess of wool bundles ready to be spun, an open book about sheep with a pen in it, more wool packed, and tucked in a corner a blue ball of yarn with two knitting needles stuck into it. A teal pillow is at the other end of the sofa. A brown throw drapes messily on the back of the sofa. Next to the sofa is a salmon carpet and a colourful striped carpet.

Koschka thinks you should all look at these rocks I made #wip #rocks #wetfelting #pebbles #wool

A grey fluffy cat miaowing at the camera. She clearly wants snacks and attention and couldnt give a shit about the felt pebbles next to her

Finished a bobbin!

#HandSpinning #Wool #Yarn #FiberArts

Watch me spin it:

📽🎬
https://youtube.com/shorts/V9tx-wDDECY

A close-up of a bobbin with green and blue single-ply.

#art #sculpture #feutre #felting #needlefelting #wool #laine #pied #foot #voeten #chaussure #schoenen #валенки
the second one is beeing born...

Things I created yesterday #paint #craft #needlefelt #wool

#SnowWashing Is Everywhere—Fabric Experts Explain When It Works and When It Doesn’t

From #rugs and #blankets to #sweaters, this old-world laundry trick can refresh fabrics without water or detergent. Experts break down how to reap the benefits—and when to skip it.

By Terri Robertson, Published: Jan 30, 2026

"I can barely scroll TikTok or Instagram these days without coming across a post about the latest laundry trend—snow washing, or #snötvätt in Swedish. This traditional cleaning method is sort of like taking your #wool clothing, blankets, and rugs to #MotherNature’s #DryCleaner.

"It’s free, completely natural, and nothing new to those who live in Nordic countries. Many knitters are hip to the process too. But everyone else might be wondering, does this really work?

"Enter Fran Kozen and Larissa Shepherd, experts in fiber science and apparel design at #CornellUniversity who are demystifying the trend—and as it turns out, it’s a really good one."

Learn more:
https://www.countryliving.com/home-maintenance/cleaning/a70203964/snow-washing-trend/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/pJ5OV

#SolarPunkSunday #SnowWashing #SnowCleaning #Winter #Laundry #NaturesDryCleaning #WoolBlankets #WoolClothing

Starting to spin the blue-green batt. My fav colors! 😏💙💚 #HandSpinning #Wool #Woolen #Yarn #DrumCarder

A blue, green, pale yellow, and white batt.

The multicolored single ply yarn on the bobbin.

I made a new batt. This one is prettier than my first. 😍💚💙

#FiberArts #Wool #DrumCarder

https://youtu.be/ORKKb6dIyjM

Fixing this today, made it for Mads three years ago, its worn pretty well, but got caught on something recently, the great thing about felt is it's infinitely fixable (ok that might be a slight exaggeration). #needlefelt #wool #calcifer #ghibli #brooch

A pristine felt calcifer brooch on my hand

A weathered calcifer that has lived well on a bag for three years, the flames have ripped off the top.

I have many ‘disabilities’, aches and pains, most of my life. I love crafts, especially spinning. Occasionally I get down because I can’t do what I used to. Today, I looked at the most recent wool I spun. Ouessant mixed with merino and silk. It reminds me that I can do it, I just have to learn
what slow is I guess #handspun #spinnin #wool #sliwhandvrafts

Ouessant, Merino and silk yarn, hand spun 2025 Andean plied.

For $2.44 I bought this complete kit at the thrift store for the roving and needles but these snowmen are so adorable I'm tempted to just make the kit as intended. #felting #wool #roving

A box of felting supplies consisting of two skiens natural cream core wool, a small skein of snow coloured wool, tiny skiens of Mountain Loch blue, Cast Iron black, Mustard yellow and Pumpkin orange wool, a vial of felting needles and instructions for making snowmen.

The outside of the box showing the project to complete. They are a felted snowman with a blue hat and scarf and a smaller felted snowman with a yellow hat and scarf. They have coal coloured eyes and buttons and carrot nosed.

@knitting @fiberarts

If anyone is interested: this was the fiber the yarn is spun from.

Corriedale in natural grey, kettle dyed with lots of teal and a bit of rust. The yarn was not braided for the dying process, only afterwards. Spun end to end and then chain plied. It actually has quite some variation between thick and thin - between fingering and heavy sportweight, I'd guess.

@handspinning #handspinning #wool

a braid of spinning fiber laid out in a spiral. The main color is teal, with some parts in rust and partially the original grey shining through.

This scarf is a gift for my uncle, inspired by quartz clusters we saw together backpacking in Cottonwood Canyon in Death Valley. From what I've been reading I think they were formed by intrusive igneous rock forming around xenoliths, and by cooling very slowly forming the incredible quartz crystals we saw, which looked like rings around the darker xenoliths in the weathered rock face we saw. I'm not trained as a geologist though and would love to find more information about the geology of Cottonwood Canyon from someone with some real expertise!

The wool is targhee roving I got at the nor cal ren faire. I spun it on my small cross arm spindle and wove it on a loom I've been borrowing from a friend. It's plain weave set at 8epi. It looked very open on the loom, but fulled into a wonderfully bouncy and dense fabric.

After fulling I scoured the fabric, then used rubber bands to do this shibori inspired dye process. After putting on the rubber bands I gave it a bath in tannins I extracted from an oak gall, then in a bath of cool water with just a tiny bit of dissolved ferrous sulfate. It was so exciting to see the fabric turn grey in a a matter of just a few minutes when I put it in the iron bath!

#handweaving
#weaving
#handspinning
#naturaldyes
#dyes
#textiles
#handwoven
#handspun
#tiedye
#shibori
#oakgalls
#ferroussulfate
#naturaldye
#targhee
#wool
#geology
#xenolith
#quartz
#deathvalley

#wool

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