Toggle's spinning tip of the week

Carding dark blues into light coloured fibers looks mucky. it all goes a greyish colour and looks crap. it all looks a mushy grey colour and not very fun.

Roughly carded mixtures of pastels looks fab and sparkle carded into dark coloured fibre looks spectacular, sparkle carded into white fibre is nothing special

it was all too much for baby

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After a had day's crawling around on the floor, picking up bits of everything to taste, supper was just too much like more hard work.

Note to self

That really pretty insect picture on your blog is in fact a moth, backlit in a very intersying manner by a black computer screen. However interesting it looks, it won't stay there, and you can't get it to move by waving the mouse pointer at it.

Toggle's spinning tip of the week, part 2

When managing really annoyingly large numbers of plies and trying to add twist gets too much, try not adding twist, just wind the plies together, onto a ball winder, nosterapine or your wheel, I use my louet with the break band holding the flyer stationary so the plies just wind on.

When you have it all in place, you can then run your multiple plies through your wheel to add the twist.

Toggle's spinning tip of the week

When plying with beads strung onto thread, don't stress about having to put all the beads on in one go, add some beads, ply until those are all used, then break the thread and string more. Hold the 2 ends together and tie a simple knit. You can then move one of the beads up over the knot, elaving the ends tucked into the bead.

gin 'n' tonic

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This is a sample of an art yarn inspired by the gin and tonic I was drinking while spinning it. I have turned it into a bracelet, I may make some more of this, or go along a different line to try to make something more arty.

fiberlicious

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This is some of my handspun, drying in the Cornish sun.

Check out the etsy link, there is handspun and earrings for sale now.