fiber Archive

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    Dyefest 2010

    Here is the results from the Greater Los Angeles Spinners Guild annual dyefest. I didn’t have everything so planed out other than wanting to make some primary colors for blending on the drum carder. I don’t think I realized how much raw fiber I actually had....

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  • Camera Broke :(

    Camera Broke :(

    Since the digital camera I was using broke, I can’t post you pictures of my new skein of Happy Vampire. Clocking in at 4.2 oz/119g and 125 yards.

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    The Anthropologie Pixelated Rug

    The Anthropologie Pixelated Rug Hot or Not? | Apartment Therapy Unplggd.

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  • 2oz 100% Merino, 50 yards

    New Camera!

    As handy as the iPhone camera is, it just doesn’t cut it if you want to make accurate color reproductions. So today I spent a few hours retaking photos of all the yarn I’m going to put up on Etsy. Well, not all of the...

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    Gothic and Glamorous

    I’m being commissioned, and I’m excited. I’m excited because the project is right up my aesthetic alley. They wanted something gothic and cobwebby. I’m spinning two merino yarns for it. One I’m calling Midnight Goth and the other one I’m calling Happy V. Here’s the merino roving: And...

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  • I have plans for these...

    GLASG First Visit

    Today I went to my first meeting of the Greater Los Angeles Spinners Guild. All I have to say is… I’m glad I left the plastic at home. Heaven: I broke down and got a few things that where on sale:

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  • Spinning Break-Through

    Spinning Break-Through

    So after many months of starts and stops, mostly stops, I finaly feel like I’m starting to get a hang of the spinning wheel! My drafting control is getting better and I can do a more consistant yarn as you can see by this...

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