Tag: cheviot

• Learn to Spin

  

  Here is a free video and I want to share it with you today.

  Keli

  March 1, 2023

  Spinning Projects, Uncategorized

  3D printed, cheviot, combed top, draft, fibre, learn, relaxing, roving, spin, spindle, spinning, support

• 2023 Be My Valentine Fibre Bits Club

  

  It’s here! Pre-orders for the first Fibre Bits Club in 2023! Watch Shiree’s latest video on Youtube (she is one of my test spinners) to see the colourway Be My Valentine up close and learn about each sheep’s characteristics. *quantities are limited. Happy spinning! Keli

  Keli

  December 17, 2022

  Spinning Projects

  cheviot, colours, combed top, draft, drafting, dye, dyed, fiber, fibre, fleece, knit, love what i do, merino, Polwarth, spin, spindle, spinning, spun fiber, twist, wool, yarn, zen

• Dyeing Silk With Walnuts

  

  While I was dyeing some cheviot with dye from walnuts I decided to throw a few silk hankies in to the dye bath too. Modifiers I used were cream of tartar, iron, citric acid, and soda ash to get the different colours. I have to say I am pleased with all the colours. Here are…

  Keli

  November 14, 2022

  Knitting projects, walnuts

  cheviot, combed top, drafting, dye, hankie, knitting, silk, spinning, walnuts

• Results Are In!

  

  When I first saw results from black hollyhocks, I was disappointed because I thought the results resembled my lupin experiment. Boy, was I wrong! Look at the difference! Lipin results cast more of a yellow, and hollyhocks cast more of a peach colour. I have to say my two favourites so far are butter yellow…

  Keli

  October 7, 2022

  black hollyhocks, Lupin Leaves, Uncategorized

  black, botanical, cheviot, combed top, dyed, fiber, hollyhocks, lupin, modifier, plant, Polwarth