Tag: Polwarth

• 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

• 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

• Lupin Dyed Fibre Results

  

  Results Are In!

  Keli

  September 26, 2022

  Lupin Leaves

  botanical, combed top, lupin, modifier, plant, Polwarth, wool

• I Couldn’t Help It.

  I had tried to dye combed top last summer with plants and plant extracts but found it too labour intensive for the amount of fibre I needed to sell and decided to end my experiments. However, all that rational thought process disappeared when I saw Robin from sitsnspins on Instagram solar dyeing fibre yesterday. I…

  Keli

  July 26, 2022

  Coreopsis, Dyeing With Plants

  botanical, botanical dyed yarn, combed top, fiber, fibre, flowerbeds, Gardening, plant, Polwarth, spinning, wool