Mill Membership

I'm a mill member at John Arbon Textiles

 My membership spinner package,

Mini skein (knit by number), card/needle gauge, 2 buttons, 200g top

and a cute project bag.

This top included is absolutely fantastic.

200g Top

Captain PolD'arles

80% Organically Farmed Polwarth

10% Merino D'arles driftwood

10% Merino D'arles chestnut

This top is simply amazing soft and bouncy processed to perfection, no nepps.

It's pure pleasure to spin this fiber.

The natural colours are gorgeous.

The resulting yarn is beautiful.

212 grams, 2 plies, 992 yards of bouncy soft yarn.

This was delight, I can recommend this mill for their great tops, way better than the most well known large companies tops I have spun so far.

This is my own opinion and this is not a sponsored post.

Lavender Merino

This was a TDF prize

from: Fiber Detours Boutique

Ashford

100% Merino Lavender  100 grams

Really soft but I found the fibers were quite irregular on the short side.

Not what I'm used to from Ashford.

 It was a little tricky to spin fine as there was some very short fibers mixed with longer ones,

 after washing the skein I whacked it good to full the fibers, I think it turned out ok.

Made almost 400 yards. The color is nice and it is soft as a baby skin.

I don't know yet what I will do with it yet.... back to the wheel for more spinning.

Getting ready for The Tour de Fleece...

This year I'm a participant in The Tour de Fleece, my first year so I'm a rookie at this I decided to buy some prepared fibers as I didn't received any Pickwick fleece yet.

I have pick the June Spinzilla Fibre Packs from Louet at the  Boutique Fibre Detours  it's a very nice assortment of fibers.

Merino/silk

Karaoke... wool/soysilk

wool/mohair

Tencel

Llama

and of course some silk

plus 4 packs of 100g of  colourful merino this should keep me spinning this July.

I'm cleaning the wheel wiping all oil residues and getting it all clean and ready for more oil.

Unloved...

I have this superwash merino discards blobs from a mill, It was unloved.

I used the carder and made bats trying to save this fiber.

The spinning wheel been singing.

The fibers were really short and it is imperfect, still it is 100% wool.

I have decided to make it Navajo 3 plies as it is superwash to avoid pilling.

Of course I did over spin it a bit too so it could be use as warp or knitting/crochet.

Not bad for a rescue and unloved fiber. 

I still have another skein to ply and finish set twist/wash.

Softies...

Merino and silk are such a pleasure to spin. This is the result from the fiber I posted last time.

This is only 34 yards... but soooo soft.

Navajo ply.

I didn't have much time to post as my brother was sick again... 

Next fiber...

more left over merino/silk 

turned into this...

238 yards of beautiful tweedy soft yarn.

I have some stitch markers too

large ones and regular ones too

Now back to some Pickwick locks to be washed...

Fun under the sun...

I have been spinning  all summer.  Since last spring my right arm has been in pain so no knitting for me :(  I only been spinning merino giving a rest and some time to heal to that injured arm.

 Now I have lots of merino 

2 pounds of dark brown, 1 pound of golden and 1 pound of powder blue.  This was from the fibers I posted on this blog earlier, it's all washed and whacked then dried outside, now it's all waiting for some needles or crochets.

Rovings

I like roving, here is some I got in my stash waiting for my attention, it's all merino superwash some I did with  my hackle, still have to finish a blanket before starting to spin.