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A gentleman bought a pompom hat from me the other day for his wife. A surprise gift so many brownie points there!He als...
14/08/2026

A gentleman bought a pompom hat from me the other day for his wife. A surprise gift so many brownie points there!
He also ordered a beanie for himself. No probs. I just unravelled a pompom hat and reknitted it. I thought the original was a bit thin so found a different pattern using smaller needles to give it a closer texture and warmer to boot.

However, my assumption that there would be enough yarn from the old hat to make the new hat was a mistake so had to find either leftover yarn from original spinning or some more alpaca of the right weight to finish the hat.

He was happy. What do you think?

I try very hard to source all the fleeces, both sheep and alpaca, that I spin from within Cumbria, my home.I was with my...
15/07/2026

I try very hard to source all the fleeces, both sheep and alpaca, that I spin from within Cumbria, my home.

I was with my husband in the car taking the dogs for a walk on some quiet roads when I noticed that one particular field we passed now contained alpacas!

Over time I made contact with the owner who had the business of Wreay Syke Alpacas and purchased the first fleece from this fine chap, Quattro. Doesn't he look gorgeous! His cria fleece is deliciously soft and I'm looking forward to knitting it up into a shawl for me after completing the spinning process.

Source: Wreay Syke Alpacas https://share.google/5l2PjQjfBskUtMEpW

Skein No. 2 in the making. Why is the swift, the 4 armed wooden object, on a grey mat? The foam stops it moving. I hav...
14/07/2026

Skein No. 2 in the making.
Why is the swift, the 4 armed wooden object, on a grey mat? The foam stops it moving. I have 2 other swifts but one too small for this amount of yarn and, the other more expensive one, has a wooden screw fitting to attach to a table which is not robust enough. Last time I used it I had to tie the swift to the table with my apron to stop the lean! Very Heath Robinson solution.
I use up singles left on bobbins to tie the skein in place. One always by the knot of the beginning and end of the yarn and the other opposite to the first tie.
Why skein the yarn rather than wind it off into a cake on a bobbin winder? After spinning I always wash the finished yarn yarn. This is so I know the yarn is as clean as I can make it. After washing the fleece there may be dust left, all the handling the fluff goes through can add dirt so I prefer to do it for my own satisfaction.
Also, by skeining I know I spun the yarn from fleece. If I spin from roving it goes straight into a cake via a bobbin winder.

Apologies for the unusual photo.I took it to illustrate the effect a lot of hand carding has on my left hand in particul...
04/07/2026

Apologies for the unusual photo.

I took it to illustrate the effect a lot of hand carding has on my left hand in particular. I'm left handed! Somehow the skin between my thumb and the rest of my hand gets rather red and sore.

Normally I put the whole fleece through each stage but, as I'm hand carding this one I card a basket of "pillows" ready to spin, spin them then back to hand carding. This, I find, does not over irritate my hand.

The moral of this rather boring story is
doing things differently can have added benefits!

First bobbin plyed and, because I am curious as to what weight the finished yarn is I thought I would do the "wraps per ...
02/07/2026

First bobbin plyed and, because I am curious as to what weight the finished yarn is I thought I would do the "wraps per inch" (wpi) test.
Turns out it is 10 wraps which equates to around DK, double knitting. When I was spinning it I wondered if it would turn out to be 3 or 4 ply!
Normally I just use my years of knitting and crochet to feel the yarn I spin and determine the weight but I will admit to being surprised on this yarn!

Spinning very thin so plyed yarn will end up as 4 ply, possibly 3 ply.
20/06/2026

Spinning very thin so plyed yarn will end up as 4 ply, possibly 3 ply.

I decided not to make batts on my drum carder out of this gorgeous fluff but use my small hand carders to create small p...
19/06/2026

I decided not to make batts on my drum carder out of this gorgeous fluff but use my small hand carders to create small pillows of aligned fluff. By doing this I have the opportunity to pick out from the pillows any bits or grass seeds I might, and have, missed!

Normally I process the whole fleece through each step but, in this case, it will be to fill a basket with combed pillows then spin then repeat.

18/06/2026

Cumbrian Wool Gathering is being held this weekend very close to me. My previous home was even closer!

Now, my dilemma is.......

Can I really justify a visit which will probably result in the purchase of yet more fluff related supplies?

View it as a form of exercise walking round all the stands.

The small travel cost is negligible.

Educational?

Good for the soul?

8 oz or just over 200 gm cleaned out of this cria fleece.There is short hair, thick hair, the white is very fine but sho...
18/06/2026

8 oz or just over 200 gm cleaned out of this cria fleece.

There is short hair, thick hair, the white is very fine but short hair, some second cuts but not much, grass seeds, grass, straw, bobbles of hair, small twigs, parts of ferns plus very small pieces of grit and, no doubt, unidentified stuff!

Normally I discard this as I clean the fleece so it is interesting to find out what amount I actually remove.

Haven't weighed the good fluff yet. I will find out after spinning!

Just came across some German rude words. Evidently "Spinner" means "weirdo/nutcase" and "Du spinnst doch" is "you're cra...
15/06/2026

Just came across some German rude words.
Evidently "Spinner" means "weirdo/nutcase" and "Du spinnst doch" is "you're crazy".

These tickle my sense of humour. Shame my old German teacher never taught us words like that.

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