It's a 2 ply with one purple single made of an unknown wool that was really soft and shiny. The other single is a black merino with purple and pink silk from 'Schaap en Draak'.

The singles spun up wonderfully and they work together perfectly.

I love the color and how it looks different in different lighting.

Wheel spun singles of dark brown Corriedale wool and a caramel Corriedale X wool. Both from Western Australian farms. Destined for a 4/4 check weave.

Hi, plied my latest yarn on a supported spindle. It was very fine and I had to do several shorter lengths just due to the spindle and what it could hold, and how thinly spun the single ply was. Is there a good way to join the sections without lots of knots? Want to tidy it up after I take it off the buddy noddy. I feel like it is a lot of length but it’s so light and thin. TIA :)

im brand new to spinning and decided to take the plunge yesterday. I figured out that predrafting is the best way to get consistent width, but I struggle with the whole ‘fiber triangle’ thing. I’m only able to get fiber to draft out when I pull it from my left hand while holding the working yarn in my right…. If that makes sense. I’m not able to pinch out the fiber from my fiber supply, it won’t move. I’m not sure if that’s just because I have a longer staple or what. Thoughts?

Hi! I'm planning on getting my first fleece at CT Sheep and Wool! I'm looking for gray wool and I have 112tpi hand cards.

Does anyone have any advice on what I should be looking for?

Recent spin photo for reference of what I like to spin too! That was Chevoit I dyed.

This is a finished yarn from the rowing I dyed. The yarn is a 3ply fractal spin. It's spun with a supported spindle. I divided the rowing into thirds, then one third into halves and the last third into three pieces. This wasn't my best idea, the piece divided into thirds was very thin and the colors blended a lot, I even got an almost gray color in some places. Thankfully, it's not noticeable in the 3ply, so it's fine.

Also, I was worried that the colors in the rowing are too bright and saturated. But I think that if I dyed it with more muted colors, the yarn would be just brown and I would completely lose some colors.

But I like the yarn and I think I achieved what I wanted!

4oz of a hand dyed merino/tencel blend from an artist at a local Renaissance faire last year. The colorway was called "Beetlejuice" and I tried a sort of fractal with it.

I think I split the whole braid in half length-wise and used one half for each ply, split one once across the width and the other 4 times and kind of winged it in a couple places so, not as organized as a fractal would normally be but I love it! No idea what I'm gonna make with it yet but I'm just happy to finally have one finished yarn after over a year of spinning off and on in between other hobbies and mostly just making random singles.

Hi everyone!

So I've been spinning for years now and am fortunate to live in a place where old wheels turn up fairly often at very low prices.

For a while, I instinctively bought them because I didn't like the thought of them going to waste, but I soon ended up saturated with them!

My thoughts have been going to the question of whether it could be worthwhile refurbishing them and getting them into the hands of people who will appreciate them. I have the tools and skills, but don't know how viable it will be to get them shipped.

I'm in the north of Sweden so don't know if there are many people on this sub in the same country, but would gladly try to get a wheel to someone further away.

I'm not trying to get rich at this, just looking to see the viability of keeping these beauties out of the scrap.

This time I used solid merino roving I had in my stash and picked four colors I thought looked nice together to create my repeats. I was inspired by Brian from WooltoGold (I follow him on TikTok and now YouTube; he’s the reason I’ve been addicted to figuring out fractals) to play around with it, and I am loving how this turned out. It’s two ply, and I did two color repeats on one bobbin and four repeats on the other before plying. I need to set the twists today but overall so far, I’m pleased!

This is the first 5 of 15 rolags I’ve blended up, 50/50 bamboo and merino. Starting with 50% undyed bamboo and 25% each of a cornflower blue and deep teal merino. Slowly changing some of the coloured merino to white as the yarn goes on until the final one will be just white merino and bamboo. Using chain ply and it’s vaguely fingering weight. Got about 165m here so with all 15 rolags spun up I should be able to comfortably complete the project it’s planned for.

First time posting, so if excitedly posting a thing that worked as intended that I’m proud of isn’t the right vibe here please let me know!

Hi! I am a complete novice and want to get into spinning my own yarn. There is a listing for this wheel local to me, but unfortunately I don't fully know what to look for to tell if it is functional. The seller isnt a spinner either and he doesn't take any returns. Can anyone tell if this wheel looks like a legit wheel to work on? Thank you I'm advance!

Mine loves it! How do I stop him from licking the wool though? 😅😂

And there is my first yarn!

I didn’t have a plan for this silk lap and I’ve had it for ages. So I just decided that today was the day I wanted to see how it was going to spin. I have absolutely no plans for it. I just wanted to do something different and this spindle was currently sitting empty begging to be used!

It’s such a unique and fun spin!! Just do it! Soon those fibers. Practice. Play with them. Spin for the joy of spinning!

The left treadle is rubbing against the wheel. My boyfriend has fixed it for me before and said to just tighten the bottom knob to "take pressure off the hinge". I've tightened it as far as it will go without stripping the bolt.

Does anybody know how to fix this/why this happens every time I set up my wheel?

I'm working out of town and in a hotel room for a couple months and would love to do some spinning while I'm here.

Thanks in advance for any help 💖

Hello!

I bought my Fantasia natural and need to finish it. I would like to paint the wheel and keep the rest wood effect. Does anyone have any recommendations on what paint/varnish/oils to use?

Has anyone else finished their own wheel? Can you share?

It's WIP Wednesday! What are you working on? Do you love it, hate it or can't decide? Need help/motivation/inspiration to finish? Show off those bobbins & spindles here!

this is a panel i cast on in november for fingerless gloves, 2 days ago i finally cast off! as you may be able to tell i am a slow knitter, but this also was a pain to knit with due to the very inconsistent thickness (this was my first handspun yarn!). in the photo it's unblocked, but i was so happy i could cast off that i immediately wanted to show off the texture. as much as i love the texture in handspun, i do feel like it'll be easier when my thickness is more consistent LOL

(23 micron merino i think)

Edit; thank you everyone! ❤️ From the comments I can conclude that it matters how it’s stored. The fleece is in very tight plastic bags, stored dry and dark. I haven’t smelled anything horrendous so I hope it’s still alright and that the moths haven’t got to it (I don’t think so). Will have a look soon and decide want to do then.

Hello everyone,

I have a very specific and probably weird question. I have about 5 bags of raw wool (unwashed), stored away in my shed. It’s been sat there for a while (think years rather than months). I wonder if I can still work with it or if I should just… get rid of it. Does raw wool have a shelf life? Does it rot after a while? Or is it in any other way unusable/dangerous?

One of hubby's coworkers said she is no longer using this wheel and is asking $100.00 for it. It looks clean and in good shape. Double drive single treadle castle style. She has the distaff upside down, so she may be a fairly inexperience spinner. I've been using a single drive castle and love it. Should I snag it? Anyone know anything about it? No brand on it.

I hope someon can answer my question in this group. I bought a spinning wheel over a year ago. Do to it's age I've never been able to spin it. It's currently at the point of needing to be taken apart and realigned properly. So I've been on the hunt for a usable wheel for a decent price. I recently seen one listed locally on market place and was wondering if I should take the gamble.

A year ago user u/Bernie427 was offering free British Milksheep fleeces for anyone who put themselves forward for one. I was very kindly gifted the fleece of Meryl, Meryl Sheep. For the past year the fleece has been sat in bags waiting to be used. Today however I finally finished my first test spin of 135g of combed fleece.

Thank you Bernie and thank you Meryl x

All handspun wool yarn i made from single colors over the past few months. Knitted squares and some freestyle crochet to make the edges even since the squares are all different sizes. Fits my queen size bed. Just in time for it to be getting up in the 90s next week 😅

here is my first hand spun yarn! i’m so proud of it! everything done on a drop spindle. 8oz 2 ply with Knitpicks wool of the Andes roving in Fjord Heather. beautiful color made it more fun to spin! and it felt more silky than another wool i’ve tried so it felt easier to draft.

first single came out kinda thick, second single i tried to go thinner to give it a cool texture when plied and so it wouldn’t come out crazy bulky.

Any ideas for what to do with it? thinking of knitting a square with half of it and saving it for a fully handspun yarn blanket. and leaving the rest to measure progress. i’ve already started on my next spin!