Litsy

Yarnitecture: A Knitter's Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want | Jillian Moreno

Went to an estate sale yesterday. Bought a huge bag of lots of colors of embroidery thread. Photo to come after I deodorize it. #CraftersofLitsy #crafting

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉 1mo

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bookishbitch

The Whole Craft of Spinning from the Raw Material to the Finished Yarn | Carol Kroll

I'm currently spinning a blend of alpaca, silk and wool. I plan on chain plying it, making it a 3 ply yarn with finished. I'm not sure what I will make with it. It will depend on how many yards I get after plying. @Catsandbooks

julesG Gorgeous colour. 1mo

Eggbeater It's beautiful 1mo

Meshell1313 GORG! 😍 1mo

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bookishbitch @julesG @Eggbeater @Meshell1313 Thank you!! 1mo

Catsandbooks That color is spectacular! 💜🌟 1mo

bookishbitch @Catsandbooks It's what drew me to purchase it. I normally spin a lot of natural colors. 1mo

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bookishbitch

The Whole Craft of Spinning from the Raw Material to the Finished Yarn | Carol Kroll

I finished spinning some laceweight vicuña yarn recently. It is an expensive fiber due to availability. This is .3 of an ounce and was a bucket list fiber for me. #showandtelltuesday #litsycrafters Hosted by @Catsandbooks

Eggbeater Wow! That's really impressive! 1mo

bookishbitch @Eggbeater Thank you! 1mo

julesG Beautiful!!! 1mo

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bookishbitch @julesG Thank you! 1mo

Catsandbooks Wow! Looks so soft! 🌟 1mo

bookishbitch @Catsandbooks It is one of the softest fibers in the world to spin! It feels amazing. 1mo

PaperbackPirate What are you going to make with it? 😍 1mo

bookishbitch @PaperbackPirate It will likely end up as an accent area in a project I have in mind for some qiviut yarn I also spun. Although I'm about to spin some cashmere too, so it might depend on how well the colors go together with either yarn. 1mo

tpixie Gorgeous 1mo

Lindy Lovely! I can imagine the softness. Did you make the bowl also? My current project, End Times by Amy Gunderson, is using up small balls of qiviut purchased at my guild‘s fibre auction. 4w

bookishbitch @Lindy I did not make the bowl. It is from a company called scout and bean. I have several in various blues. Your project looks lovely! 4w

Lindy @bookishbitch Thanks Marie. 4w

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DGRachel

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

Finally have my list together for August‘s #bookspin. Not totally happy with it, but my brain is not braining and I had to throw a couple things on there when I realized that my original list duplicated titles. 🤦🏻‍♀️ There are five NetGalley titles that publish in August, a sequel I‘ve been dying to get my hands on for six months, #CampLitsy, and books I really want to read. We‘ll see how the month goes.

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uncommonlycozies this is an incredible list of book 🙌 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo

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thebacklistbook

Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs: Techniques for Creating 80 Yarns | Sarah Anderson

#craftersoflitsy #reboot had to frog down a good six inches! Too many stitch count goofs. Ah well. Take 3.

dabbe Love the color! 🤩♥️🤩 5mo

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bookishbitch

Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool | Clara Parkes

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I'm shocked I haven't heard of this book until now. As a handspinner myself, I was pretty familiar with the subject matter. That said, I still learned a lot along the way. I enjoyed her writing and thoughts and reflections on the industry. And yes, this is just a fraction of my own wool stash. The grey in the middle is jacob wool that is slated to become a sweater. My daughter is going to knit it for me once I'm finished spinning it.

julesG ❤️❤️❤️ I'm admiring your stash. And now I want to find my drop spindle and buy some yarn. 7mo

julesG Fleece!!! My brain was already thinking of yarn and knitting 7mo

bookishbitch @JulesGreads I understand! My brain does that too. What kind of drop spindle do you use? 7mo

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Fiber stash! 😍 I‘ve been knitting more than spinning lately but now I too am itching to dig out one of my spindles and fleece. 😅 I also need to get my hands on this book. Stacked for sure! 6mo

bookishbitch @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm what kind of spindles do you use? I'm a high whorler. 6mo

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @bookishbitch I have a bottom whorl and a Navajo spindle. I‘m still getting the hang of the big Navajo one. 😅 6mo

bookishbitch @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I learned on a bottom whorl. I've not tried a Navajo yet. It looks challenging. 6mo

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm When I bought it, the shop owner was so excited, she said, “I‘ve never met anyone that knew how to use it.” I had to break it to her that I didn‘t, but I had watched some YouTube videos and figured; since I‘d already taught myself how to spin with a drop spindle; I could learn. I have yet to feel like I‘ve got the hang of it. It‘s a whole different animal. It‘s not something I can easily carry and pull out anywhere, so it‘s strictly a home hobby. 6mo

bookishbitch @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm YouTube is amazingly helpful! 6mo

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Airykah13

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

I‘m sticking with genres again for #BookSpin

This month #bookspin is 3 and #doublespin is 17, YA and True Crime

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I got you added to the tag list, too!! 8mo

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MaleficentBookDragon

Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World | Clara Parkes

This year I‘m planning on knitting a reading snake. I think I‘ll call her Rebecca.
#readingdangernoodle #booksnake #knittersoflitsy

My inspiration https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4JSt_VvWUv/?igsh=ZTZja3FkZGZoZm1r

mrp27 Neat! 8mo

ShananigansReads I wish I had the talent for this. Tried to learn to crochet last year so I could make a genre blanket. It did not go well. lol 8mo

RaeLovesToRead Reading danger noodle!!! 🥰🥰 8mo

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Soubhiville I can‘t wait to watch it grow! 8mo

Megara Thank you for sharing this! I went to see Leroy the snake and I am obsessed. I hope they post a reading snake pattern so I can join the fun. 😍 8mo

MaleficentBookDragon @Megara I'm modifying the free Sweet Little Snake pattern on Ravelry. https://ravel.me/sweet-little-snake 8mo

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LitsyEvents

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

Repost for @TheAromaofBooks

2025 has OFFICIALLY arrived because here is your first #BookSpin of the year!! Just a reminder that I am using my new 2025 tag list, so if you don't get tagged today and would like to be added, please let me know (I may also have messed up your username).

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2824819

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Thank you for reposting!! 8mo

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MaleficentBookDragon

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey