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A woman (me) wearing a colourful cropped raglan sweater with balloon sleeves. It's the Aquamarlin sweater, which uses multiple strands of scrap yarn to create a marked, bulky weight fabric.

#shomeyourknits this week is all about scrappy projects. I know I've posted about this one before, but my Aquamarlin sweater is my top favourite for using up any and all scraps and leftover yarn.

#knitting #aquamarlin #sweater #finishedobject #stashbusting

That's so lovely!

Thank you ❤️

Thank you!

Thank you! ❤️

A rainbow of handspun yarn artfully laid out on a wooden table.

12 skeins of #handspun #yarn from tour de fleece and beyond, washed and ready to go. They fill me with so much joy!

#spinningyarn #handspinning #spinnersofbluesky #spinsky

This makes me a little teary eyed. How beautiful.

Thanks!

An almost spherical loaf of sourdough bread on a wooden chopping board.

Got my sourdough starter up and running. Was motivated by my local bakery temporarily closing due to a fire. Can't live without good bread, now, even if it's not the most aesthetic of loaves.

#baking #bread #sourdough

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Thank you!

Maybe see if there is a spinning guild or group near you? They would be able to have a look and give more advice than me for sure!

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Thank you so much 😊 I'm so pleased with how Tue colours from my rolags have blended in the spin.

Five skeins of handspun merino/tencel in a gradient from light blue, through teal, to green.

I'm now halfway through my #tourdefleece spin, although I doubt the other half will be finished in the time that's left. I'm so pleased with these skeins.

#hanspun #handspinning #yarn #spinnersofbluesky #tdf2025 #tdf

Thank you!

Often, the creative process involves undoing your work and starting again, with new knowledge. And that's ok!

#knitting #patterndesign #knittingpattern #frogging #wip #startingagain

Having such a peaceful time working on my #tourdefleece2025 project. It's really warm in the west of Scotland today, with just a slight breeze. So thankful to have the day off.

#spinning #spinnersofbluesky #tdf2025 #handspinnig #espinner #eew6 #tourdefleece #tdf #wool #spinningyarn

I loved it as a teenager and it's such a nostalgic cozy thing to me now. And still the coolest vampire of all time.

Lots of red, staring eyes on a black background - from the anime, Hellsing.

In progress knitting in black with colour work in white and red - eyes emerging from yarn.

The inspiration and the knitting...

#knitting #knitweardesign #knittingpattern #knitsky #wip #hellsing #alucard #eyes

A bobbin of spun, blue singles on an electric eel wheel 6 e-spinner.

A bundle of light blue/grey rolags, waiting to be pre-drafted and spun.

This is the 4th bobbin of my big #spinning project, 2nd completed for #tourdefleece2025. On to the next colour! (2nd pic)

#tdf2025 #yarn #handspinning #espinner #spinnersofbluesky #handspun #wool

I'm taking part too. It's so fun to see what everyone else is working on.

Three bobbins of handspun singles on a wooden surface going from blue to green in colour.

Three out of ten colours of my big gradient spin finished, the "bluest" of which was completed during #tdf2025. Each is approximately 100g, and the total spin will be a whole kg, making it just about my biggest project so far.

#handspun #spinning #spinningyarn #yarn #wool #tdf #fourdefleece.

An EEW e-spinner with a half full bobbin forgrounded by a pile of pre drafted merino/tencel fibre.

More of a tour de F1 than a tour de France start to #tourdefleece today, but i got a good amount of #spinning done!

#yarn #spinnersofbluesky #spinningyarn #handspinning

Oh and I should say this is not the colour work that will be on the final pattern, even though it's kind of cute in a 2004 kind of way.

A lined, knitted wrist warmer in purple and light grey checked colour work.

The same wrist warmer as in the previous picture, held open to show the lining.

I just knitted a little wrist warmer. Just one. Why?, you may ask. I'm trying some techniques out for a cowl pattern I'm working on, and thought a mini version like this would be excellent to see if it would work. Cute, isn't it?

#patterndesign #knitweardesign #knitting #knitsky #colourwork

Bundles and bobbins of merino and tencel rolags laid out in a circular colour gradient on the floor.

This is my #tourdefleece project for 2025. Each bobbin/bundle of rolags is 100g, and will be chain plied. I'm aiming for sport(fingering weight.

#handspun #spinning #tdf2025 #tourdefleece2025 #handspinning #spinningyarn #fibrelove #wool

I've been seeing your posts on your breed study in my feed - it's so interesting to see how they all spin. Will keep my eye out for more!

That sounds great! I've never worked with Suffolk, so it'll be fun to see your results.

I'm trying very hard to work from my stash rather than buying new shiny things as well. I need to use all the nice things that I already bought!

Yeah, the bobbins on the big EEW are much bigger. I can cram 200g of fiber on there if I really try.
Treadling and drafting definitely require practice. I have a kromski Fantasia that i love, and learned to spin on. It takes a wee while, but it becomes muscle memory after a while.