Wow So very beautiful!

Handmadesoaps coloured with clays: purple ( looks brown) red and green. Good for oily skins. #coldprocess

Soap made with tallow and plant oils and coloured with turmeric and calendula infused oils. #naturalsoap

A variety of handmade soap in natural colours except the brown has a bit of red clay and loofah. #handmadesoaps

I love making soap, there’s so much variety and creativity involved. Practical, useful consumables, and perfect for gift giving. This year I made them with 50% tallow and 50%plant oils..it’s so much cheaper! #coldprocesssoaps #handmadesoaps

Thanks! This batch gelled so nicely, I love that translucent quality.

Looking good!

Thank you!

It’s bright!

Red yellow pink and purple coloured handspun yarn twisted into a skein on same coloured fibre

Well hello there, handdyed fleece into pretty yarn. #handspun

2 yellow loaves of homemade soap on wooden table , one in a wooden soap cutter ready to cut into bars. #homemadesoap #makingsoap

I make soap too, a huge batch once a year, enough to supply the family. New recipe this year includes tallow; it makes the soap hard and lasts longer. I add essential oils too, here is Basil/Lemongrass, and behind is Eucalyptus /Lavender. #coldprocesssoap #soapmaking

These handdyed batts were so much fun to make, but I’m back to processing my monochrome fleece again! #handdyed #fibreprep

That was fun; this 60g and only a single pass on the drumcarder. #cardedbatt #handspinning

Purple pink red and pink dyed fleece in trays #handdyedfiber

I need a bit of colour today, and am keen to start dyeing these locks for more fibre play on my new drumcarder. Fleece is Corriedale x Border Leicester and there’s a bit of English Leicester too. #handyeing #fiberprep

Exactly

It good to polish skills … and then break the rules 😛

3 types of yarn from one multicoloured fleece: solid grey, gradient from white to grey and lastly barberpole thick and thin yarn. #handspinning #handspunyarn

I used to be really strict on myself to achieve a machine like consistency when spinning yarn, and I can do that. But lately I’m all for handspun that looks a little sloppy, more thick n thin. It knits and weaves up so nicely. I guess having skills that can produce both at will is 👌👌#handspun

Exactly! It’s just plain weave; the yarn did all the work😍

I’m obsessed by it😂

And this woven wrap is finished. I love the colour play- yarn came from BendigoWoollen Mills. I rarely buy yarn but this handspun lookalike was irresistible! #handwoven #rigidheddle

Thank you! Oh! You’re students would have been so happy! Great way to hook them into weaving- this yarn is simply fabulous!

Multitude handspun looking yarn in green yellows and oranges warped and woven on a rigid heddle loom.

This beautiful yarn was made at our local woollen mill; I love its barberpole colours. #Rigidheddle #weaving

This batt was made with 10%each of white English Leicester and white Border Leicester X Corriedale and 80%dark grey Corriedale. It still spun up wiry! But those Leicester breeds make a durable yarn. 3 plied and still soft enough to knit a next to skin garment. #handspinner #handspunyarn #fiberprep

I got a large Ashford. It’s great for blending fibres. I wish I bought it years ago!

Drumcarding is a thing right now. So much quicker and easier than combing. Really love my fibre tools.

Raw fleece in multi browns to cream tones on floor with hand combs to open locks. #fiberprep

I’m going to make yarn to weave a rustic looking lap blanket. Spinning in the grease then scouring the skeins. #handspinning #fibreprep #rawfleece

Thank you!

I’m all spun out; going to settle on a knitting binge, here’s the first, a modified Hitchhiker scarf knit from my #handspun. #showmeyourknit #knittingwithhandspun

Well done! Beautiful spinning.

Heavenly soft Corriedale fleece, this is much softer than usual. Batts are mixed with dyed locks of the same fleece. Love tweedy yarn. #handspun #fibreprep

Omgosh you were so incredibly productive! Gorgeous!!

I’m just at the beginning stage of learning and down the rabbit hole with online research, I’m so excited!

I’m playing with my new fave toy, an Ashford drumcarder. It’s so much easier on the wrists than combing as a way to prep fleece, and I’m learning it’s many artful methods. #fiberprep #handspinning