Kelli

An overhead view of Kelli's desk on which sits a sock knitting project in progress with a zelda themed divided tetrahedral fabric project pouch. The socks are vanilla double gusset on the bottom toe up socks. Both socks are being knit concurrently on separate circular needles. One sock has been placed on a sock ruler. Both socks have semisolid hand dyed medium dark silver grey toes. The foot of the sock is a dark to light semisolid hand dyed purple gradient that was started on the dark end of the gradient. The small center pull balls they are being knit from are visible.

My #wipwednesday project is a pair of impromptu socks! These will be gifted to my Mom who hinted at needing to retire some of her handknit socks soon. Yarn is my Lleap base. Using a set of Shorty gradient Sock Twins in "Lavendula" & a Wee skein of "Crone" for the contrasting toes & cuffs. #knitsky

A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is mostly full of handspun singles that are primarily a range of lavenders with added hemp fiber in pale sea green, magenta and pale aqua blue.

Last day of #tourdefemme and I finished spinning the first bobbin of singles for this targhee wool/hemp fiber blend.

A hand turned wooden drop spindle with decorative pyrographed motifs on the top of the whorl sits on Kelli's desk. The spindle has a small cop of handspun turquoise singles yarn wound onto the shaft. A cardboard storage spindle with more of the same color handspun singles wound onto it is also laying on the desk attached to a wireless drill. The drill has just been used to wind the bobbin.

An Ashford tensioned lazy kate holds two cardboard storage bobbins that each have a small amount of turquoise handspun singles yarn on them.

Kelli's hand holds up an Ashford standard spinning wheel bobbin in front of their desktop. The bobbin is partially full of turquoise two ply handspun superwash merino yarn.

A small skein of turquoise superwash merino wool two ply handspun yarn sits on top of a white terrycloth towel.

Finished the singles for my little spindle spin last night. Today I wound all the singles (some from before the Tour) onto storage bobbins, 2-plied them on my wheel & skeined up the resulting 142 yard skein. It will get stashed with my other random future-weft handspun skeins. #tourdefemme

A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially full of handspun singles that are primarily a range of lavenders with added hemp fiber in pale sea green, magenta and pale aqua blue.

Today's #tourdefemme spinning. More progress on the targhee wool and hemp blend.

A hand turned wooden drop spindle sits on Kelli's desk. It is partially full of handspun singles yarn that has been hand dyed turquoise. Under the spindle is a small amount of turquoise superwash merino wool combed top which is in the process of being spun. The top of the spindle whorl has decorative pyrographed motifs.

A hand turned wooden drop spindle sits on Kelli's desk. It is partially full of handspun singles yarn that has been hand dyed turquoise. Under the spindle is a small amount of turquoise superwash merino wool combed top which is in the process of being spun.

A little spindle spinning progress from yesterday and today. #tourdefemme

A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially full of handspun singles that are primarily targhee wool that has been immersion dyed in a range of lavenders with added hemp fiber in pale sea green, magenta and pale aqua blue.

My #tourdefemme spinning for the day.

Thank you! I'm having fun dreaming of what warp I want to pair it with.😊

A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially full of handspun singles which are primarily targhee wool that has been immersion dyed in a range of lavenders with added hemp fiber in pale sea green, magenta and pale aqua blue.

An overhead view of Kelli's blending board balanced on top of a storage tote. The spinning fiber that has been blended on the board is in the process of being pulled off through a diz into roving. A hand turned wooden diz and threader are on the foreground and a nest of roving that has been pulled off of the board rests in the background. The fiber is primarily targhee wool that has been immersion dyed in a range of lavenders with added hemp fiber in pale sea green, magenta and pale aqua blue.

Today's #tourdefleece fiber prep & spinning. A 90/10 blend of targhee wool and hemp. This is a test spin for the hemp fiber I recently dyed. I'll be spinning along through #tourdefemme.

Thank you! It was made by my Dad. 😊 He does all of the hand turned wooden spinning tools for my shop.

An immersion dyed braid of targhee wool in various shades of lavender sites on Kelli's desk. Tge desk mat is nearly the same combination of colors as the targhee. Three small piles of loose short hemp spinning fiber are sitting in front of the targhee. Each pile has been low water immersion dyed a different color. The left pile is a pale sea green. The middle pile is a medium fuchsia. The right pile is a pale aqua blue.

A hand turned wooden drop spindle sits in a small pile of turquoise colored merino wool top on Kelli's desk. The spindle has decorative pyrographed motifs on the top of the whorl. A small cop of handspun yarn is wound onto the spindle.

Did a little more spindle spinning today for #tourdefleece. Tomorrow I plan to start blending up this targhee and hemp fiber for my next wheel spin. The targhee is a random immersion dye I did a bit ago to use up some extra dye & it's pretty funny how closely it matches my desk mat. 😂

An overhead photo of ten pieces of hand dyed fabric samples laid out overlapping each other so that a narrow band of each color of fabric is visible. The fabric has been machine zig zag stitched on the edges to reduce fraying. The fabrics have been scrunch dyed in low water immersion dyebaths to create color variation amd dimension. The photo has been cropped and a black border has been added. The Llady Llama logo is in the lower right corner.

A little lineup photo of my recent low water immersion scrunch dye fabric samples. Fabric is 80/20 organic cotton/hemp. I took a bunch of photos of the fabric, fiber and yarn samples today for the next ko.fi.com/lladyllama blog post. I have project ideas for most of these fabric samples already.💡

A view of Kelli's desk on which sits a hand turned wooden niddy noddy and an Ashford jumbo bobbin. Both are holding handspun two ply yarn that is primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

Plying complete for this spin! #tourdefleece

Have a lot of sinus pressure for some reason today. Took my antihistamines on time & everything- hasn't seemed to help much. But what REALLY didn't help was me casually taking a sip of my half flat seltzer while plying earlier and it rudely going straight up my nose. 😵🤧

An angled closeup of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel equipped with a jumbo flyer. Kelli holds up an Ashford tensioned lazy kate behind the wheel's flyer to show off two partial bobbins of handspun singles. The jumbo bobbin is partially full of the resulting two ply handspun yarn. The yarn is primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

Managed to ply just over half of bobbins 2 & 4 this afternoon. #tourdefleece

Kelli holds up an Ashford jumbo bobbin in front of their laptop. The bobbin is about half full of handspun two ply yarn that is primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

Plied bobbins 1 & 3 today. #tourdefleece

Thanks! It was made by my Dad. 😊 He does all of the hand turned wooden spinning tools for my shop.

Thank you! 💜

A hand turned wooden drop spindle with a small amount of turquoise wool handspun singles wound onto it sits across a laptop keyboard.

No energy for wheel spinning today but I did manage a little spindle spinning from bed. #chroniclife #tourdefleece

Kelli holds out the fourth and final bobbin of handspun singles for this spin. Sitting on the desk is an Ashford tensioned lazy kate with the other three bobbins of singles. The singles are primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber blended with light silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

Singles are done! #tourdefleece

Yesterday was rough but I've mostly slept & otherwise intensely rested since we came back from our day trip on Sat & I'm cautiously feeling semi-human today. Just packed an order without having to sit and rest part of the way through. Minimal dizziness. Breakfast & more rest but I may spin later. 🤞

Thank you! 💜

Today's Tour de Fleece progress. A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is mostly full of handspun singles that are primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil. The fiber nest that sits on top of the front maiden upright is all that is left to spin.

Yesterday's Tour de Fleece progress. A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially full of handspun singles that are primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

Forgot to post my #tourdefleece progress here yesterday will all the hubbub of getting ready for our trip today so here's a twofer. Managed a little spinning tonight. Tomorrow I'll finish up the singles for this one if I am feeling ok. Rest time now. 😴

The front entrance of Red Fern restaurant.

And ofc we had to stop for a lovely outdoor meal at our favorite Rochester restaurant! Full of delicious food and heading home with leftovers (and desserts)! 🎉

Kelli stands behind their Wife, Rae. Both smile behind their N95 masks and are watching the Rochester Pride Parade. A random house along the parade route is in the background.

Beautiful day up in Rochester with my amazing Wife for Pride!

Thank you! 💜

An overhead view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially full of handspun singles that are primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

A closeup view of Kelli's Ashford tensioned lazy kate with three bobbins of handspun singles that are primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil.

Three bobbins of singles spun! I also managed a start on the fourth and final bobbin. #tourdefleece

Thank you! It's some targhee wool, a little llama fiber and silk noil that I dyed, blended and dizzed off of my blending board.

Less than 5 minutes after I open the windows to let in some cooler night air into the house and I hear thunder. *sigh*

An overhead view of Kelli's Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially full of handspun singles that are primarily medium dark grey targhee wool and llama fiber along with pale silver grey and pastel blue silk noil. A nest of the blended spinning fiber sits on the front maiden upright.

Got about an hour of spinning done this evening and I think I may be able to finish bobbin 3 tomorrow if my energy level holds up. #tourdefleece

May have just gotten sucked into a 3 hour hyperfocus weaving project planning & calculation session. It's been incubating/half sketched out for a while and it was suddenly ready to be worked out today. Coming up for air now and I'll get to today's spinning soonly. #artistlife