Wander and Stitch

Oooo soo pretty! Looks lush

Five big fluffy wool batts for spinning and felting coiled up, each bursting with colours from bright pinks to rich blues. Laid out on a wooden background.

New batt collection - Chaos Batts, a hectic blend of New Zealand merino wool, mulberry silk, sari silk, and kid angora mohair #spinning #felting #wool #fiberprep

A spiky drum carder with brown natural wool fibre strewn with streaks of blues, yellows, pinks make up a confetti burst of colour

Making batts for spinning! Natural brown Haunui wool with sari silk, mulberry silk dyed with indigo, and merino wool

Incredible work!

Glorious! Beautiful work

Thank you! Didn’t expect such glorious greys, very pleased

Half a banana box filled to the brim with coiled up wool batts for spinning and felting, from top to bottom there are three shades of grey: light, medium and dark grey; all natural undyed wool

Carded natural Gotland wool, washed and prepped from fleece #spinning #fiberprep #wool

Two skeins of handspun yarn in natural silver-grey Haunui wool with brights flecks of confetti-like recycled sari silk throughout, with a hand-blended batt fibre prepped for spinning. Two watercolour paintings rest in the middle of the shot, they were painted after spinning the yarn and felt absolutely necessary as though the handspun yarn was not complete without them.

Handspun ‘Confetti’ yarn, a blend of recycled sari silk and silver-toned natural Haunui wool. Carded on my drum carder then handspun with great patience. The watercolour paintings were an inspired extra addition.

A coiled up skein of mostly blue yarn sits on a golden wood back ground. The yarn is a blend of wool and silk, blue with pops and streaks of orange, red, bright aqua blue and a couple of pops of bright yellow, with white flecks of silk throughout. It was spun on a spinning wheel

Handspun yarn made from batts carded on my drum carder #spinning #yarn

I handspun this yarn from wool and silk fiber that I prepared myself, and I did the paintings to match too!

So tiny and cute! I actually thought it was a wee turtle on first look ahaha

4 skeins of handspun yarn lie flat lined up next to each other showing a graduation of natural undyed wool colours from rich dark coffee espresso colour through toffee to oatmeal to silver. Above, are cooked up balls of natural undyed wool fiber that I fiber prepped into batts and then spun into this handspun yarn!

I just launched a new hand spinning yarn and fiber art blog! I’m still working on it, but can find it at www.wanderandstitch.com

Eeeep thank you!! It was certainly a an enjoyable process, like putting together a puzzle

Oh this is so pretty, beautiful work!

A bright and brilliant skein of golden yellow two ply yarn handmade from Haunui wool and silk fibre which I natural dyed with marigold flowers and handspun on my spinning wheel

The handspun yarn result of a natural dye process, using marigold flowers to dye silk and Haunui wool which I then blended into a batt for spinning #fiberprep

Yes the spin was an absolute dream, I’ll post a pic of how it came out!

A humble flower is so right, they are delightful to have growing too and such a rich, reliable range of golden yellows and greens

A big fluffy bright yellow batt for spinning into yarn lies on a neutral grey brown wood background. The batt has been natural dyed with marigold flowers and then blended on a drum carder into a batt, the type of fiber prep used by spinners to produce handspun wool yarn

Marigold natural dyed Haunui wool and mulberry silk batt for spinning, carded on my drum carder #fiberprep #fiberart

A coiled up bunch of Haunui wool combed top or roving, this is fiber for spinning which has been natural dyed with marigold flowers to produce a rich bright golden yellow colour, resting in the palm of a white womans hand with a handmade silver ring around the thumb and a blue hoodie sleeve popping in the bottom of the frame, the background is a wooden deck ramp

A coiled up bunch of pure mulberry silk combed top or roving, this is fiber for spinning which has been natural dyed with marigold flowers to produce a rich bright golden yellow colour, resting in the palm of a white womans hand with a handmade silver ring around the thumb and a blue hoodie sleeve popping in the bottom of the frame, the background is a wooden deck ramp

Sweet handfuls of rich golden yellow natural dye from marigold flowers and Haunui wool combed top and pure mulberry silk sliver

Oh thank you! I’ll post a pic of how it came out, super rich

Lovely fiber, beautiful colours!

Oh this is so pretty! What a joy to spin

Ooh very pretty!! 😍

A natural dye bath made with marigold flowers. The image features a Birds Eye view of a large pot, containing a rich deep gold liquid, with bright gold silk just under the surfaces and a lighter more oatmeal golden coloured wool roving underneath

Pure Mulberry Silk and Haunui Wool looking heavenly in a marigold natural dye bath #naturaldye #spinning #fiberprep

A pot full of water with an oatmeal coloured natural wool roving submerged, and shiny Mulberry silk fibre sitting on top, getting ready to be natural dyed ready for spinning into yarn

Mulberry silk from Japan and Haunui wool roving from New Zealand getting ready to be natural dyed #fiberprep #spinning #wool

Bright colourful handknit fabric wrapped around an unseen jar of coffee, fading from red to purple to blue to green and back to purple. In the background, orange autumn leaves and green grass. In the foreground, five plain pencils front and centre with a sketch book off to the side

Handspun handknit wool beanie is perfect for keeping a jar of coffee warm when sketching in the crisp autumn of Wanaka, Aotearoa New Zealand

So pretty!

Wow absolutely gorgeous spinning!

Silky smooth and shiny rolags, a type of fibre prep for spinning where you blend fibres together; silk and wool today, and wrap them into circular lengths using two wooden dowels

Rolags - blend of Haunui wool and silk #spinning #fiberprep

Hand blended and handspun Haunui wool-silk-linen, made on my blending board and spinning wheel #spinning #yarn