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Upgraded my bronze and silver chatelaine from @thedancinggoats to me a more worthy accompaniment to my sterling silver and amethyst thimble. I removed the brass chains and replaced them with 14k rose gold chains with sterling silver jump rings and claps. Love the way this turned out.
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Celebrating my finished month-long spinning project! Exactly a month ago I dressed my distaffs and this one is officially complete 🎉 Soon I’ll share a more educational post (or even a small series - you asked for it!), but today I just wanted to celebrate and check together how much yarn this distaff can actually hold. The finished skein is a 3-ply yarn: 101g and 310.5m. 🐑 polish merino carded by fenomenal @przadka_greplarz Huge thanks to @hana.makes.things for the brilliant hack that made counting wraps on the niddy-noddy so much easier: tying every 10 wraps absolutely saved the day 🤝 This yarn was spun on two medieval-style spindles from @thedancinggoats and @andrzejnaczynskiwoodturner with a whorl by @szklarka_ , plus a Portuguese spindle from @fernandosantos.66 . One day I’ll master true Portuguese spinning — for now I cheated a little and went with short suspension 😅 The plying was done on my own ceramic-whorl spindles. 🧶 @spindles_kravelli — love at first sight and touch! A beautiful obsession; perfectly balanced, elegant supported spindles from Georgia 🧶 @delenda.est.carthago — supported spindle queen, inspiration and warm soul, dog mom and kindred book spirit 🧶 @alicesavage — colorful soul, stone lover, open book for long conversations and knowledge sharing 🧶 @fernandosantos.66 — master of Portuguese turning, artist and genuinely good human 🧶 @aclareiradasbolotas - a friend with common to me hand disability 🫂 — Portuguese spinning teacher and doll costume artist 🧶 @marinaskua — teacher and inspiration; the only person here I’ve met in real life almost exactly a year ago — my love for her craft has been growing ever since. She is the sole reason looms are living in our home 🫶 So grateful for this international circle of makers — you make spinning richer, warmer, and endlessly inspiring. SPINGO: ✅ spinning math ✅ ply 1 oz #piątekzprzędzeniem #przędzenienawrzecionie #wrzeciono #przęślica #spindlebingo2026
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🏰🧶🧱 Jestem tu tylko gościem. Otulona wełną, z wrzecionem w dłoni i przęślicą przy sercu korzystam z mądrości tych, o których już nie pamiętamy i których bardzo często nie rozumiemy, bo - cytując @twory_sztuki : „stanowisko archeologiczne nie dostarczyło kontekstu”… Jestem tu tylko gościem. W murach wzniesionych przez tych, o których pamiętać chcemy i o których pamięć staramy się zachować. Czy nam się to uda? ________________ 🇬🇧 I am only a guest here. Wrapped in wool, with a spindle in my hand and a distaff close to my heart, I draw from the wisdom of those we no longer remember and so often no longer understand, because — quoting @twory_sztuki — “the archaeological site did not provide enough context.”… I am only a guest here, within walls raised by those we wish to remember and whose memory we try to preserve. Will we succeed? ⸻ My current project is polish coloured merino, prepared by @przadka_greplarz 🐑 I’m moving slowly and deliberately, I really want to spin everything from this distaff in in-hand style 🫣 using my very special whorl, which is a reproduction of one found in Oseberg - made by @thedancinggoats 🫶 The rest will wait for other spindles, as there’s still over half a kilo left 🥰🤭 With this reel and these reflections, I’m checking off: ✅spindle WIP + cosy vibes ✅dpin outside ✅record yourself spinning @spindlebingo
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Anatolian plying block 🪾 czyli prymitywna leniwa Kaśka do wrzecion 🤍 Podstawa starego motowidła, przecięta przez Piotrka z sercem, potem i przekleństwami 😅 Nie znamy się na drewnie na tyle, żeby określić co to, ale na pewno twardy zawodnik 💪 Tym bardziej doceniam 🫶 Kiedy opowiadałam Piotrkowi konstrukcję tego cuda, to trochę nie dowierzał, że to aż takie proste 😅 A jednak. Czego potrzebujemy? Dwóch ciężkich elementów z powierzchnią pozwalającą wywiercić otwory w takiej odległości od siebie, żeby przędza się nie plątała. Ruchomość bloczków pozwala na jednoczesne opróżnianie wrzecion różnej długości 🤓 Genialne w swojej prostocie 🫶 Czego można użyć? Czegokolwiek na tyle ciężkiego, żeby się nie przesuwało, ale na tyle lekkiego, żeby swobodnie móc przesuwać i dostosowywać do pożądanej długości. Z otworami pozwalającymi osadzić w nich wrzeciona, np. cegieł z otworami lub obciążanych ażurowych koszy 😉 W rolach drugoplanowych mix merynosa polskiego barwnego z „owcą NN od sołtysa” od niezastąpionych @przadka_greplarz oraz wrzeciona od moich ulubionych twórców @fernandosantos.66 @spindles_kravelli @thedancinggoats ❤️ #wtorekzwrzecionem #przędzenienakołowrotku #przędzenie #przędzeniewełny #anatolianplyingblock
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Isn’t this the best bouquet you’ve ever seen? 😍 Spindles by @akerworks, @mawdsleyfibrearts, @innoxia.crafts, @thedancinggoats, @schacht_spindle_company, and @ashford_wheels_looms. #spindlespinning
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One of my bandweaving students from a few weeks ago wove their second band at the Crafting Circle tonight! Aren’t these colors amazing together? 🤩 I have another Historic Bandweaving class coming up on June 27 at @cherry_pit_collective. There are still some seats left - grab one and come learn how to make your very own bands like this. Weaving by @huskybaer. 😁✨ Heddle by @thedancinggoats. #rigidheddleloom #rigidheddleweaving #bandweaving #backstrapweaving #historicweaving #heritageskills
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Experimenting with some passementerie techniques today to explore weft design beyond the selvages. This bow loom is my favorite travel project after spindles. It is incredibly lightweight and so easy to use anywhere! Bow, heddle, tape stretcher, and shuttle all from @thedancinggoats
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Spinning up day 11 of my fiber advent that I blended with Finn and Gotland fiber. I love this Dan Tracey spindle and DancingGoat spinning bowl. #spindlebingo2025 #spinnersofinstagram #handspinnersofinstagram #handspunyarn #handspunhabit #useyourhandspun #stashdashers24 #spinningyarn
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More very pretty fiber from my advent from @kingdomfleeceandfiberworks . Spindles from @thedancinggoats and @topofthewhorl
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Been learning support spindling in the evenings this week. I’ve been spinning for over thirty years and so there isn’t much I haven’t tried (though still lots of concepts to learn, as friends can attest. Like what the heck grist is. 🤣 Thank you @pacificcoasterfibres !) . But when the support spindle craze hit a year or so ago, this just looked intimidating (read: like ✨magic✨) and so I of course was never going to try it. . But I did. And I love it so much. And it takes me back to the wheel I learned on as a thirteen year old, which had something like a spindle shaft where the bobbin and flyer would be. And so your feet did the turning work, but then you’d have to stop every yard-length of singles, and wrap onto the spindle, then start again. . This is a silly thing, a nerdy thing perhaps, but one of the things I love about this process is the sound. Between the whir of the spindle point in the bowl and the yarn flicking off the tip of a shaft, it sounds like the sound of wings beating, like a dove in flight. . I now get why everyone is hooked. And cheers to learning new things that look intimidating. (Learning it makes it no less magic.) . Wool is merino stash wool, hand-processed from a pound or two of raw locks I bought years ago from someone I’ve forgotten. . Spindle is from @thedancinggoats . #supportspindle #spinningyarn #wool #making #slowmaking
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Practiced on my supported spindle from @thedancinggoats this morning for a half hour. I am not efficient and my hands get very tired but I spun up a few grams of my #se2se #shetlandwool from Holly Hill Ranch (I’ll add a tag if I find them on here). I’m #spinningthefall 9 Nov with @getbentzfarm @twistedoakfarmstead and @badgerface_fiber . The Shave ‘em to save ‘em program is hosted by @livestockconservancy . My supported spindle bowl today is by @mingoasho
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A trip down memory lane… a year of learning supported spindle spinning. Although I have been spinning for about 10 years now, last year at NY Sheep and Wool Festival I purchased my first supported spindle and have been spinning almost every day. I’m am grateful for all of the people who helped, supported and inspired me! I am also grateful for all of the talented people who created beautiful fiber preps and blend and the works of art that I have purchased to spin on. We are a wonderfully warm community!!!! #spinnersofinstagram #handspunhabit #spindlespinning
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