Spinning

Lily Pad BFL — Wheel spun (2015)

  Fibre:  Blue faced Leicester (BFL), from Wild Hare Fibers Method:  Spinning wheel Completed:  February 23, 2015. 4oz of Wild Hare Fibers Blue-Faced Leicester top, spun on my Schacht Matchless.  Approx 219yds 3-ply and 21yds Navajo-plied.  I did a better

Robin’s Egg BFL — Wheel spun (2015)

  Fibre:  Blue faced Leicester (BFL), from Wild Hare Fibers Method:  Spinning wheel Completed:  February 5, 2015. 4oz of Wild Hare Fibers Blue-Faced Leicester top, spun on my Schacht Matchless.  Approx 249yds 3-ply and 128yds Navajo-plied.  The straight 3-ply is

BFL Sock Yarn (2014)

  Fibre:  Blue faced Leicester (BFL) Method:  Spinning wheel Completed:  December 5, 2014. First spinning on my first spinning wheel (Schacht Matchless)!     About 3.3oz of BFL top spun and plied into 3ply (2.95oz) and Navajo-plied 3ply (0.20oz).  (Yes, there was

First Spinning (2014)

  Fibre:  Blue faced Leicester (BFL) Method:  Drop spindle Completed:  August 30, 2014. I posted a blog post with my first efforts at spinning with the drop spindle and then plying.  This was the first effort in creating yarn I