Tag Archives: handspinning

Yarn – Peppermint Sprinkles

Posted on October 10, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I made a new yarn! I guess I’d gotten fairly comfortable working with the same yarn “designs” over and over. Silver beads in grey, purple in black, and tons of lace weight black yarn are my staples. But this is … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Hot Chocolate

Posted on October 3, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I have gotten a ton of spinning done at the recent craft shows! I started this yarn at Sheridan celebrates, and just finished it. Here are two pictures, one with flash and the other without. The color is actually somewhere … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Studded Snows

Posted on September 12, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Gah. Making enough yarn for a big project, which is always my goal these days, takes  forever. Anyway, I’m currently on a “Studded Snows” spinning streak. Which is both alliterative and productive. I’ve spun 450 yards of it so far. It’s … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Graphite

Posted on August 28, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Long time, no post! Here’s what I’ve been working on: It’s the first yarn from little Marseille that I’ve ever spun, from her baby fleece.  The color is really hard to capture, but it’s a dark gray, almost black, shot … Continue reading →

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Units of measure

Posted on August 3, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Yarn is sold by weight or by length, but these days I prefer to think of skeins in terms of minutes of time invested. Each yard of finished, 2-ply yarn took me 2.1 minutes to spin (including spinning both singles and … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Black magic

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

It’s still slow going, but I spun another skein of yarn for the artist show on Saturday. This yarn is 80% Brittany, 20% purple merino/silk blend. I can really see the difference between the skein I spun before the great window disaster … Continue reading →

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Cue the tiny violin

Posted on July 30, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

It took me all weekend to spin one skein of yarn. There’s no way to say this without it sounding stupid: I knew my fingers were important, I just didn’t realize how important. They are all doing a different and … Continue reading →

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Drop spindle types

Posted on July 19, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I have a not-so-secret love of drop spindles. I sometimes ply on one even after spinning the singles on my wheel. It takes longer, but I’m practically guaranteed to get a balanced yarn since I check the twist every three feet or … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Swirly tweed

Posted on July 18, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

If there is a yarn that captures that “classic alpaca yarn” look, this is it. It’s made by plying together one single that is two different colors (it’s called marling, see here for an explanation) and one single that is … Continue reading →

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Aunt Geri has been busy!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Today I get to show off some of Aunt Geri’s yarn. She has refined her cabled and multi-ply yarn techniques into a fine art. Her two newest yarns used alpaca fiber from Loredo, a friend’s alpaca (the one with sort … Continue reading →

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