I'm Still Spinning Around!

I am so in LOVE with Louise's Etsy shop SpinCityUK. 

 I couldn't keep away.....
I bought some more drop spindles.....
Have you seen Louise's handmade drop spindles?.....
 Aren't they just so beautiful?.....

I want to show off my new daisy drop spindle.....
Isn't it beautiful?

I just love Daisies.....

My beautiful Daisy drop spindle

And I really love glitter..... 

Here is my beautiful square candy drop spindle.....

It is so pretty.....

Square Drop spindle Candy Sprinkles photo from SpinCityUK

This square drop spindle is perfect for spinning lace yarn.....

Here is my beautiful flower shaped candy sprinkle drop spindle.....

Flower shape Candy Sprinkle Drop Spindle photo from SpinCityUK

This flower shaped spindle is perfect for plying as it is heavier drop spindle.....

My three new drop spindles.....

Gorgeous aren't they?.....

My beautiful drop spindle collection.....

I couldn't just order three beautiful spindles.....
I had to buy some clouds of  fluff too.....

Blue Moon Batt

"Blue Moon"  spinning batt made from Jacobs, faux cashmere, firestar and merino fibre.....
I really am looking forward to spinning this batt.....
 I love love spinning Merino.....

" Sugar Plum Fairy"  roving is made from British Shetland, angelina and tencel, and wonderful soft merino in natural shades of grey and brightly dyed magentas and purple.....

I really am looking forward to spinning Sugar Plum Fairy roving.....

I'm Ready for Tour De Fleece 2014!

I only recently found out about the Tour De Fleece, so this year is my first year that I am joining the Tour De Fleece on Ravelry.  For those of you that do not know about Tour De Fleece, it is simple it is to challenge yourself, spin and have fun!  Here is a link to the guidelines on Ravelry.

Tour De Fleece starts on Saturday 5th July to Sunday 27th July 2014.
 Rest days are on Tuesday 15th July and Monday 21st July .
Challenge day is on Saturday 19th July, spin something challenging on challenge day.
Wear yellow on Sunday 27th July to announce victory.
Join a group on Ravelry if you wish.




I joined the Rookies group for anyone doing the Tour De Fleece for the first time.   I do not have a spinning wheel, so I will be using my drop spindle I bought from Louise's shop on Etsy SpinCityUK.
The fibre that I will be using will be a variety of fibre that was part of the Luxury Drop Spindle Kit  there is 150g of fibre in this kit and I also have a custom luxury drop Spindle Kit that has another 150g of fibre. My challenge on challenge day is to spin as much as I can on that day.

A quick look at  my fibres that I want to spin during Tour De Fleece

White Merino Roving 50g

 

Green Merino 25g

Hand Carded Batt 50g

Hand Carded Batts 100g

   

Merino Roving 50g and Fire Star 20g

Merino Roving and Fire Star

Custom Hand Carded Batt 100g

I will do an update post on how I am getting on.

Are you taking part in the Tour De Fleece?
What are you spinning?
What is your challenge?

Spinning Hand Dyed/Hand Blended Merino Roving

Now that I have finished hand spinning 25g of Finsheep fibre I think the next fibre that I am going to hand spin is this.....

25g Hand Dyed / Hand Blended Merino Roving variegated fibre that changes colour as you spin!  

I am actually going to use my pretty flower spindle while spinning this merino roving.....
I am looking forward to seeing how this variegated fibre changes colour as I spin it.....

25g of Hand Dyed / Hand Blended Merino Roving

The colours are beautiful, the roving has yellow, orange, green, blue and purple colours.....

Handspun merino fibre hand dyed hand blended

I finished spinning the 25g of Merino last night.....
I will transfer it to a spare bobbin until I decided what I want to do with this yarn.....
I am wondering how this yarn will ply and how it will knit up.....
The colours are so soft and dreamy.....

Spinning Finsheep Fibre

I though I would do a post today about what I have been spinning.....

Dark Brown/Black Finsheep Roving

So this is the finsheep roving in a beautiful dark brown/black.....
I love spinning with this finsheep roving.....

And this is what I have hand spun so far.....

Hand Spun Dark Brown/Black Finsheep Roving

Hand Spun Dark Brown/Black Finsheep Roving

I am trying so hard to spin as thin as I can and trying to stay consistent.....

Dark Brown/Black Finsheep Roving Hand Spinning into Yarn

 As you can see I like to pre draft my roving first, before I start spinning.....

Dark Brown/Black Finsheep Roving

 This Finsheep roving is ever so soft.....

Close up of my hand spinning on a drop spindle

 My hand spinning on a drop spindle is not perfect.....

Close up of my hand spinning with a drop spindle

Well that is my hand spinning that I have done so far.....

And here I have handspun 25g Finsheep fibre.....

25g Finsheep Fibre

 My spindle is now full of wonderful finsheep handspun yarn.....

Spindle full of handspun Finsheep fibre 25g

I think I would like to ply this.....

 I have only been spinning since the middle of April this year.....

It has been love at first spin since discovering spinning,  I really did not know how addicting it can be.....  

I'm Spinning Around!

It is no secret that I am in love with Louise's Etsy shop SpinCityUK, I just love her work.  Do you remember me posting that I bought a Luxury Drop Spindle Kit from Louise's shop SpinCityUK on Etsy, well I could not keep away from her shop and I couldn't resist the beautiful drop spindles and just had to order one of Louise's beautiful drop spindles.....
 There are so many beautiful drop spindles in her shop to choose from.....

Drop spindle made from Resin with tiny florets of Queen Anne's Lace, Verbena and Sea Lavender. 

Handmade Resin Drop Spindle
This is one of my first pretty drop spindle

I asked Louise if she would make me up a custom box and choose the colours and fibres for me as I would find it too difficult to choose what colour and fibres I would like in my custom box and also I just LOVE surprises!.....
And this is what I got......

Custom Made Luxury Drop Spindle Kit

Fibre heaven!.....

Custom Hand Blended Luxury Batt

Custom Hand Blended Luxury Batt

Louise told me that the custom blended Luxury batt is a one off made just for me.....  I am looking forward to spinning this batt and the rovings, the colours are so me.....

Custom Luxury Kit contains:

Contents:

* 1 gorgeous resin drop spindle with pressed flowers
* 100g custom blended luxury batt with extra sparkle, soya silk and other gorgeousness to match! 
* 50g of mixed colourful roving 
* cardboard presentation box

Colourful roving and Firestar

The Colours are beautiful......

Close up of the Firestar

 I am really looking forward to spinning firestar.....  I just know that I am going to love it......

 I also order another Luxury Drop Spindle Kit in green.

Luxury Drop Spindle Kit in Green

The Luxury Kit contains:

Contents:

* 50g (1.8 oz) Luxury Hand Carded Batts - made from Alpaca, Merino, Hand dyed locks, Norfolk Horn and more!
* 25g (1 oz) White Merino plaited roving - Super soft and a joy to spin!
* 25g (1oz) Dark Black/Brown Finsheep plaited roving
* 25g (1oz) Hand Dyed/ Hand Blended roving - Beautiful variegated fibre that changes colour as you spin!
* 25g (1oz) Solid Colour Merino Roving

* Natural coloured presentation box 

Fibre and spindle out of the box

Luxury Hand Carded Batt in Green

Hand Carded Luxury Batt

The colours are beautiful

Dark Brown/Black Finsheep Roving

White Merino Roving

I love spinning merino.....

Hand Dyed/ Hand Blended Roving - Beautiful variegated fibre that changes colour as you spin

Solid Colour Roving in Green

The colours are all beautiful.....


Louise also sent me a little surprise.....

Surprise Package!

Pearly Pink Batt

Colours are beautiful and it is so soft and yummy

I am going to love spinning this......

Last picture.....

My drop spindle collection.....

My Drop Spindle Collection

 I am so pleased with my order and I am looking forward to spinning all this fibre into yarn!