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4 identical 100g skeins of hand dyed aqua sock yarn. Each full sized skein is accompanied by a small semi solid 20g skein.

3 identical full sized neon skeins of sock yarn. Each one is accompanied by a 20g skein.

2 identical full sized skeins of hand dyed pink sock yarn. Each one is accompanied by a small 20g skein.

4 skeins of jade green hand dyed sock yarn. Each one is accompanied by a small skein in a contrasting colour.

🧶 I've just added these to my shop. There's only one of each set available!
#sockyarn #knitting #handdyedyarn #sockyarnsets

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Colourful yarn that's been spun by me. The yarn is chunky and uneven but very colourful. Below, and above the yarn is a braid of the unspun roving I used (I dyed it myself), and above the braid at the top is unbraided rambouillet wool in the same colourway. The colours are a mix of orange, pink, blue, yellow, amber, and grey. The colourway is called City Puddles.

🧶 I'm really into quick spins at the moment. It's like going back to spinning my first handspun yarns but without the frustrations. I'm just letting the fibre do its thing.

The colourway is 'City Puddles'.

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A rainbow of 16 tiny braided punta arenas wool roving pieces

16 tiny bundles of hand dyed Punta Arenas wool top. They're in 4 rows of 4 and each one has been dyed in a different colour of the rainbow

16 hand dyed tiny braids of Punta Arenas wool dyed in the colours of the rainbow

16 tiny bundles of Punta Arenas wool

16 little pieces of hand dyed Punta Arenas wool top. Each piece weighs about 7g, and the packs weigh 100g (3.5oz)

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These mini batt fade sets have been added to my shop!

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A stainless steel gastronom pan full of dyed Punta Arenas wool. The long lengths of wool top (roving) have been placed in a narrow "zigzag" vertically down the pan, and there are 4 lengths side by side. The wool has been dyed in a gradient of plum, purple, dark blue, mid blue, aqua, and green. The lid of the pan has been placed behind the pan and leans over at an angle and reflects the colours.

A hand dyed braid of Punta Arenas wool top on a white backdrop. The braid has been twisted into a circle. It's a gradient of orange, pink, plum, blue, aqua, green, and mustard. To help keep the fibre tidy, it's been braided by chain stitching by hand. These fibres are for hand spinners and textile artists.

Here's the result! 🎺🎵

I really like this method of placing the roving down in narrow folds. I like the concentrated pooling of dye where the fibre bends

I'm planning to update the shop on Friday the 13th (😱), and these will be available then 🥳

🧶 #handspinners #handdyedroving #spinningfiber

Usually, to prevent the dye from travelling down the pans, I stuff dry wool down the sides to act as a barrier. But sometimes you get really cool results from the dye misbehaving.

Anyway, fingers crossed that these turn out as intended 😄

I like to try different techniques while I work. I'm hoping that as each piece is neatly wiggled side by side, the dye doesn't have to travel as far down through the roving. There are fewer gaps, too, which keeps the dye in place and prevents it from moving to where you don't want it to go 🧶

A stainless steel gastronorm pan (size 1/1) holds 400g of wet Punta Arenas wool roving/top that's in the process of being hand dyed. In order from the top, the colours are ochre, orange, pink, plum, dark blue, mid blue,teal, aqua, olive, and golden brown. By the side of the pan is a row of small 100ml plastic chemistry beakers that hold a small amount of the acid dyes.

A stainless steel gastronorm pan (size 1/1) holds 400g of wet Punta Arenas wool roving/top that's in the process of being hand dyed. In order from the top, the colours are ochre, orange, pink, plum, dark blue, mid blue,teal, aqua,olive, and golden brown. By the side of the pan is a row of small 100ml plastic chemistry beakers that hold a small amount of the acid dyes.

A stainless steel gastronorm pan (size 1/1) holds 400g of wet Punta Arenas wool roving/top that's in the process of being hand dyed. In order, from nearest to us, the colours are ochre, orange, pink, plum, dark blue, mid blue,teal, aqua,olive, and golden brown.

A stainless steel gastronorm pan (size 1/1) holds 400g of wet Punta Arenas wool roving/top that's in the process of being hand dyed. In order from the top, the colours are ochre, orange, pink, plum, dark blue, mid blue,teal, aqua,olive, and golden brown. By the side of the pan is a row of small 100ml plastic chemistry beakers that hold a small amount of the acid dyes.

I've just placed my wool top in my pans differently to how I normally would - usually I hold 4 ends together and zig zag them across the whole pan - today, I wiggled each one down the length of the pan, so each piece only took up a 4th of the space. Can you see the wiggles?

Thank you, Lisa 🥰

*unbranded is meant to be unbraided 🤭

Same image as above showing the same four batts, but below I've labelled each one of the braids. From L to R they are Whisper on Bfl/tussah, Lake Atitlán on Merino/tussah, Spring shore on Merino/tussah, and Blueberries on Rambouillet

Four rolled mini batts in a row along the top. Each one is a gradient of bright and rich colours. Underneath are four bundles of unbranded wool top that's hand dyed in similar colours to the batts above. Overall the colours are mostly deep blues, turquoise, lilac peach, pink, yellow, and greens.

Four uneolled mini batts side by side at a diagonal angle. Each one is a gradient of bright and rich colours. On top of each one is a braided wool top that's hand dyed in similar colours to the batt below. Overall the colours are mostly deep blues, turquoise, lilac peach, pink, yellow, and greens.

I'll be adding new Batt & Braid sets to my shop today at 4pm (UK time). This one is set #4 and it's one of three sets I'll be adding.🧶

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Four neatly rolled art batts in a row. They're a mix of Merino wool and hand dyed silk laps. There's a misty teal one, an olive green one, a rusty one, and a plum one. Underneath the batts are four different types of blended roving. They've been dyed with the same colours. A mix of olive green, brown, gold, and teal.

Four neatly rolled art batts in a row. They're a mix of Merino wool and hand dyed silk laps. There's a pale mint one, a sand and aqua one, a lavender one, and a dusky blue one. Underneath the batts are four different types of blended roving. They've been dyed with the same colours. A mix of lavender, pale blue, duck egg blue, sage, and gold.

Four neatly rolled art batts in a row. They're a mix of Merino wool and hand dyed silk laps. There's a yellow one, a peach one, a pale sage one, and an olive one. Underneath the batts are four different types of blended roving. They've been dyed with the same colours. A mix of light olive green, peach, cream, and pink.

These Batt & Braid sets are now in the shop!

In each set, there are 4 little 25g (0.88oz) batts and 4 little 25g mixed braids.

🧶 #artbatts #spinningbatts #handspinning #handdyedbraids ##handdyedfiber #spinningwool #artbatt

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A row of twelve neatly rolled art batts in colour order, starting with red on the left and ending with deep lavender on the right. Each batt weighs about 25g (0.88oz) and is textured with brown silk noil.

A row of twelve neatly rolled art batts in colour order, starting with red on the left and ending with deep lavender on the right. Each batt weighs about 25g (0.88oz) and is textured with brown silk noil.

A row of 7 neatly rolled art batts in colour order, starting with red on the left and ending with olive on the right. Each batt weighs about 25g (0.88oz) and is textured with brown silk noil.

A row of 6 neatly rolled art batts in colour order, starting with olive on the left and ending with deep lavender on the right. Each batt weighs about 25g (0.88oz) and is textured with brown silk noil.

🧶 I got the carding zoomies this week! These will be available in my shop tomorrow (Fri, April 25th). I just need to list everything, finish more batt sets, do my newsletter, and do something else that I know is important, but I've forgotten 🤭

These are so beautiful 😍

Yay bendy gang! I got myself a wheeled saddle stool recently, and it goes up quite high so I can sit and stand at the same time - that's done a lot to help for the time being.

I own one, but it doesn't help me, unfortunately. It's a beast of a machine, though. I've shipped it off to a friend for her to play with. I think for me it's mostly down to standing for long periods and having hypermobility, so holding my ginormous head up just generally hurts 🤭

Hand dyed batts. In the shot, there are 7 slim batts that are hanging off a pole (out of shot). The batts look like top, but they've been blended by me and are full of lumpy silk noil. The batts on the left are a gradient of pink, peach, mustard and pale olive, and the batts on the right are a gradient of pale plum, lavender, pale blue, and sage, with little splashes of gold. We don't usually dye batts after the fibre has been carded, so they look a little ruffled.

Back in January, I decided, for the sake of my aching body, that I needed to stop carding.
Anyway, it's April now, baby, and I'm my own worst enemy.

I've been back on the carder!

These batts were dyed AFTER the carding, so the fibres will be a bit ruffled. I'm excited to try these!🧶 #artbatts

That's brought back a memory from yeeeears ago! Back in year 10, during the Easter holidays, I went camping with two of my friends on the moorland behind our house. We caught the sun during the day and woke the next morning to a sprinkling of snow on the ground. It was so strange 😳

Beautiful, isn't it! 🤩

Hand dyed braided Rambouillet spinning fibre in a neat row on my worktop

I've just added these hand dyed Rambouillet spinning braids to my shop! 🧶

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#handspinning #roving #spinningfibre #handdyedroving #handdyedbraids #handspinners #handspinners #spinningfiber

I love how this batch of "Leftovers" turned out!

This is 4ply sw BFL yarn dyed with my leftover dyes.

I'm not sure when I'll be listing these as I've got a few more batches in the works, but hopefully soon ☺️

🧶 #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn #knitting #sockyarn #sockknitting #dyedyarn #bflyarn

Haha! Now I want to try dyeing noodles!

I love it!! 🍄

🧶 here I am adding leftover dyes to two skeins of superwash Bluefaced Leicester yarn. They're in the queue for the hob - but once they've cooked and dried, I'll show you the results

Thank you! 🥰

That's beautiful! 😍

Four hand dyed braided Punta Arenas wool top

Four hand dyed braided Punta Arenas wool top

Four hand dyed braided Punta Arenas wool top

Four hand dyed braided Punta Arenas wool top

These are my new hand dyed Punta Arenas mini sets! 🧶

There are four 25g (0.88oz) braids in each set (100g total)

They're in the 'New Fibre' section of my shop www.spinjones.com

#handspinners #roving #handdyedfiber #handdyedfibre #spinners #artyarn #handdyedbraids #handdyedroving #handspunyarn

Thank you, Su! 🥰

Hand dyed sock fibre, dyed in navy blue, blue, aqua, and a sock on neon pinks and yellow

Hand dyed BFL and tussah silk fibre, dyed in navy blue, blue, aqua, and a sock on neon pinks and yellow

Hand dyed rambouillet fibre, dyed in navy blue, blue, aqua, and a sock on neon pinks and yellow

4 skeins of hand dyed yarn surrounded by unspun spinning fibre

🧶 New hand dyed spinning fibre!
This is Surf City, and it's available on recycled sock fibre, silky BFL, and Rambouillet, and it's also available on sock yarn.

The colourway is a reworking of my last mishap, "neon navy"
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