Fibers: Dorset, New England Blend, Wensleydale, and Tunis
Colorways: Copper Kettle, Dark Sandstone, Edge of Sunrise, Frozen in the Snow, Grapes of Wrath, It’s Not Easy Being Green, Rhubarb Cobbler, Smokestack, Stone Wall, Wild Growth, Wuv Twoo Wuv, Zombie Attack!
Enjoy! That’s all for now!
~The Gnome
Fibers: Hampshire, Gotland, Masham, Corriedale, Shetland, Scottish Blackface, Tunis, Cheviot, Hampshire, Dorset
Colorways: Aroyo, Bluejay, Butterfly, Cardinal Flower, Deep Tide, Elphaba, Falling In, Heart of the Fire, Heart of the Green, Hobbes, Hold Me Close October (x2), Hotpants, It’s Not Easy Being Green (x2), Leaf Pile, Lobelia, Mahogany, Mary Rose, Moose, Northwest Passage, Nuthatch, October’s Glory, Paprika, Rainclouds, Redwood, Scarlet Letter, Soft Heart of the Green, Soft Plum Wine, Spicebush Swallowtail, Sunshine, Waterfall
Content soon, I hope. Mythic fiber club is about half done. Should be out soon. Still cleaning up from the storm.
That’s all for now!
~The Gnome
Shop! Update!
Gnomespun Yarn and Fiber Arts – Shop
Back from Rhinebeck and I have fiber! Whee update.
Fibers: Cheviot, Tunis, Dorset, Rambouillet, Hampshire
Colorways (In order): Balloon Flower, Butterfly, Canterbury Bells, Copper Kettle, Desertscape, Firebird, Hermit Thrush, Lobelia, Lobelia (again), Luna, Northwest Passage, On the Vine, Pocket Change, Radioactive Lime, Scarlet Letter, Smoke and Ashes, Summer Rain, Sunshine, Sweetgrass, Tangerine Sky, Terracotta, The Gathering Storm, Wuv Twoo Wuv
That’s all for now! Hope to save some more informational stuff up soon, having a bit of trouble accessing my FTP page but I’ll figure it out.
~The Gnome
The shop is, as always at… Gnomespun Yarn and Fiber Arts
Lots of fun stuff!
We have a new fiber, Hampshire!
Colorways: Balloon Flower, Butterfly Bush, Deep Sea, Elphaba, Leprechaun’s Luck, The Princess’ Petticoats, Rust, Sapphire Depths, Trumpet Vine
And a new blend, “New England Blend”
Colorways: Balloon Flower, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Heart of the Green, Kunzite, Midnight Magic, Northwest Passage, Skinnydipping, Soft Moose, The King in Yellow
And an old standby back in lovely roving, Tunis!
Colorways: Balloon Flower, Barn Door, Bryophyta, Happy Goth, Sunburst, Wolf
And then some old standbys, BFL, Cheviot, Shetland, and Rambouillet
Colorways: Autumn Gold, Deep Sea, Lobelia, Balloon Flower, Deep Lobelia, Deep Paprika, Heady Brew
Hampshire: A true downs wool breed, originally from the Hampshire downs of England. Lofty and difficult to felt. Hampshire sheds water and has excellent memory. A good fiber for socks, warm sweaters, and mittens that will wear well.
New England Blend: This is a blend of local wools handpicked by me to be ideal for socks and similar purposes. Dorset, Tunis, and Hampshire, for their downs wool loft and difficulty felting. Romney for a bit of luster and tensile strength. Jacob for a bit of heathering and a delicate halo. Carefully picked, this blend spins up into a suprisingly soft and lofty yarn.
I’m working on samples for the others, but I started with some 3-ply longdraw spun, high twist, sock yarn from the New England Blend.
I think it’s going to be an excellent fiber. I might even spin myself a pair of socks!
As you can see, the pups found this to be very boring. Poor things.
That’s all for now!
~The Gnome
Lots of new fiber, finally!
Repeatability!: Some colorways have actual recipes now! Repeatable colorways are noted in their descriptions and I will soon be putting up a page here of repeatable colorways. These can be requested and made in larger batches if desired. Of course semi-solids will be more consistent across very large batches than variegates.
Fibers: Dorset, Perendale, Wensleydale, Gotland, Finn, BFl, and Shetland
Colorways: The Flickering Flame, Firebird, Baby Goth, Butterfly Bush, Deep Sea, Falling In, Fruit Sorbet, I am a Bunny, Little Red Riding Hood, Mermaid, Moose, Paprika, Peach Melba, Platycodon, Pocket Change, Raspberry Beret, and The Princess’ Petticoats
Enjoy!
Some notes:
It’s come to my attention that some of my darker colors are crocking more than I would like. Translation, when you go to set your spun yarn, unbound color comes off but doesn’t change the underlying color of the yarn. So I’m changing my rinsing protocol for the darker colors. This will affect fiber in updates after this one.
Someone asked for a photo of the tie-up for my loom. I’ll take one and post it shortly.
I think that’s about it…
Gratuitous puppy. This is Gobo, relaxing at an overlook on a recent hike.
That’s all for now!
~The Gnome