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

Shop is, as always here

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

Shop is, as always, here

Fibers: Silk, Southdown, Dorset, Rambouillet, Shetland, BFL, Wensleydale, Gotland, Finn, Phouka

Colorways: Sapphire Swirl, Into the Green, Old Gold, Grand Canyon, Red Wine, Nightmare, Leprechaun, Llyn-dhu, Peach Sorbet, The Tide Rolls In, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, On the Lathe, Among the Aspens, Fae Queen, Falling In, Spanish Shawl, Daylillies, Stormclouds, Forest Shadows, The Ashes of Roses, A Heady Brew, Ruby Fires, Pretend, House Mouse, Nightmare, Witness to Your Life

And a hat!

That’s all for now! Real posts about festivals and things will come!

Now I have to get the club fiber dyed.

Gratuitous puppy!

~The Gnome

Hopefully, this button works!

Gnomespun Mythic Fiber Club: Ancient Pantheons

16 Slots.
$50 (all inclusive) for U.S. and Canada, $60 for Everywhere Else
June-August Monthly 4oz braids (3x4oz)
Writeup of fiber info with each
Coordinating stitch markers (unless you don’t want them)
No BFL/Merino
No more than 2 from any “class” of wools (long/fine/downs/ancient)
Colorways will be exclusive to the club for at least 6 months

EDIT:
The club is officially full! Thank you all! If this goes well, maybe there will be another!

Hopefully this all works!

That’s all for now.

~The Gnome

An update to the shop!

Fibers: Wensleydale, Shetland, Masham/Massam

Colorways: Daylillies, Through a Rain Drenched Window, Summer Sun, Heart of the Fire, Deepest Amethyst, Growing Season, Smoke and Ashes, Amaryllis, Mud Season, Sapphire Swirl, Old Stone Wall, The River Flows, Moose, Heather Broom and Gorse, Mossy Rock.

And a gratuitous puppy photo! No, Dad, this is TOTALLY comfy!

That’s all for now! More actual blogging later, really, no really!