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fiber arts tutorial links!

I’ve gotten quite a few asks about spinning, fiber prep, and dyeing, and since I’m utterly incapable of answering a question without writing an essay, they often turn into tutorials. I’ve compiled them here for easy perusal ! More will be added as I find and/or write them.

SPINNING

The basics of getting into drop spindles

How to get your yarn off your spindle

How and why to block handspun yarn before using it

How to tell if your handspun yarn is over or undertwisted

Moving from park and draft spinning to suspended spinning

Debugging: roving twists and knots around the edges while spinning

Debugging: compressed roving

The visuals of 2 ply vs. 3 ply

FIBER PREP AND/OR DYEING

What prep to dye in

20 questions of natural dyeing

Dyeing with onion skin

How to clean a blending board

All about mordants

KNITTING

Knitting with chronic pain (more advice from others in notes)

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more rocks ❤️

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hello would you like some cool rocks in this trying time

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if you take me to a civil war state park I will instead find some old cool tree stuff

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massive tree burl

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#my pics #outdoors #outside #nature #appalachia #trees #forest #green

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#my pics #outdoors #outside #nature #appalachia #trees #forest #green #rocks

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#my pics #outdoors #nature #outside #appalachia #trees #forest #green #by me

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WV high-altitude biome

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big fan of clouds

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#cats

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sunset

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Finished square, a flying geese theme part of an overall blanket

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It’s fun all the different biome types you walk through on this trail

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