#spin spun

[comfortabletextiles]

Look!!!

All used up!

Now I only have the scraps over that I cut from the fringe

Now back to some spinning (the rolag I got with the calendar)

This is probably the thinnest I have ever spun, every time I'm scarred the thread will rip 😬

Extra pic of the mittens

#hand spun yarn #regenbogenwolle #hand woven #hand knitted #mittens #hat #hand spinning

[amimere]

i swear spinning by the sea is like balm for the soul

#my stuff #fiber art #hand spinning #hand spun yarn #sea #ocean #eel wheel #eel wheel nano #furby #furby buddy #wool #the braid is a merino/tencel mix #gods its so nice just sitting here #listening to the waves

[maiumeni]

I GOT INSPIRED BY THIS AMAZING, WITTY, LEGS-KICKING FIC BY @paris-23 >o<

Please do check their work, fanfiction and art!!! The Narrator feels like the Narrator (in character, and very British)

(Edit: I've read more of their work and it's INSANE!!! ALL OF THEM. Oh dear.)

PS. I changed up the dialogue a bit due to the lack of space and context. Inspired by the scene, but not quite the same! That is precisely why you should read it. Come on, give it a try~

PSS. the 2nd panel is heavily referenced, does the TSP fandom recognise the show? tehe

#the stanley parable #stanarrator #and #stannarrator #XD #which 'just the two of us' do you think fits them more? #building castles in the sky (canon in the game) #or #in this classroom in the sky (fits their dynamics) #dream sweet in sea major #is also a song tailored for the two of them ;) #fun fact: i have spun in the middle of the room like a helicopter for mins to test what number of spins is enough to make oneself collapse #fun conclusion: non-professional spinners please do not attempt more than 50 revolutions #(even 10-20 are sufficient)

[diddlysquash]

My two most recent spins! Both were braids from Apothefaery, the first being a fine merino in the colorway “gathering” and the second a fine wool/silk blend that I got at a wool market and did not have a name on the label. Pretty sure both of these are destined for my loom eventually

#hand spun yarn #hand spinning #handspinning #yarn #yarnblr #kim blathers on #my projects

[ezekiellsplayground]

I fell into a pattern of simply filling up spindles over the last few months. So here’s the 100s of meters of thread that needs to be de-spindled, plyed, & finished.

#craft #crafts #wip #maker #spinning yarn #hand spun yarn #yarnaholic #making yarn #yarnlove #handspun yarn #handspun #yarn crafts #yarnblr #yarn #wool #spinning #spindles #hand spinning #spinster #spindling #drop spindle #support spindle #turkish spindle #spinner #spindle #spin #wool spinning #fibre #fibre art #fibre prep

[leveragehunters]

Polwarth! Oh my gosh, Polwarth! It's the nicest softest fibre I've ever touched. It feels like duck down or a baby bunny and spins like a dream. And the wool isn't dyed! Those are the natural sheep colours.

Plus! Polwarth sheep are an Australian breed, and I got my fibre from Tarndwarncoort, where the breed was established in the 1840s. I can't get over how fun it is to spin!

#polwarth #spinning #fibre arts #snarkyblue have you spun polwarth? #can you get it over there? #Do you want me to send you some?? #It's AMAZING

[wildwoolers]

As part of our work supporting endangered British sheep breeds we produce mini-skein kits so people can try out new types of wool without having to buy full skeins. We’ve been designing some patterns to go along with the kits too. These are our hat and fingerless mitts made from hand-spun endangered British wools.

#knitblr #indie dyer #craftblr #crochet #beanie #hand knitted #hand spun yarn #sheep #wool #conservation #hand spinning #spinning

[moeblob]

can I have a Welt Yang from Honkai Star Rail? he's my grandpa and I love him.

I firmly agree with "he's my grandpa and I love him". He's also the reason I even started to play HSR! (bonus Himeko)

#honkai star rail #welt yang #himeko #when i put options on a wheel and give it a spin i get so happy when its someone i genuinely love #thank you to the rng wheel for allowing me a welt yang #this was actually spun yesterday but then i passed out to nap #and the nap just never ended #and now that i took pain meds i wanna go nap more #the fact welt wanted to be our chaperone in belobog tho..... the fact he would always answer our texts.... #best grandpa i love him

[makerandbean]

as promised, kitty cat hair spinning! finally! feat. my pyjama leggies. (i turned the lights on for pictures but currently i’m spinning in low light w a thunderstorm outside. lovely lovely.)

i suspect i’m kind of over-spinning this, but I’m planning to ply it so that will take some of the twist back out, and i also Really want it to stay together. this little bit is part of my hand-carding experiment before we busted out the drum carder, but even with that it’s drafting a lot better than i remember it doing when i was just grooming it off the cat. so! we shall see…

#handspun #hand spinning #hand spun yarn #drop spinning #I tried getting some video but it’s very hard to video drop spindling #when it’s dark and u are squatting on the sofa #so maybe that will have to wait a little bit #catyarn #maker spins #mine

[comfortabletextiles]

Omnomnomnom

I love this. I want to play with it for days and sort it Into different gradients, and color groups or from favorite to least favorite AAAAAAAAA why is this so beautiful 😭😭😭

#hand spinning #hand spun yarn #advent calendar #Regenbogenwolle

[anipgarden]

Collecting Milkweed Seeds - All Facts, All Seeds, No Fluff

(OK but please also consider I'm not an ~expert~ I'm not a ~scholar~ I'm just a nerd on Tumblr who really likes milkweed and wanted to make a fun lil post about it)

[Image ID: a green, leafy common milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca) with five large, ovalish and bumpy green seed pods. The seed pods are currently unopened.]

It’s fall, which means if you haven’t seen them already, now’s the time that milkweed plants will start producing seed pods! (Well, technically, they’re called follicles, but fuck it they’re seed pods).  Each pod has dozens of seeds inside, some species can even have up to 200 seeds, so even collecting just a few can be a good way to boost your pollinator gardening efforts big time! What you do with them then is up to you--adding life to your backyard garden, sharing with friends, making seed bombs--but first you’ve gotta collect them.

The first thing you want to do is identify your milkweed plants--in an ideal world, you’d be able to tell precisely what kind of milkweed you’re collecting from (so you can know precisely what growing conditions that species prefers.) But when they’re dying back, forming pods, and releasing their seeds, it can be hard to tell. It helps to visit sites early, to know what milkweeds are there, and while you’re there you might even find some forming pods. 

It can be helpful to band off the pods early! This will keep the seeds from escaping, so you can come back later and collect them! I would only do this for a couple of pods--each pod has a lot of seed in it, so only taking one or two from each plant should still net you plenty of rewards! When I’m doing this in my backyard, I tend to use rubber bands--the size of rubber band you’ll need varies depending on the species. I’ve also seen people use the lacy-looking jewelry bags to a similar effect--if the pod splits open, all the seeds get trapped in the bag!

[Image ID: the first image is of appears to be swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) with about fifteen long, green, smooth and pointed seed pods. Most of the pods have small black rubber bands wrapped around the midsections. The second image is of what appears to be common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) with two large, ovalish and bumpy green seed pods. A white fine mesh bag has been tied over the pods.]

For people who want to get seeds from unopened pods, you have to be very careful not to force open a pod that isn’t ready--otherwise, the seeds inside won’t fully develop. How do you tell if a pod is ripe? There’s a seam in each pod, and it should open fairly easily with minimal pressure if it’s basically ready. If you’re basically prying it open, you’re too early. The seeds inside should be a nice dark color, and be plump in the middle--if they’re creamy colored or light orange, you’re too early. There may be some undeveloped seeds in each pod (I am talking maybe 1 to 3 here), but if the majority of them are ready, you’re good to go!

[Image ID: a tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) seed pod that has been opened at the seam, revealing dark brown seeds and lots of creamy white floss. Four seeds are floating away from the pod on fluffy white comas. The pod is being held between a white person's fingers.]

I’ve also seen people who go late late late into the season, after most of the pods have already fully split off and released their seeds. Some of the seeds occasionally stay in the pod, so they’ll take the leftovers that didn’t get scattered after winter passes. That’s a fair strategy! I prefer to get mine way early on, so I can get a clear ID of what kind of milkweed it is (some will flower and produce pods at the same time), but if you already got an ID early in the season and then come back later this can also work! But…

[Image ID: several dried brown seed pods have opened fully, releasing a cloud of milkweed floss with seeds attached. Some seeds are still in the pods, but many are primed to float away.]

There is, however, one thing that tends to be a bit annoying about collecting milkweed seeds--and that’s the fluff. These fluffy white bits attached to the seed--called comas--function similarly to the iconic fluffy dandelion seed. A milkweed seed’s coma allows it to float through the air and on the water until it (hypothetically) reaches bare soil or an otherwise suitable start to settle down and germinate. If you’re collecting the seeds for later use, though, that same coma can mean your milkweed seeds are traveling through the air and away from where you’re collecting them, or all over your apartment once you get them home. Removing the comas by hand is an option, but tedious, and still leads to a nice pile of fluffy that will get airborne at the first gust of wind. At the end of the day, for many people trying to collect milkweed seeds, the coma is just an annoying part they dread.

Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to collect milkweed seeds without having to deal with the comas long-term!

[Image ID: A single brown milkweed seed floating on a comparatively huge mess of white fibers.]

Method 1

So this is my favorite method because it's honestly one of the simplest and easiest once you get used to it. You open the pod, grip the top part of the middle ‘pith’ section tight, and gently scrape off the seeds into a bowl or bag. This leaves you with almost no fluff in your collection bin, and you can then toss the middle fluffy part--or I’ve heard of people collecting milkweed fluff for spinning! Most of the videos I’ve seen on it use common milkweed or other large milkweed pods as an example--however, I’ve successfully done this with smaller milkweed pods like A. curassavica as well. 

Method 2

This method is one I’ve used in the past. Take the seeds and fluff and put them into a bag (paper or plastic) and add a coin or two. Shake the bag around--a lot. The coin will dislodge the comas from the seeds. The seeds will then drop to the bottom of the container, and the fluff will float around on the top. I’ve also seen this with buckets and blocks, like in the video below!

Method 3

I’ve seen a handful of people discuss burning the floss of the seeds! Apparently the seeds themselves aren’t damaged badly by the fire, though honestly this is a method that I am simply too anxious to try myself.

Method 4

This was a method I found while I was looking for other methods people have done. Apparently, you can just roll the pod between your hands and it’ll work to dislodge the seeds? I may have to try it next time!

Hopefully this advice is helpful for you all! I know collecting seeds was a hassle for me before I learned my favorite method. If I had a nickel for every time I got yelled at for releasing milkweed fluff into the house...

If you've got a method that I haven't heard about yet, let me know!! I'm always down to learn more about milkweed, and it can also help someone else down the line!

#milkweed #asclepias #seed saving #seed collecting #pollinator garden #outdoor gardening #gardening #flowers #ani rambles #out of queue #i think this was my first time doing image descriptions??? if they suck ass let me know and I'll Make Adjustments As Recommended #i've seen people talk about spinning the milkweed floss??? but I saw online that it was too brittle to be spun???? #but either way if you wanna save the floss and do Stuff with it go for it #did you know. or actually this is me functioning from memory. #but if I recall correctly I believe in either the WWI era or the WWII era #people would pay kids to go around fields collecting milkweed seed pods and pay them by the pound #and then they'd take the floss and use it to fill life jackets for soldiers? #i think this was less of a 'extorted child labor sweat shop' deal and more of a like #'hey kids wanna earn some cash and also be a Patriotic Citizen? go find some seed pods and we'll give you money' #which i guess many people WOULD consider an Extorted Child Labor kinda deal but like #idk seems like a chill deal to me #anyways hope you guys like this post #Youtube

[skrunksthatwunk]

binged lycoreco in 2 days have some girls

#THEY'RE CUTE TO ME!!!!!! #augh. anyway #chisato nishikigi #chisataki #takina inoue #lycoreco #lycoris recoil #skrunkart #i love gay people i love lesbians. so glad there's gonna be a season 2 i was really worried for them tbh #i love it when gay girls get picked up and spun (as a gay girl whose friends pick him up and spin him all the time it's >>>)

[arsenicflame]

when will someone pick izzy up bridal style and spin him around? hm?

#it Would upset his tummy but i think he deserves a little holding. as a treat #to be cradled. and spun around with joy #(honestly to me i see this only working as bellhands i dont think izzy would let anyone else get away with it- maybe ed but. thin thin ice- #and i see izzy being too stressed about eds knee to get to unbridled laughter. so sam . hes just appeared; for the first time in a long #time. he sees izzy [they have a little reunion (depending on ~circumstances~ that could just be yelling affectionately at each other like #hey i haven't seen u in a year- or if its after faking his death i see sam getting punched. just a little) they get to kiss a bit etc etc] #then sam just. sweeps him up in his arms. izzy yells in shock and demands sam puts him down but sam just. holds him tighter and #spins him around in pure joy. and izzy laughs #(this; more than anything shocks the crew. they thought the rest of it was shocking- sam bellamy likes izzy???? theyre married??? #people think positively about this man they all hate???? wtf wtf. izzy punched sam and got away with it?? the prince of pirates????? #but then izzy is laughing. and theyre astounded. they didn't think he was capable of that. maybe they never knew him at all) #djjdhdhdj ive been. thinking about this. A LOT. today so here #have a ramble about izzy (again) #if izzy not for cradling like lover; why small? #nyxtalks #ofmd #israel hands #izzy hands #bellhands #sam bellamy #i think i went off enough in the tags to quantify those fjdjnd

[ezekiellsplayground]

Spinning some merino on my new Mingo&Asho glasspin.

I taught myself to spin supported earlier this year. I found fleegle style spinning to be the most comfortable on my support spindles as its a kind of unsupported style which accommodates short or long draw.

Do you like watching my spinning videos? Should I do more of my spins?

#craft #crafts #wip #maker #spinner #spinster #spinning yarn #spinning #yarn #making yarn #handspun yarn #handspun #wool #merino #glasspin #wool spinning #yarnart #hand spun yarn #yarn crafts #yarnaholic #yarnblr #yarnaddict #yarnlove #spinning world #hand spinning #supported spinning #spindle #spindling

[joshuaalbert]

every time I see someone pitch a picard spinoff about [insert character here] I just get so tired like. I know I’m years late to pick this battle but I genuinely just don’t think single character focused shows are the right choice for star trek given that at its core it’s about a group of people working together for a better future. obviously the main character would still have a crew, and obviously the captains have always been closer to main characters than the rest of the crew to a degree, but naming the show after one person means that everything that happens on that show ultimately happens in service of the titular character, and that very individualistic mindset feels wrong for trek imo.

#also like. yeah I guess technically the 90s shows all spun off each other but a) they each had a distinctly separate premise #and b) they each set up basically entirely new casts of characters that were specifically crafted for that show and that situation #vs if you spin off an established character you ultimately limit how new it can get I think #worf is an outlier to a degree but he had to adapt to the show it wasn’t built around him #idk the point in the tags is I guess a lesser complaint I just find it limiting #san rant

[milkweedman]

Made a ply ball to make this plying less annoying. I still have fiber left to spin, but I've decided to get started on plying anyway.

This is the suffolk/hampshire blend I've been working on, on and off, for the last couple months.

Nearly there.

Also, some snowdrops for your trouble.

#plying on a drop spindle from a ply ball has been my preferred method for plying supported spindle spun singles #work is so hard today #i have like 10 things to do and instead i reorganized the towels drawer and made a ply ball and am gonna go #walk around and ply it and smoke some weed #no idea if i can ply on my rollator #ive been rolling myself around in it/getting pushed by my partner despite knowing not to #its so hard to walk and stand and support my own weight haha. #really need that wheelchair. #anyway... #supported spindle #spinning #handspun yarn #ply ball #suffolk hampshire blend