Handspun fine winter yarns!

Fresh from the bobbins these are the perfect winter yarns for hats, scarfs, gloves, babywear and weaving: worsted weight merino “Coffee To Go”, “Purple Dip”, “Vanilla Oak” and “River Orchids”, plus my repeatable selection of handspun merino chunky yarns in 9 beautiful colourways, all available at All The Pretty Fibers. :o) Everyone enjoy the Christmas

Self striping lace

I have been handspinning new fingering weight yarns, perfect for laceworks and weaving. Have a look at my first lot of 3 self striping beauties that are displayed in my etsy store All The Pretty Fibers: SALTARELLO, PETALS and LANDSCAPE. Cuddly soft and light, with a whopping yardage of over 500yds each, and simply gorgeous!

The glorious 6, and chasing the sunbeams

I finished a custom order for 6 skeins of handspun worsted weight merino yarn for a very lovely german lady, who requested the yarns for a nightshift shawl project using a knitting pattern created by Andrea Mowry. However she didn´t want the earthy fall colors used in the original, she had a very specific color

Batts, Hats & Yarn

Here comes my first blog of the new year, a little late I know, but several yarn orders kept me busy pedalling away. Okay, the following fibers and yarns are now displayed in my etsy store, they include repeatable colourways and one of a kind lots, have a look: During the cold season I very

Yarn and fiber update

So the craft fair is drawing nearer, and most of the yarns are spun, painted, labeled and boxed. I am still fiddling with the textile labels I have to sew into my wool hats and scarves, it is time consuming, and I don´t like sewing very much. I have not been neglecting my etsy store

The 100m yarn project

I am preparing for the october craft fair, spinning and painting yarns and fibers every day (yep, Sundays included), and I am planning to spin the majority of yarns into chunky weights for the fair. The chunky yarns are perfect for quick knit or quick crochet projects, and 1 skein of 100m (111yds) will be

Fresh from the spinning wheel

I am still in the spinning mood, and I will be doing a lot of pedalling until fall. We will be attending a large craft fair in October, so I better get tons of squishy yummy yarns off my little bobbins. I am very much looking forward to the fair and to the fall season.

Tomato Soup and Dragonfly

My handspun extra soft merino yarn “Charybdis” is back in stock, and 2 more repeatable colourways have made it into my etsy store, I have called them “Tomato Soup” and “Dragonfly”: These yarns come with sufficient yardage for e.g. a buttoned scarf as seen in the photo below.   I am currently working on 2

Fresh from the bobbin

I have been in the pedalling mood all week, and 4 new handspun plied yarns have come off the bobbins –  very soft mulesing free merino wool in beautiful colourways. They can now be found in my etsy store:     Everyone have a wonderful month of June!

Fiber Project Bags

I have prepared several new fiber project bags, containing loads of beautiful colours, pure wools and silks, handspun thick and thin yarns, and curly fleece wool. The bags are perfect for spinning, felting, dollmaking, embellishing and sewing. They are now available in my etsy store:   There are now 3 new colourways available in my