A few recent 3-ply projects - the pink is merino, the green is BFL and I dyed the fibre.

( pretties this way )

I made some more "fandom" yarn - in this case to make a pair of Pinkie Pie socks for a fan of My Little Pony - Friendship is magic.

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Hello,

a friend in another spinning group alerted me to this group, how awesome! So I'm sharing my first fandom inspired yarn:

I call it my Harry Dresden handspun. ( picture behind the cut )

Last post featured a brown-and-blue "pinstripe" yarn . . . but Bluesuit!Doc deserves love, too, so I give you this additional project:

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Hi all,

Yet again, I have ended up making a Transformers themed yarn for a friend.
Another "Skywarp", this time for a fluffy scarf.

Used some black Shetland carded with dyed and undyed Southdown/Texel cross. Plus there's some glittery bits in there too ;)

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So, I was looking at my spinnable fibers, and realized that I had some brown and some pale blue wool.

( What else was I gonna do with it? )

A while back I posted pics of what I was calling my "TARDIS yarn" -- indigo-dyed to a perfect shade of blue.  For my next "Doctor Who"/"Torchwood" spinning crossover, here's some Captain Jack Harkness yarn:

(Follow the false cut to my journal!)

hi all, just found this group via handspinning and thought people might like to see this :)

A friend inspired me to dye/spin some projects based on the colours of "Transformers" characters - this is "Skywarp" as purple/black dyed Shetland, with some bits of undyed soysilk.

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Hello, all!  I was just trawling randomly around LJ and found this group -- what a great idea!  Nice to know that there are other people out there who geek and spin . . . thought I'd post a few pics as an intro.

I'm into spinning via historical reenactment and teaching, so I'm working on simply getting techniques down, playing with various natural/ ( Read more... )

Hey spinners! I don;t want a dead community! If you know other geeky spinners, invite them to join!

Anyone want to do a challenge to liven this place up? A sci fi challenge? Classic Books challenge? Anyone game? Suggestions welcome!