Gray Moon Fiber Studio » New Yarn https://graymoonfibers.com Handspun and Hand Dyed Fibers of Angora and Longwools Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:04:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Finn Fleece at Carolina Fiber Fest https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/04/246/ https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/04/246/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:18:12 +0000 http://graymoonfibers.com/?p=246 Continue reading →]]> Went to the Carolina Fiber Fest in Sanford, NC.  Hope to purchase some kid mohair fleece, but instead I found quite a bit of Finnsheep fleece.  I purchased a Border Leicester/Finn Cross that was dark brown and two white Finn fleeces.  On wash day, I separated the locks and loosely stitched them into net pouches to wash them. Unlike the kid mohair I’m used to, the Finn felts very easily.  Maybe there will be an application for that in the future. I wound up drum carding the fibers, then pulling roving from the drum.  Here are the results.  See them on Etsy too!

Natural Finnsheep

Natural Finnsheep

 

Spun thick/thin, 2 ply

Spun thick/thin, 2 ply

Natural FinnsheepNatural Finnsheep

Spun thick/thin, auto wrapped

Spun thick/thin, auto wrapped

]]> https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/04/246/feed/ 0 New Yarn Spun from Locks https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/03/new-yarn-spun-from-locks/ https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/03/new-yarn-spun-from-locks/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:38:08 +0000 http://graymoonfibers.com/?p=231 ELECTRIC BLUES SPRING GARDEN - SOLD FIRE OPAL - SOLD

Silk and Kid Mohair locks, hand dyed and lightly picked apart.  Spun in singles.

]]> https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/03/new-yarn-spun-from-locks/feed/ 0 Rambouillet and Finn https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/02/rambouillet-and-finn/ https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/02/rambouillet-and-finn/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:24:21 +0000 http://graymoonfibers.com/?p=131 Two new singles skeins, one spun from carded Rambouillet; the other from Finn fleece.

SPRING CONFETTI CARDED RAMBOUILLET SPRINGY THICK AND THIN NATURAL FINN CARDED FINN FLEECE VERY SOFT THICK AND THIN ]]> https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/02/rambouillet-and-finn/feed/ 0 Frosty Violet Spiral https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/02/frosty-violet-spiral/ https://graymoonfibers.com/2013/02/frosty-violet-spiral/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:38:55 +0000 http://graymoonfibers.com/?p=116 Shades of purple from lavender to violet to deep aubergine, corespun on mohair then spiral plied with commercial silk. FROSTY VIOLET SPIRAL Frosty Violet Spiral Frosty Violet Spiral Frosty Violet Spiral Frosty Violet Spiral Frosty Violet Spiral

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