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Category Archives: Spinning News

Finally Finished: Bamboo Sock Yarn, 720 yards.

It’s finally finished! My first honest to goodness, start-to-finish-meant-to-be-a-sock-yarn, yarn.

100% hand spun bamboo yarn, natural and undyed as of yet. I’m not sure what colors I’ll go with, but it’ll have to go well with shorts. Something bright, eye-catching and funky - what do you think? Blues? Greens? Full spectrum rainbow? Mmm, rainbow! With red toes! Gradient dyeing… oooh. Hippie socks!

Belly Dancing and More Bamboo, Now With Porn!

There is something about fusing pop music with a country’s cultural sounds that just does it for me. A great example is Greece’s performance for Eurovision 2007. It appeals to the part of me that still loves Ricky Martin, while bringing the latent belly dancer in me first and forefront. And as a friend of mine pointed out, the attractive male…

How Much Fiber Is Too Much Fiber?

How much fiber is too much fiber? More specifically - how much of your favorite fiber is too much fiber? Two pounds? Three? Five? Or is the amount limited to how much you can carry in several trips and how much your house can hold? When is it too much?

I ask, because I find myself wanting to stash fibers. I have become a fiber-holic…

Hand Spun Bamboo Yarn, Looms and Dream Carders

It’s all the Bamboo’s fault! I would have updated sooner if it hadn’t stolen me away, demanding that I spin it in my spare time, admire it each time I caught a glimpse of it on the wheel and admire it’s soft, smooth hand as I wound it off the bobbin in to shimmering skeins [...]

The Bamboo Is Here!

Photos of the new Bamboo top, to be used to create the new bamboo yarns!