New #freepattern alert!! 🚨 My new design for @dyemadyarns.bsky.social , the #TriskaidekaphiliaBeanie , is live on #Ravelry! Tag your photos or add your project to Rav so I can see how yours worked up! 🧡🫶🧡 #knitting #hat #beanie #Triskaidekaphilia #Swiftie #TLOAS www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

A kind review of the A Bushel & A Peck Market Bag pattern - available on Etsy! This weave-to-sew pattern uses worsted weight wool and is written for 16” and 24” weaving width looms. 🔗 in bio! #RHweaving #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddleloom #EtsySeller

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#spinningSunday This is “Thank You for Being A Friend” by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social (November 2024 club colorway) on Piper Fiber - 85/15 Polwarth/Tussah Silk Spun on my EEW 6, and plied on my Hansen MiniSpinner! 🧶 #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinyourownyarn

When I teach #plying, I encourage folks to consider their end goal for the yarn when choosing a plying method. These pictures perfectly encapsulate why! I know which I would choose for cables - Which would you choose? Photos from Twist by Michelle Boyd #handspun 🧶 #fiberarts #handspinning

Adrian Bliss hitting the nail on the head - that stare into the camera at the end, chef kiss 👌 “Making Art In 2026”

#spinningSunday is back!! This is “Merino Village” by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Spun on my EEW 6, and plied on my Hansen MiniSpinner! 🧶 #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinyourownyarn

Our draft of the Columbus Craft Communities zine is done!! We’ve got copies at the shop for pick up, or you can print your own! It’s just one 8.5x11 sheet of paper, printed on the front and it makes a lil booklet! #knitsky #columbus #ohio #crafting

How do you hold your hands as you ply? Do you keep your singles separated? Read more about opposing ply yarns in PLY magazine! #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #spinyourownyarn #fiberarts #PLYmagazine #PLYspinnersguild #spinningSunday

I found this Mini Matchbox cross stitch kit from The Crafty Kit Company at @dyemadyarns.bsky.social and even though I hadn’t cross-stitched in years, I had to get one! I’m so charmed!! #slowcrafts #crossstitch #fiberarts #loveislove

THIS. All day long. Plying isn’t just another barrier to using your yarn. It is just as integral to your finished yarn as how you spin your singles and how you wet finish. Say it again @spindleprincess.bsky.social !! 👏👏👏

Big shout out to Adam Sandler for making another (hysterical) #HappyGilmore movie. My #rigidheddleweaving students were starting to age out of recognizing my go-to directions for students who wanna beat the life out of their #weaving. We don’t have to beat the weft, we’ve just gotta “Tap it in!” ⛳️

My #TourdeFleece Day 18-19: Even when you can’t spin, you can read about spinning! Michelle’s book is so approachable & packed with useful info for all skill levels! Thanks @spindleprincess.bsky.social & @plymagazine.bsky.social for this book! 🧶 #handspinning #fiberarts #PLYpublishing

Our state fair collection isn’t just yarns!!! It’s also notions!!! Like this Ferris wheel marker minder 🎡 it’s got a deviled egg, corndog, cow, cotton candy & blue ribbon stitch marker :) dyemadyarns.com/collections/... #knitsky

My #TourdeFleece Day 16-17 spinning is this tiny bobbin of superwash merino singles for the @ PLY guild spin-along to make opposing ply sock yarn. This deep stash fiber is happy to be spun, I think! ☺️ #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts #PLYspinnersguild

We made a collection for the State Fair!! As ephemeral as the fair itself, this collection is only available through 8/3. Look! It’s a hotdog yarn sock set!! Half skeins of bug and dog, with minis for ketchup, mustard & relish 🌭🧶🧦

My #TourdeFleece Day 15 was finishing another mini-bump at “A Fairy Good Time” at the Franklinton Farms Learning Garden. Kelley & Ashley from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social were there w/ a great wheel, which I spun on (ish) 😆 - POIDH in their stories! #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

This is certainly not a “check out” sort of message but it is a reminder that capitalism is a beast and can make it impossible for us to do less when we really need to. It’s a reminder to find ways to stay connected to community and allow others to help.

My #TourdeFleece Day 10 was sidelined by a rib that refused to stay in its place… but I knit on my Lake Effect Snow shawl. 🌊❄️ 🥶 Feile shawl by @letesknits.bsky.social Yarn is Chester sock in “Road Slush” and “Great Lakes fade” by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social 🧶 #slowcrafts #fiberarts #knitting

My #TourdeFleece Day 9 happened at the Sunday Spin-In at @dyemadyarns.bsky.social 🎉 This is a braid from their Chester’s Skein Society club, April 2025: Chaos Garden. #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts #knitting

My #TourdeFleece Days 7-8 were… eventful 🥴 Day 7: More spindle spinning day 8: A defective bobbin shredded my brake band… so I finished this knitted Pride & Progress cowl by @carissabrowning.bsky.social yarn: @dyemadyarns.bsky.social #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts #knitting

Day 6 was spinning on the 3rd bobbin until my battery died, so I rewound my first 2 bobbins onto storage bobbins (which was going to happen sooner or later anyway). And a Xennial ear worm because if I had this intrusive thought, you should, too. 😉 #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 5 brings finished bobbin 2 of 12! #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 4 brought me another half bobbin on my espresso sweater spin. #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 3 brought medical appointments with lots of driving and waiting before, after, & in between… I was able to spin this little cop in the evening while FaceTiming a friend. #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 2 had the hubs and I out and about, so this long-neglected Targhee on a tiny cross-arm spindle project came with… best guess is this was started in 2017 or 2018? 😬 #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

#TourdeFleece is here! My goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. I started my Tour yesterday by spinning the first 100 gr of fiber for my next sweater spin. It’s a discontinued fiber from deep stash and spinning like a dream! #SpinningSunday #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

Today’s #SpinningSunday is a post featured over on the @plymagazine.bsky.social blog! I share strategies for practicing your spinning (but really they apply to anything you want to do better). Let me know if it’s helpful! #PLYspinningguild #handspinning 🧶 plymagazine.com/2025/06/thir...

Ah yes, this trend from when life was a simpler time… and still very true! 😆

Craft Raccoon Creative Reuse is officially open right next door to us! Like, we share a door! Come see us at 1526/1530 South High Street in Columbus, Ohio! Just south of downtown in Merion Village :) #knitsky #crafting

Today’s #SpinningSunday is the leftovers from a 2-ply spin; I overshot the necessary twist a bit, even for #yarn meant for warp! The leftovers were chain-plyed with less twist, which allowed the wool to bloom more. I didn’t expect such squish from this #Texel wool! Would spin again! #handspun 🧶

You’re welcome 😉 #handspinning #handspinningyarn #handspun #handspunyarn #fiberarts 🧶 @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Polwarth/Tussah fiber “Suncatcher” #dreamingrobots #electriceelwheel

Spinning my @dyemad Suncatcher fiber (Polwarth/Tussah silk) at ~40 wraps per inch, and keeping my single consistent with this control card that came with my #electriceelwheel . Do you use a control card? Why or why not? #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning 🧶 #fiberarts

#SpinningSunday is another braid from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Chester’s Skein Society Polwarth/Tussah silk from Oct 2024, based on the cover of the book, The New Girl. It is the first book in the Fear Street series was written by Ohio’s own R.L. Stine. Spun on #EEW6 , plyed on #Hansenminispinner

Why wet finishing your #handspun yarn matters, a photo essay Which would you rather work with? #fiberarts #handspinning #handspinningyarn 🧶 #useyourhandspun #woolenyarn #spinningrolags

After a long stretch of “no ply, only spin” messages coming from my brain, plying happened this weekend! Spun on #electriceelwheel plied on #HansenMiniSpinner & #wooleewinder w/ @akerworks.bsky.social bobbins Bobbins 1-3 from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social #handspinning #fiberarts #SpinningSunday 🧶

It’s taken 6 years for him to do it, or 6 years to get caught? #orangecat #knitting #catshenanigans

#spinningSunday - teacher edition 🍎 I weighed out 4 1/2 lbs of Border Leicester 🐑 fleece into 30 gr balls for my spinning students. The staple length on this fleece is ~6”, the crimp is lovely, and the pin-drafted roving is super easy to spin! #handspinning #handspunyarn #fiberarts #handspun 🧶

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A finished object I can share now that it’s been given to its recipient! Pattern: Fractal Danger by @martinabehm.bsky.social 🧶 : @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Chester minis, Lesbian Pride Flag #knitsky #fiberarts #knitting

Current spinning #WIP for #SpinningSunday : Polwarth/silk from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social on my Schacht Ladybug #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinyourownyarn #handspun 🧶

#flashback to 2017 #handspinning #fiberopticyarns #hansenminispinner #akerworks #spinyourownyarn 🧶

#spinningSunday brought me one of the hardest skeins of yarn to photograph… I may have to try this one again 😬 This skein has blue, teal, green, navy, and purple. Can I capture all of those colors? Nope. 🫠 S. African wool, #handspun on my #EEW6 and plied on my #Hansenminispinner #handspinning 🧶

I’ve noticed loads of folks who are coming to the understanding that COMMUNITY is a desperate need. I’ve also noticed that it’s quite challenging for folks to know how to show up and connect. I am partnering with a delightful therapist to offer this free workshop www.eventbrite.com/e/1338704935...

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Finding the right spindle can make or break your learning experience!! What spindle did you start on? Did it help or hurt your learning curve? #handspinning #handspinningyarn #spindle #spindlespinning #learntospinyarn 🧶

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Should you start spinning yarn on a spindle or a spinning wheel? It depends! #handspinning #handspinningyarn #handspun 🧶 #fiberarts #learntospinyarn