Spin the Bin 2023

For the past couple of years I have participated in a "Spin the Bin" over on Ravelry. It is a personal challenge to collect together a bin of fibre (of at least 24 ounces), and spin it up within the year.

This was my bin of fibre for this year.

I started with 851g/30.1oz of fibre.

Mainly fibre that had been in my stash for over 5 years, that was too coarse to make garments with.

There is linen, a wool and linen blend, and some generic wool.

This is all the finished yarn!

1651m/1806yds of yarn, all for weaving.

The first project on the loom was with the wool and linen blend (an 80/20 blend from Louet). Some is natural and some I dyed before spinning. 

It is an overshot table runner.

This is what is on the loom now. Another overshot weaving. The warp and tabby weft are a commercial yarn (Harrisville Shetland), and the pattern weft is handspun wool that I had dyed before spinning in an assortment of colours. I thought that the 'busy' yarn needed a simple pattern, so chose a pattern with squares.

Pets -

All the best!♥︎

Spin the Bin 2022

This year I participated in a Spin the Bin Challenge hosted by a Ravelry group.

The challenge is to get together a bin of at least 24 ounces of fibre to spin in the year.

This is my bin,

and all the fibre (930g/32oz).

Since I have been spinning everyday in February I finished spinning my bin.

The four bigger, colourful skeins on the bottom of the above photo are for socks, and the grey is half of a larger spin (that is now finished) - I am hoping to weave a blanket.

Ended up with 5299m (2,332yds) of yarn.

Since February isn't over I dyed up some more fibre this week.

I finished knitting a small scarf this week-

The pattern is Easy by Martina Behm.

I used a 32g leftover bit of handspun for this one.

Photos from Around-

We have had more storms this week (really about every second day since the beginning of the year, and part of the reason I have been able to spin so much). We were even snowed in for a few days this week with a couple days in a row of blizzards.

Lots more snow photos (I am sure you are getting just as tired of seeing them as we are, but one day it will all be melted, and it might be nice for me to look back on this as a one off winter - hopefully!).

Sunset.

The driveway is in there somewhere.

Molly loves pushing her ball in the snow and trying to find it.

So much snow.

All the best!♥︎