Knitted scarf from samples

Sitting at my wheel surrounded by my favourite spinning books I taught myself to spin these yarns. It was a case of read one, have a go, reread, have another go and read the other and so on. The books were Spin Art by Jacey Boggs and The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs by Sarah Anderson.

I knitted the samples into a short scarf which has become much longer with wearing and tugging.

Bullions

Stacks

Beehives

Bullion loops

  

Lacy curtain from waste yarn

If you've ever wondered what to do with scraps of handspun yarn here's one solution. This technique was taught by Tracey White. I decided to use it to make a lacy curtain. Below you can see masses of handspun experimental yarn that have been dangled onto a sheet of plastic. It helps if some of the yarn is spun as a single with very little twist.

Here is a closeup.

These two photos are after felting.

The result is quite lovely and a great use for waste yarn.