Golden Lemon Lockspun Textured Art Yarn
Golden Lemon Lockspun Textured Art Yarn. New and just listed in the shop. This particular colorway is subtle and gentle gold. I hand dyed these locks in the Greener Shades Dyes. There are Leicester Longwool, Teeswater, and Border Leicester x Gotland locks mixed in this blend. The Border Leicester x Gotland locks in particular are…
Wild Flower Textured Art Yarn Now in the Shop
I just listed a new art yarn colorway in the shop. I have been working on this colorway for a while now. The inspiration of this yarn was a giveaway in honor of Honey bees and Beekeepers. It reminded me of the Wild Flowers that bees use to create honey. The dominant color through out…
What is my favorite wheel to spin yarn?
What is my favorite wheel for spinning yarn? Does it have to be one? It really does vary depending on what weight of yarn I want to spin, where I want to spin, and what will be happening around me. I was asked recently what wheel was my favorite so far after embarking on a…
Mozzie, the Moswolt M1 Spinning Wheel
Last week I test drove a unique old artisan spinning wheel. A Moswolt M1 Spinning Wheel. Meet Mozzie….. Mozzie is a bit clunkity and talks and chatters, but he is a workhorse beast. It is the first single treadle wheel I have ever owned. He has one speed ratio of about a 4:1. His orifice…
Wild Flower Honey Lockspun Textured Art Yarn
Recently Alba Ranch was part of a giveaway with 5 other artists. Wild Flower Honey Art Yarn Kit was Alba Ranch’s part of the Grand Prize for the Sweeter Than Honey Giveaway. The giveaway featured six artists in various mediums all celebrating bee keepers, bee keeping, and the honey bee. The Grand Prize was a…
Summer Forest Art Yarn Shawl
English Leicester Longwool locks dyed and spun into a bulky weight yarn. The locks have been spiral thread plyed with a fine 2 ply laceweight angora yarn. I used a combination of a size Q/15.75 mm and a size R/17mm hooks. I have a lovely pair handturned by Jenkins. I wanted to show off the…
Carnival and Purple Passion Lockspun Textured Art Yarn
Got my shawl photographed this evening. I used a giant Tunisian Crochet Hook and a modified double crochet made up stitch I created to get that lacey open effect. Tunisian Crochet Textured Art Yarn. All yarn was lockspun and hand dyed. The fiber is Leicester Longwool. I lockspun and thread plyed with a fine 2…
Art Yarn Collection
I have been spinning and spinning art yarn on my new Ashford JUMBO Espinner since January. I wanted to create an Art Yarn Collection of colorways I dye myself and can duplicate close enough for mutiple skeins to work together while still keeping each skein its own unique self. I have been enjoying using the…