cobaltandindigo.bsky.social
Fiber & ceramic artist. Midwest US
I love spinning yarn from wool & natural fibers on spinning wheels & spindles, knitting, weaving & crocheting. My ceramic work spans colored clay, carving, printmaking & wheel thrown & altered forms. She/her/they.
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Really remarkable diversity of colors, what a great find!
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Nice! I bet you can’t wait to see what it looks like when it’s dry!
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What beautiful work!
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That color depth is stunning 😍
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Beautiful wheel, beautiful spinning, and love your description of your flow state recipe.
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Lacewood is so gorgeous, just wow! Plus the spinning 👩🍳💋
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I love your knife and saw just as much as the distaff! Beautiful tools for a beautiful project.
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I have been knitting for 25 years & had to learn a new stitch for a pattern the other day. It was funny how quickly I became frustrated when the instructions didn’t make sense it was so good to work through it & see it come to life. Being able to work through frustration is a great life skill!
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Your feed looks beautiful in it!
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Yep I’ve been beta testing and Flashes is very IG like but so much cleaner.
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Adorable and really clever idea!
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I just love glass tipped spindles! That one is such a beauty, love your description of the experience too!
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🎉🥳 I’ve been beta testing and it’s been such a great improvement over the main interface.
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Very soft and squishy! It’s from a Romney and Merino cross lamb.
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My daybed full of Squishmallows all approve this message.
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Looks lovely!
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There’s something so joyful about colorful granny square projects. I love this!
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Welcome! Your posts will get picked up into feeds based on the keywords in the post or in the alt text of your photos (where there’s a lot more room). There are some great starter packs of accounts to follow based on your interests too!
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So simple and elegant!
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What a lovely start to a beautiful spindle spin! What wood is that made of?
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Your cop winding dedication is top notch!
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Wow that’s incredible! 😍
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Thanks! I remember it being much simpler to knit than it looked but I did love how it turned out. I hope you are able to add one to your collection at some point!
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Is that a 3D printed spindle without a hook? Looks fascinating!
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So pretty!
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I have project notes in Ravelry with some questionable quality photos here: www.ravelry.com/projects/cob...
I definitely agree that spindle spun feels different, especially support spindles. I think it’s usually more airy and squishy than my average wheel-spun. How about you?
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Beautiful color and texture!
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You’ll get through this! Step by step, do what you can and hopefully you’ll have it very control soon.
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They also love pet hair and such so vacuuming everything frequently and getting deep into couch cushion crevices etc will help ensure they get gone.
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Once you’ve treated with a deep freeze then heat cycle, storing in vacuum seal or double layer freezer ziplocks can help isolate and keep things safe while you are working through the rest.
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I’m so sorry you are dealing with moths! Heat treatment is great to alternate with the freezer cycles. If your home oven has a keep warm cycle you might put a thermometer in and see what it holds at. A good temp to treat wool without damaging it is 130ish for 30 minutes.
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Beautiful consistency!
I’m continually surprised by the difference in time investment between superfine and more average grist spinning. It is such a soothing process but I often have a few moments of frustrated impatience about 2/3 of the way through fine projects 😆
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All are so beautiful! The Ryeland looks like the texture is almost lighter than air.
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I have two and treasure them, they’re such beautiful workhorses. My first handspun lace shawl was made entirely from yarn I spun on a 2” ring spindle.
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Thank you, I miss the early days! They had many more carved designs before they moved to using vintage enamel and other materials for whorls. This one was designed to be used as both a top whorl and bottom whorl spindle so the whorl isn’t glued in place.
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Thank you! It makes me so happy when people use alt text and invest in making BlueSky as welcoming, supportive and accessible as possible.
I also love that you can put your hashtags in the alt text since there’s so much room for them and it makes for cleaner posts.
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Also like most carding, less can be more! I find applying thinner layers makes for easier ergonomics (much easier to apply and pull/create rolags) and more efficient blending too.
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I position the keel on mine in my lap to hold it between my legs and rotate the board 90 degrees so that my dominant hand has the carding cloth positioned correctly with the motion that feels most natural and the board is braced securely.
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I experimented years ago with marbling colored clay (neriage inspired) to create spindle whorls and they were great spinners. Unfortunately it’s so long ago that I’ve lost the pictures. Excited to see how yours turn out!
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Love seeing clay and fiber together!
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The texture and drape on this are just fantastic. I’m getting tempted to warp up my rigid heddle loom seeing all of your beautiful work!
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Welcome!
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Ooooh! Very interested in learning more!