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Spinner, weaver, natural dyer Aotearoa New Zealand www.instagram.com/wanderandstitch
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Merino wool and silk batts #spinning #yarn

Handspun wool and silk yarn made with batts carded on my drum carder #fiberart

Another colourful art batt ft merino and natural dyed silk #spinning #fiberart #handspun

Art batt carded on my drum carder, Ashford merino and corriedale wool with lashings of natural dyed silk #spinning #handspun #wool #fiberart

Evening in Akaroa, Aotearoa New Zealand

Colourful hand carded wool and silk batts, blended on my drum carder #spinning #handspun #fiberart

Natural dyed yarns, pure merino dyed with colours I grew #wool #yarn #naturaldye #dyedyarn

Carded and handspun a new colourway - Sterling, with 100% Haunui wool in superfine 20 micron #handspun #fiberart #wool #yarn #spinning

Possum fur + Arapawa wool handspun yarn. Arapawa is a wild breed of merino wool. The possum fur was harvested ethically as a byproduct of conservation pest control - possums destroy the native bush in Aotearoa New Zealand #fibreart #wool #handspun

Watercolor painting of Hikuraki Bay on Banks Peninsula, Aotearoa New Zealand #art #watercolor #landscape

Handspun Haunui yarn in colour Macchiato from my Coffee Collection of hand carded wool batts. An Espresso single rests on the bobbin above. this is an order I’m working on #spinning #fiberart #yarn #wool

Handspun yarns and drum carded batts in undyed Haunui wool. Haunui is a New Zealand crossbreed sheep developed for spinning, like merino but with a long staple length #wool #haunui #spinning #handspun #yarn #fiberart

Weaving natural dyed blues, greens and yellows on local merino wool. All natural dyed by me using marigold, weld, walnut and indigo I harvested last season from an organic farm #weaving #wool #naturaldye #fiberart #textile #rigidheddleloom

Natural dyed greens on pure merino wool, locally grown and produced here in Aotearoa New Zealand #naturaldye #nzwool #merino #yarn #wool

Macchiato and Espresso colourways from my Coffee Collection of Haunui wool for spinning and felting #spinning #wool #fiberart #felting

Handwoven, handspun, hand blended Haunui wool 🧶 locally sourced and made by me in Aotearoa New Zealand

Finished weaving made from handspun Haunui wool which i blended on my drum carder then spun into yarn. Entirely localmade: wool grown, processed, spun and woven in Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand

Incredible weaving - we need more working people represented in art

Weaving handspun Haunui wool went well, fastest I’ve ever got a make into a sink for a bath before #weaving #spinning #wool

Weaving handspun yarn is delightful #spinning #wool

Wool fibre batts and the handspun yarn made from them. This is natural Haunui wool from Aotearoa New Zealand that I blended. I’ve already started weaving with them #spinning #wool #weaving #yarn

Warped my rigid heddle loom with freshly handspun yarn from my new collection of Haunui wool batts #spinning #wool #yarn #weaving

Handspun Haunui wool #spinning #wool

Fluffy hand carded batt made from natural dyed wool and silk that I dyed using indigo, marigold and weld. Ready to be handspun