I know how to braid roving, but one of my friends recently received some that had a "loopy" type braid which allowed the whole chain of braided roving to unravel with just a pull at the bottom loop.  By pulling the bottom loop, the next loop would come undone, then the next, and so on.  This is much a much easier way to release a braided roving than the traditional braids.  I searched for a tutorial on this "loopy" type of braiding, but could not find one.  Does anyone know how to do this type of braid and have a link to a tutorial?

Here are some examples of what I am talking about, taken from etsy seller tisjewelart:





Thanks!

Here's my contribution for this week:

The first one I am NOT crazy about, but what the hell, I'll show it anyway.  It's thick and thin domestic and I WISH I had plied it with thread, but oh well...



The second one is spun VERY bulky.  It's 4 oz, domestic wool, and only about 50 yards:



This next one is 4 oz, about DK to Worsted weight, 176 yards, 100% Merino.  I LOVE the colors in this and only wished they photographed better:



The last is what's on the bobbin today.  It's a 85% Merino and 15% Tencel with bling.  It spins like a dream but is taking forever since I'm spinning it so skinny.  But I can't wait to finish two bobbins of it and ply it up.  It looks much prettier in person...ice lavender, deep plummy/midnight blue, and pink, with shimmer:

I've only been spinning since February and just learned to spin silk yesterday.  Oh-my-GAWD!!!  It is the most awesome thing to spin ever!  I think I am totally addicted and could spin silk for the rest of my life and be happy.  I found it easiest to do when spinning from the fold.  Here's a pic of some of my hand-painted Tussah silk roving on the bobbin.



I would l'huv to get my hands on some undyed sea silk roving and see how that spins up.  If anyone knows any suppliers, fess up. 

Hey all!

I've never posted on FF's because for some reason I always forget, so here's a little bit of catch up.

I spun this "art yarn" from some locks somebody sent me, but I think I am allergic to something in them.     It makes me cough, but was a fun project for going un-functionally wild.  To my surprise, it turned out to actually be functional.  Who knew?



And then a bunch of fiber dyeing.  Here's a sampling:

You can flick the ends of the locks open so that they draft more easily.  Someone just sent me some dyed locks and I just spun them as is, purposely spinning in slubs and spinning thick and thin.  I tugged on it a bit and it seems to be holding fine in the single form.  It was great fun!  This is a bobbin in process spun from locks.

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After doing some research into lazy kates, I stumbled upon the Will Taylor one.  I can't imagine EVER doing a 6 ply, but I couldn't resist it's beauty.  I think it will do just fine as a 2 or 3 ply too, at least I'm crossing my fingers it will.  I've heard that it works with great ease and you use it on a slant.

I ordered it in the Purple Heart wood and it may take 4 weeks to receive, but I think she'll be worth it!  Here's a photo I found from Google of what she will look like, purple heart and all:



I need some serious spending restraint.  Sheesh!

Not too impressive, but I am so excited that I now made something resembling yarn.

The first "skein" is one I made when I had the Hitchhiker and was having trouble with the single treadle.  So I gave up, twisted it up, and called it a "pseudo-skein".



The second one I made was spun on my FABULOUS new Lendrum DT.  I am absolutely in LOVE with this wheel.  Granted, I really don't know exactly what I'm doing yet, but I'm sure loving doing it.  She is sooooo smoooooth.  I haven't set the twist yet because I was so excited to post.  It actually kind-of, sort-of looks like yarn!  There is hope!