Bishopstone yarns, sit & spin. Tour de fleece in July 2023

Come and join me as I chat about my spinning adventures in July during the tour de fleece.

sit and spin 36, hanspun yarn goals for 2023

 episode 36 of the Bishopstone yarns is now up on youtube for you to see.

I hope you enjoy spending some time with me while I sit and spin and of course have a bit of a chat.

As always I love reading your comments and hearing what you are making.

Thankyou for watching.

Sit and spin 32, #spinningpodcast

 Bishopstone yarns, sit and spin episode 32 is now up on youtube for you to watch. I have finished my Birkin from my handspun and try to decide which colour to spin up next to ply with my black merino silk. I am having trouble deciding which colour would be best to use with such a dark single.

Sometimes it can be the small decisions that hold up a project for the longest time. Even though I am keen to start spinning on my next lot of singles I am finding it hard to make a decision about the best colour to add to my singles. I dont want to end up with a barber pole effect for this spinning project so making the right choice is important.

Maybe you have some suggestions for me. I am feeling like I need to start a new spinning project while I decide what to do.

Bishopstone yarns, sit and spin 30 #spinningpodcast

Episode 30 of Bishopstone yarns podcast is now up on youtube for you to watch.

Come and join me for some spinning and a chat. 

Hand dyed yarn

 We were lucky enough to have a few nice warm days recently so I decided to do some dyeing.  After spinning up a jumper worth of wool during July for the tour de fleece I wanted to dye up some skeins so I can get ready to start knitting Birkin sweater by Caitlin Hunter.

I had carded a brown wool fleece with a white alpaca fleece to create a brown base colour but I really didn't want another brown jumper so I decided to over dye the main body skeins with apollo bay landscape dye (blue).

I then used some other landscape colours to dye other skeins to be used in the yoke pattern.

Episode 27

 Episode 27 of the Bishopstoneyarns podcast is now up on youtube.

I talk about my latest dyeing.  Some sock knitting and my danish shawl.

There is also some quilting and cross stitch progress as well.

Bishopstone yarns episode 25

 

Episode 25 of the Bishopstone yarns podcast is now up on youtube for you to watch. I hope you can join me while I chat about what I have been making, and the problems I have encountered along the way. 

episode 16 of Bishopstone Yarns podcast

 Episode 16 of Bishopstone yarns podcast is now up on you tube. come on over and see what spinning fun I am getting up to.

You will find me in the corner of my studio surrounded by my fleece. Come and see what I am planning to do with all this lovely softness.

Bishopstone Yarns episode 14

 Bishopstone yarns podcast episode 14 is now up on youtube. This episode is a sit and spin chat where I talk about my next spinning and knitting venture.

I want to spin up and then knit the Birkin by Caitlin Hunter. I just have to decide if I will use my morrit fleece or a white fleece as the base for the spinning before I over dye my yarn for the Birkin.  The Morrit fleece refers to a Tasmanian stock line of sheep that were bred on the East coast of Tasmania for their brown fleece. Using a coloured fleece as the base for dyeing will give a richer colour for this project but I am not sure if it will create too dark a colour for the main body of the jumper.

I think I may have to do some experimenting to see how the colours look.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Bishopstone yarns episode. Thankyou for joining me. I would like to thank everyone for joining me on my crafting journey and I always love to hear what everyone else is making. 

Bishopstone yarns, episode 12. Sit and spin

Episode 12 of Bishopstone yarns podcast is now up on youtube. This is a sit and spin episode so I hope you enjoy joining me for a little bit of chat while I do some spinning. I hope to create a space for people to sit and enjoy some making time of their own. Let me know what you are are making as I always love to hear what others are making.

Art yarn

these three skeins of art yarn are part of my sale. They are perfect for adding excitement to your next project.

You can contact my through my instagram account at bishopstoneyarns. 
 

End or year sale

I am having a sale on these yarns. All are handspun and dyed by me. You can contact me through my instagram account bishopstoneyarns.

some handspun art yarn to add excitement to your next project

 The end of year sale is now on.

As I go through my stock I have decided to have an end of year sale and make room for some new yarns to take shape. Since moving house I am no longer selling through the shop and my new studio does not have the space for all my yarns and other creations. These are also listed on my instagram and facebook sites. 

I am based in southern Tasmania and pick up from my place is avaliable or occasionally I can hand deliver to Hobart area. The best way to contact me is throught my instagram or facebook sites.

I will be listing more hand knitted items very soon so check back in.