Caprice
The thin black thread and black shiny beads suggest the staves, phrase marks and musical notes, against a much thicker white yarn.
I've made this from undyed alpaca, which is soft and is said to be warmer than wool.
The 'recipe' for this yarn is: Z-spin quite a thin white yarn from white alpaca. Thread a black commercial thread with small beads. Navajo ply the white, and at the same time, allow the black thread to wrap around. Feed in the beads evenly, one or two per yard.
Variations: try mixing a little silk with the white alpaca for extra sheen and strength.
You can buy carded alpaca fibre from us (our alpaca fibre is carded and can be spun straight from the bag, but benefits from further carding)
For a free pattern using this yarn, please see Cecilia Mitts.
Spinning and knitting kits - Cecilia Mitts Spinner's Kit
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Fibre
A range of fibre from wool to exotic and luxury fibre for spinning, dyeing, felting: wool, silk, alpaca, cashmere, mohair, camel, yak and angora ready to spin. Also raw fleece
Spinning wheels
A range of Ashford Spinning Wheels delivered quickly to your door. I usually have some second hand spinning wheels listed.
Magazines and cards
Why not add one or two to your order? These cards, hand made by Jules of 'Always with a Heart' feature a textured sheep. Perfect for Christmas for your friends or for the spinner / knitter in your life. I now stock Selvedge magazine and Yarnmaker magazine.
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Spinning cotton, free eBook
Have you spun cotton? Did you know that it grows in natural colours as well as white?
This free eBook from SpinningDaily gives us some history, some tips for spinning the very short fibre with some patterns.
