Violinknitter

@Violinknitter@wandering.shop

violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things

profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout

header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads

First #TourDeFleece pic!

So this is a project I got frustrated with and am just now picking back up b/c of TdF. It’s a gorgeous merino/silk/camel blend, and it’s the silk/camel that was giving me issues on the e-wheel. I didn’t have the take-up balanced correctly with my drafting and the wheel speed and I wasn’t getting enough twist.

Apparently the months in time-out have been good for it, because it’s working better now

#TourDeFleece2026

A silvery green-blue yarn singles wrapped around an e-wheel bobbin. There’s a pigtail of singles sticking out of one side from when I was having issues
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