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Image 1 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 2 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 3 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 4 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 5 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 6 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 7 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 8 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 9 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 10 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 11 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 12 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 13 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 14 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 15 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 16 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 17 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 18 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 19 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

Image 20 — From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

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From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

I spun a blend of 85% polwarth and 15% silk on my drop spindle, and now I've just finished knitting it into a lace scarf! I sorted the original braid of wool into clean gradient sections to achieve a smoother transition between colors even at a tiny scale and mostly avoid any striping.

Unfortunately, no pattern to be shared, as I was making it up as I went along and wasn't charting anything. I wanted to try out a bunch of different things when knitting this, and I learned a ton by seeing what did and did not work!

Shout out to Fine Shetland Lace by Carol Christiansen, the Shetland Museum and Archive online photo library, and Þríhyrnur og Langsjöl by Sigrídur Halldórsdóttir for serving as major inspirations.

Also, apologies that the full length photo is a little wrinkly - I was too excited to wear it and didn't photograph it from top to bottom before I wore it!

I started this project back in February, and I'm so so delighted to finally have seen it to fruition 💛

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Fiber base: Firefly Squid 85/15 Polwarth/Silk by Fossil Fibers

Spun on: Bosworth drop spindle, 16g Ailanthus

Pattern: None! Just had fun with different motifs :)

u/eriophora — 4 days ago

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From drop spindle to fine lace scarf! So delighted to finally get to wear this 💛

I spun a blend of 85% polwarth and 15% silk on my drop spindle, and now I've just finished knitting it into a lace scarf! I sorted the original braid of wool into clean gradient sections to achieve a smoother transition between colors even at a tiny scale and mostly avoid any striping.

Unfortunately, no pattern to be shared, as I was making it up as I went along and wasn't charting anything. I wanted to try out a bunch of different things when knitting this, and I learned a ton by seeing what did and did not work!

Shout out to Fine Shetland Lace by Carol Christiansen, the Shetland Museum and Archive online photo library, and Þríhyrnur og Langsjöl by Sigrídur Halldórsdóttir for serving as major inspirations.

Also, apologies that the full length photo is a little wrinkly - I was too excited to wear it and didn't photograph it from top to bottom before I wore it!

I started this project back in February, and I'm so so delighted to finally have seen it to fruition 💛

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Fiber base: Firefly Squid 85/15 Polwarth/Silk by Fossil Fibers

Spun on: Bosworth drop spindle, 16g Ailanthus

Pattern: None! Just had fun with different motifs :)

u/eriophora — 4 days ago

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I handspun some polwarth with a little silk for a subtle shimmer / night sky effect, and I just did an in progress block of the lace I'm working on with it! No pattern, just freehanding it. Loving how it's turning out! :)

u/eriophora — 8 days ago

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I blended polwarth with a little silk for a subtle shimmer / night sky effect, and I just did an in progress block of the lace I'm working on with it! Love how this is turning out.

u/eriophora — 8 days ago