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Spring Sweater 🌸 Happy release day to the Spring Sweater by Shru ! It was an absolute pleasure to test knit this gorgeou...
04/09/2026

Spring Sweater 🌸

Happy release day to the Spring Sweater by Shru ! It was an absolute pleasure to test knit this gorgeous sweater ♥️ The pattern is now available on Ravelry with a release weekend discount code - check it out!

This was a very naughty experiment by me to use a discontinued yarn by a mill that no longer exists but I am very pleased with the end results and did spend the start of Aussie spring living in this sweater!

🧶 Main colour: English Leicester Lambswool by Little Wood mill
🧶 Contrast Colour: Handspun Romanov, Mulberry Silk, Angora blend by Charly McCafferty in the colourway Springtime (a happy coincidence!)

This is the first sweater I ever had to scour - the English Leicester held on to a good amount of lanolin and I bought it possibly third or fourth hand. This did mean it grew a bit more than I would’ve liked but it’s still such a cozy fit! All my notes are on my Ravelry page (link in bio).

I really love the heathered natural colour of the main colour against the contrast of my handspun. If you were looking for a sign to use your imperfect handspun, here it is!

Happy spring and happy release day to Shru! This is a new treasure in my forever wardrobe 🌼

This week‘s FleeceFolk Diary entry is about one of my favourite ways to combo spin! As someone that dyes a lot of OOAK c...
01/09/2026

This week‘s FleeceFolk Diary entry is about one of my favourite ways to combo spin! As someone that dyes a lot of OOAK colourways this is a question I get asked a lot!

There are lots of tips and tricks squeezed into the 20 minute slot including:
- anchoring colour with a semi-solid braid
- how to choose colours that work together
- colour value and how to choose matching main/contrast colours for knitted garments

I spun this to hopefully use as a contrast colour to the Quilted Dreams Pullover by Briana Arlene. I am really delighted with the end results colourwise but I haven’t yet worked out yardages, so we will wait and see if I have spun enough!

All braids are from Brenda Coulter which means you can recreate this combo spin at home! I hope you enjoy this cheaper alternative to Spincycle yarns (which is still loved and cherished at FleeceFolk HQ!)

🔗 in bio to my channel

Happy Spinning!

Tour de Fleece 2026 This is most of what I spun over Tour de Fleece (including spinning with Tour de Femmes!). I thought...
17/08/2026

Tour de Fleece 2026

This is most of what I spun over Tour de Fleece (including spinning with Tour de Femmes!). I thought long and hard about gathering all these skeins for a complete summary but it just feels right to show them as they came off the bobbins - mostly late in the evening/midnight!

This was a very very Wyndara and FleeceFolk Fibre tour and I am so so pleased with the finished skeins. I really enjoyed spinning Wh***ey and have a bit more left of her to finish. I harp on at length about her fleece and what her finished skeins mean in last week’s FleeceFolk diary entry (link in bio).

In total I spun Polwarth, Corriedale, Corriedale Silk blend and merino!

Thank you so much for joining me this Tour and for sharing your makes under Tour de FleeceFolk! Can’t wait to do it all again next year x

This beauty almost missed the grid but I had a quick snap before it got caked for swatching 🧶 Singles spun entirely on E...
17/08/2026

This beauty almost missed the grid but I had a quick snap before it got caked for swatching 🧶

Singles spun entirely on Elizabeth Thornberg drop spindles and plied on the wheel. I love this delightful mix of colours on Polwarth by Helen Waratah Fibres 🧵

This will meet my own hand dyed handspun of Polwarth for a new cast on!

209m to 119g 🫶

This week’s FleeceFolk Diary entry is all about what I consider to be the SECRET Bendigo Show - The Bendigo Artisans Ann...
05/08/2026

This week’s FleeceFolk Diary entry is all about what I consider to be the SECRET Bendigo Show - The Bendigo Artisans Annual Fibre Fair! If you are heading to Bendigo next year, it should definitely be part of your itinerary! It runs alongside the Bendigo Sheep and Wool show at the North Bendigo Bowlo and is a very cosy hall with a wonderful collection of artists!

I visited this year in pursuit of some Angora rabbit fibre and as you can see I am very pleased with Inky’s saddle clip that I’m holding in the 1st snap! Angora Rabbit Fibre Australia

I was also fortunate enough to meet Liz Elizabeth Woods and want to thank her for the gift of her time! We had such a lovely chat about cotton and mills in Australia. I walked away with a colourful box of goodies too. Liz is also a dealer of Clems & Clems products if you are after pop locks and the like, she’s your gal!

Finally, I made my very first trip to our beloved Bendigo Woollen Mills ! Such a treat to finally step into the infamous back room and I share some of that haul too!

I hope you enjoy this one and fill your trip down to Bendigo next year with new spaces to explore! How lucky are we to have so much fibre goodness at our fingertips! 🫶

🔗 Link in bio to my channel on YouTube

That’s a wrap on the Australian Sheep & Wool Show 2026! It was such a delight and privilege to attend this year and spen...
21/07/2026

That’s a wrap on the Australian Sheep & Wool Show 2026! It was such a delight and privilege to attend this year and spend so much time with the sheep and people behind our joyful craft!

I strongly recommend approaching the show from an agricultural/sheepie lens and filling your lungs with shed 4!

This is only a small collection of snaps from when I remembered to pull the phone out! Thank you so much to everyone that made this weekend so so special!

A recap of my weekend at the show is now on my YouTube channel (link in bio).

Let’s do it all again in 2027!

Fabulous to see top ribbons for NSW and familiar faces in Victoria! It was such an enjoyable watch to see the sheep judg...
20/07/2026

Fabulous to see top ribbons for NSW and familiar faces in Victoria! It was such an enjoyable watch to see the sheep judging Saturday morning too!

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