Arlene Shannon Fiber Arts

Sunday, 18 May 2014

I continued work on the rolags... completing the study by spinning and then knitting up the samples.

What to do with Spiral Yarns,, especially Thick and Thin... I set up my rigid heddle loom, without the heddle and handpicked this scarf. No waste!! I may hand paint the scarf yet...

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

This week, I decided to spin along with a fellow fiber artist from the Fiber Artists and Spinners Facebook page.

Spiral Yarns

I produced the following spiral yarns:

Spiral yarn, rambouillet fiber

Spiral Yarn, Rambouillet fiber

Spiral Yarn, Rambouillet Fiber, sewing thread for core yarn

Braids

I created braids for spinning:

braided, dyed rambouillet fiber

Rolags... continued

Rolags, produced on last post

Rolags, spun single ply

My next task will be to knit up each of the above rolag samples to see how it all turns out.

Monday, 28 April 2014

I've been busy this past week...

I had some left over silk hankies from one of my scarf projects from last week (see previous blog) so I attenuated them and spun up this mini-skein (30 grams).

Silk Hankies - Spun

Silk hankies, attenuated and spun, 30 grams

Merino silk, spun single ply

Cormo, spun, double ply

My first Dyes

I felt a bit blue this week! I dyed a lot of blue (Sky Blue Jacquard Dye).
I have singles, energized singles, Navajo ply and double ply wools in this mix.

Wool, singles and plyed - dyed with Sky Blue Jacquard Dye

Silk Scarf - Nuno Felting - non roll method

After much discussion on the Fiber Artists Facebook page, I tried the non-roll method to create the following scarves. It worked perfectly.
note to self (use much less water and remember to wipe out the dryer afterwards).

Silk Scarf - Nuno felted with Silk Hankies / merino

Punis / Rolags

I was intrigued by the puni / rolag product that is out there these days so I made some up. the first is what I would call Eye Candy.

Puni / Rolag - Eye Candy

Puni / Rolag - made from White rambouillet roving

Friday, 18 April 2014

April 16, 2014

This first post represents my work for the past year or so.

Felting...

I attended a silk fusion workshop last year and loved the results. I've been experimenting ever since.

I also attended a Nuno felting workshop given by Lyn Pfleuger of Sheep Creek Weavers. This is a shoulder cape I created using her methods.

Silk hankies with merino middle layer

... Felting Silk hankies into scarves - merino of contrasting or complementary colors sandwiched between 2 layers of silk hankies.

Silk hankies with merino middle layer

Merino and Silk fiber with chiffon middle layer

Spinning...

I've been spinning Alpaca for the past few months....

The Fushia fiber is from Twisted Sisters Mill - Suri and Silk
The Salmon fiber is from Twisted Sisters Mill - Huacaya and Silk
The Champagne fiber is from a
local farm - Huacaya
The White is from Wilderness Alpaca farm - Cria fleece

All were yummy to Spin.