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A long bottom loaded spindle very full of a spun singles fibre. The spindle and fibre are orange and make a downward pointing conical shape. They are held aloft against the background of a pale grey wall.
A close up of thinly spun yarn singles beside the yarn plied onto a spindle. The plied yarn is much larger and softer in appearance.
A photo of a small niddy noddy and a spindle, made of 3D printed plastic. They are on the floor in front of a box from World of Wool and some colourful fibre.
Two columns of brown, dark red, and bright orange fibre sections laid out on the floor in a repeating pattern.
A Turkish spindle close up, fully loaded with a two-ply yarn in bright pinks and purples.
Top down view of a wooden yarn bowl containing two balls of brightly coloured yarn. The tails are plied together and attached do a purple-dyed Turkish spindle perched atop the bowl.
A close up of a Turkish spindle sitting atop a notebook. A spin of a fairly fine yarn is in progress and the fibre is attached and trailing off into the distance. The colours of the yarn are a hot pink, purple and indigo with small patches of undyed white throughout.
A small piece of knitting with a quite small amount of yarn ball left next to it. Both sit atop a book, which can be identified as Samuel Pepys 1664.
A purple-stained wooden spindle with Turkish-style cross beams, loaded with unevenly spun light-medium weight grey merino wool. It rests on top of a pile if two books on a wooden tabletop. Only the top book title is partially visible as “Oscar Wilde, IMPORTANCE OF BE … AND OTHER”
An open package containing a variety of fluffy wools in white and beige, and a large cake of black cotton.
A square colourwork knitted cowl that tapers slightly towards the top. It is knit with two gradient yarns of Hobbii Colorina yarn, giving the background an effect of striped red and orange. The Diamond-and-Circle filigree pattern is in a subtle contrast of blacks and greys.
The image shows the inside of a purple plastic bag. The sides of the bag obscure the edges of the images, but in focus down below is a swirl of black and yellow fibre.
A small round ball of bright red yarn (Knit Picks Stroll mini in fingering weight sock yarn).
A pair of 20cm loop 2.75mm circular needles with some fine yellow knitting on them in the shape of a bib with two central bobbles.
A picture featuring a wooden yarn bowl on a taböe with two balls of different colour yarn inside, their ends poking out of holes in the side of the bowl. To the right of the bowl is the book ”Women’s Work, the first 20,000 years”, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Behind it in the background are 3 juggling balls depicting the faces of characters Iron Man, Spiderman and Captain America.
A large cake of cream coloured Aran yarn with a label reading ‘baa ram ewe COAST Aran 100% British wool’ and a bag of dark metallic round beads on top.
First person view of someone’s lap. The’r upper legs are clad in a knitted blue skits, lower legs have dark purple leggings, dark grey leg warmers and black leather boots. Their left hand is pale and holds a circular knitting needle with about 10 rounds of ribbed knitting on them, in red yarn.
A rectangle of knit stitch with black and grey horizontal stripes. The top and bottom edges are red, and a needle with a small coil of red yarn rests on top of the knitting. There are six row markers in the knitting project.
A messy pile of yarn, knitting needles, notebooks, small boxes, and a wooden bowl on top of a creased dark blanket.
A piece of A4 card with a guided line illustration of a bird, 2 butterflies and a dragonfly on a flowering branch. The line drawing has many spiral forms within it. Glued atop parts of the picture are sprials of coloured paper in round, eye and heart shapes. Some curled strips of paper and corrugated paper are used for branches and edges of leaves.
An arrangement of items on a grey carpet. To the top and left some discarded dinosaur gift wrap and a card envelope with a Warhammer Ork face symbol, and the words “Read me first!” written on it. Dominating the image is a smooth wooden yarn ball holder bowl with a spiral cut out and three holes in one edge. At the base of the bowl a small plastic container of Knitting Accessories can be seen. In the bottom right of the image two dark orange aran weight balls of tweed yarn can be seen sealed in clear plastic bags. At the top of the image are two books. Uppermost a small brown journal with a dragonscale texture and a picture of a dragon embossed on it. Beside it the book “Spice: The 16the-Century Contest that shaped the modern world”, by Roger Crowley.
A screenshot of a portion of a graphical editing program, which shows a text box containing a bullet list reading "• Adaptable to many yarn and needle sizes. • Instructions for beaded and non-beaded versions. • Broad size range • FREE" At the bottom of the box is written, "ALPHA release, v.0.1)." Around the top and right hand side of the box, a portion of a photograph shows a glimps of a black and white manufactiured fabric, some knitted cord in blue, and a small amount of grass in the background implying that the fabrics are worn garments being modelled.
A picture of some red knitting with black colour work on the needles, on top of an open knitting book which shows a repeating pattern in green and gold. To the right of the book, a blue click counter shows the number 0002.
A close up photo of a laptop screen showing DaVinci Resolve’s video rendering, preparing a YouTube video called YAPSEp1. With over an hour of rendering remaining.
A purple-stained wooden turkish spindle with cross-bars on a table. The spindle has a small amount of grey yarn spun onto it.
A plastic tub in a clean bathroom sink. The tub contains water, and a miniskein of handspun rainbow yarn. A slight foam indicates the presence of wool wash solution.
A photo of The Spinners Book of Yarn Designs, Techniques for Creating 80 Yarns by Sarah Anderson.
Two freshly spun small balls of handspun rainbow wool. The sample on the right is still on the crossbars of a purple stained wooden Turkish spindle. It is more evenly spun and wound than the sample on the left.
On the left a purple stained short Turkish spindle, with a lead string prepared for the next spin. On the left, a small ‘turtle’ ball of uneven and mixed up rainbow coloured single ply handspun yarn.
A set of knitting needles attached by a cord, with very long row of stitches on them, and a second row just started in a different yarn colour. They sit on top of the book “Glasgow University Knits”
An orange sleeveless knitted top with a lacework yoke, laying on the carpet.
A palm-sized crocheted toy dinosaur with two rows of back scales and four tail spikes, a cheeky smile and a glint in its eyes.
About 30 rows of knitted orange yarn on circular needles. The neckline of a garment with some textured yoke design is recognisably beginning to take shape.
A looped pair of 6mm circular knitting needles with 2-3 rounds of loose stitches looped in a circle.
A small amount of yarn tangled around a air of 6mm corded knitting needles in what could reasonably be described as a chaotic manner.
A newly started circular knitting project on two needles with a paperclip marking the start of the round. Where the yarn connects the two needles on one wnd there is a tangled twist of stitches trying to face the wrong direction.
A mess of orange unravelled yarn on a pale green sheet.
A tangled pile of yarn scraps
A wrinkly edged square of stockinette knit wool with wide and lacey looking uneven stitches, on a wooden surface.
A hand wound ball of yarn, orange and circular on a wooden surface
A mess of yarn spread out on a couch, with a small amount wrapped around a toilet roll tube.
Three books and some circular knitting needles in their packaging on a wooden surface. The needles are KnitPro brand 6mm metal circular cords. The books are “wintering” by Katherine May, “Superstitions and Hekate” by Mati Silva and “doing archaeology “ by Don Henson.
A picture depicting multiple knitted cords with lots of loose ends.
490 yards of burnt orange 4ply yarn by fibrespates in a skein twist.
A video clip of german twisted cast on zoomed in on the hands, with a crochet hex blanket underwear
A large white candle decorated with blue geometric and plant motifs, silver gems and metallic blue pipling, with three coiled bumps of yarn around it, dark brown and slightly fuzzy unknown sheep breed, dark red and fuzzy possibly rochdale, and bright orange and smooth merino. I plan to split the colours in half and spin a 3-ply yarn with one half and practice making a mixed yarn sun from the fold with the other half.
A 10cm long croched amugarami pteranodon toy on a wooden mantelpiece. It has sewn eyes with an angry frowning expression.
A photograph of the book "Crochet like a Goth - 24 Edgy Patterns inspired by Alternative Dashin" by Kristina Tamuleviciuté, on a leather sofa.
A 100g ball of fine sock yarn, in variegated autumnul colours with golden metal flecks, labelled "West Yorkshire Spinners, Signature, Sparkle 4 ply, Mulled Wine."
2 colourful cobs of fibre for spinning, a Turkish cross-support spindle, two sets of knitting needle stoppers, a gause bag with 20g of yearn and a small tin in it and a Glasgow School of Yarn 2025 leaflet.
Half of a knitted belt on the needle, which increases in width from the end to the centre.
The beginning of a knitted belt on a single knitting needle.