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As people have stated, Lobster mushrooms (Hypomyces lactiflourum) have tons of great colors that change depending on the age of the sample. Even though you can't get them in Europe, it shouldn't be too hard to get them from Etsy, or someplace like that. H. lactiflourum used for dyes are usually cheaper than the ones used for eating. Chanterelles are also known to have dye-worthy properties, and should grow in Europe Boletus edulus, aka the King bolete, or Penny bun, has a reddish-yellow reaction with ammonia as a catalyst, and that should be common in your neck of the woods, too en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_dye

My current dopamine project is the Joinery top by Yumiko Alexander. I'm not 100% happy with the color (blah baby blue and white - so blah), but it should be very wearable. I would have preferred a charcoal color, but my LYS didn't have that color in stock, and I had to start NOW! Well, before I went on vacation. I'm back now, didn't knit much while gone. Actually, the color is growing on me. It's more of a pale aqua than pale blue. And my other dopamine project is weaving with some of my handspun singles that were dyed in patches of neon colors. My warp is white cotton, and the weft is making really great stripes. This is going to end up as a summer top, or maybe a summer dress, depending on how much fabric I end up with. It is so fun to weave - I wish I hadn't procrastinated on getting the warp on the loom - now I'll have to wait until next summer to wear whatever it ends up being!

I mix commercial merino with my own fleece. When I tried spinning for the first time on a drop spindle in 2020 I used merino and it was rubbish. No crimp. Mixing it up makes it easier to spin.

Wow....super neat!

Ich habe es auch erst vor ein paar Tagen erzählt bekommen 😅 und muss es sogar erst noch testen

I've spun yak and camel too. The other exotic fiber I have spun is more local to me: bison and qiviut (muskox fiber). Both are extremely light and warm. I would love to try a Ladakhi spindle. I will keep my eyes open for them in the future. Thanks so much for making this video!

Ik erger me dood aan hedendaagse kleding. Vaak te strak, te zwak en niet waterdicht. En als het wel waterdicht is, is het een stuk zweetplastic. Ik mis vooral het wollen laken. Of sowieso fijne wollen gewoven dagkleding.

Symboliek ik kunst heeft denk ik niet zijn oorsprong in het kristendom. Maar eerder in de Europese cultuur. Een hond gebruiken als voorbeeld van loyaliteit bijv. zal je in de bijbel niet vinden. De semieten die dat boek schreven hebben honden namelijk niet zo hoog zitten.

What a fun experiment!

Yes! I found some combed top in multicolours plus some top wrapped around a door stopper. Plus a doll made of combed too that I deconstructed and spun.

My uncle gives me a few of his fleeces per year, I also have an agreement with another livestock owner who sells me about 7 alpaca fleeces for £20-25 per year and I can only do about 4-5 fleeces per year if I’m well enough and I don’t spin all that, but I do scour, clean, card (multiple times) dye and card again before making 50g packs to sell.

This happens everywhere. I’m in Yorkshire and I know a few local farmers who don’t get much for their fleece and don’t sell to love fibre processors because they don’t know how to get in touch with them.

Ooh zulke mooie spindels..... en dan nog die vezels er bij.....ja een feestje en een avontuur....geweldig.

Yak is absolutely beautiful fibre!

I would love to try one of these, once I get into whittling I probably will :p

Fascinating stuff! Well done spinning a new fibre on a new type of spindle (it's not always as easy as one might expect). I look forward to seeing more of these exotic fibres spun up and then knitted (or crocheted or woven???) into finished items.

What an amazing package. The yarn came out beautiful. Isn't Yak and Camel just amazing?

Hey. I am happy to see you excited about this. You know in Buddhism generosity is one of the important practices. So it's selfish. you give me an option to accumulate merit this way. Yes i still study buddhism here and will continue with it for the rest of my life. Seeing the Dalai Lama this weekend. And yes i was in Tibet. We have winter holidays for 3 month and it gets super cold here in the Himalayas (no heating). So i go travel. Next year will be indonesia. Yes your phang looks like made with a machine. These ones are hand whitteld by the nomads while watching the animals. The camel is also ready prepared but it is a different style of spinning as well. Enjoy your experiments. Greetings from dharamsala

thank you for the info

Yak is my favorite fiber, I stumbled 1 kilo of yak down and bought it immediately from a friend of a friend that had connections in Mongolia. It was a feel good purchase because it came from a family that lives without much.

That box is cooooool! But I must admit, I now want to know more about those goddess spindles. They looked so pretty…!

I love my Ladhaki spindles! Mine have brass tips, which is just as well as they would be well and truly worn off by now … 😁 Baby camel down is my all-time favourite fibre to spin! I have 5 wheels, but I LOVE spindle spinning! It’s so relaxing and so easy to take with you everywhere. Thanks for sharing your lovely spinning with us … hugs from Down Under … 🥰🌴🌴🌴

Really interesting and how nice of her to send along those lovely fibres.

It's so interesting to see the variety of tools people have engineered around the world to spin yarn! Here's a tip for when you lose the end of a spun singles on the spindle: grasp the entire cob in your hand and turn it in the opposite direction it is wound. The end pops right up! *chef's kiss*

Thanks for sharing this incredible gift!

This is so cool! The phangs got me to wondering: would you ever consider DIY-ing yourself a phang to the size, weight and length that would conform most to your spinning wishes? Or some other spindle? Perhaps from wood reclaimed from pruning a tree, or from a branch that broke off during a storm? During Tour De Fleece I got my hands on a gorgeous blend of undyed wool, camel, alpaca and silk. I’m hoarding it for now, as I’ve still got another spinning project going and I need time to allow for a nice knitting project to percolate through my chaotic brain before starting on it. But from time to time I take it out and admire it. So soft and pretty… My SO caught me doing so once. I was fishing for some more fibre for my current spinning project. Poor, sweet man. He sighed, shook his head, smiled and softly retreated. He doesn’t get it but lets me enjoy my thing. 😊 I hope at some point we get to see what you will make out of this yarn!

Wat fijn! Nieuwe tolletjes! Veel plezier ermee. Tolletjes zijn net schapen, ze komen in kuddes ;-)

What fun. I haven’t tried spindles yet. But a very interesting package

A year's supply of tea?? Two days if I'm lucky in my house 😂

Ooh yay here you are.. I was just thinking about you. Now I have something fabby to watch while I eat my dinner 😀

This was very cool! very interesting spindle shape. I would also like to try yak one day, but for now I work on not over twisting

Ahhh my curiosity! I have too many questions. How does the flat surface affect the spindle spinning? I thought it would wobble if it wasnt symmetrical. Also the bowl! In my head it feels mushy. Or is it more like clay? Does it smell like apricots? I'm sorry, I'm sure you cannot answer them all since you probably are busy spinning yak and camel😍

wow! what a beautiful gift box! oh so fun. spinners are always generous beyond compare. lovely video. thank u.

can you make a video talking about all the sweaters that you had knit or crochet these many years love from India❤❤

Loved watching this ,thank you so much for sharing your adventures 😊

What a wonderful gift!! The yak will make a wonderfully warm hat or shawl! I'm still spinning some yak on my Turkish spindle and I want to make a warm hat for a colleague who is allergic to wool. But it's taking a while 😅

that's such a cool adventure box! :) I love learning about different traditions around fiber arts :)

Aaaaa so exciting to see these in action!

Yay! Perfect timing! I was just looking to do some spinning alongside you 😁

What a beautiful sweater!

7:38 I'm going through your playlist, hence the late comment. But if you havent talked about this, I would love to hear about it. Maybe a good subject for a spinning day when/if you run out of ideas to talk about (that doesnt seem to happen to me though😅)

I love your enthusiasm about your yarn and knitting. I’ve been spinning for years and just started knitting sweaters. It’s such a joy to knit with yarn that I’ve created. ❤

I loved this, being a leftie it took me many decades of trial and error to teach and reteach myself some facsimile of knitting. Though I tension the yarn with my right hand and work the stitches with left needle, definitely produce an Eastern uncrossed knit fabric. Having to work out for myself making stitches (increase and decreases) lean specific way has resulted in rather interesting designs. It has taken almost 60 years to say I am knitting right and so are the other folks. It is a folk craft, so techniques will vary in an organic manner. When I tried to do it the "right way", it resulted in failure and tears!

This sweater is sooo lovely and beautiful! 🥰 I recently discovered your channel and just want to say thank you for your lovely videos. I live in East Germany where elections were held on Sunday and the results were devastating and so now your content is my happy place for distraction and to save my mental health. (Not feeling well? Watch one of Jente's videos. - that is my mantra now.) ❤

I'm a crocheter not a knitter but I think I'm kinda in-between. I have a hard time finding projects I want to do and when I find them I will either crochet nonstop for a week to get it done or I will get 1/4 of the way and then it ends up in the wip basket never to be seen again bc I found something new I want to try

(Gasp) wow, just wow!! The blue texel looks great on you. I’m a big fan of wearing natural colours too. Nice job on the knitting and blocking. I hope you receive many compliments when wearing it.

Not me just realizing I’ve watched so many of your videos in the past few weeks and I actually don’t know your name 😳😅🙈

I will now be educating my friends and family every time “Biscoff” cookies are mentioned 😂

Greetings from Montana😊 Your freestyle spinning, knitting, wardrobe is so beautiful and refreshing. I look forward to watching your videos and have learned so much. Thank you for sharing your joy. I shall become a patreon to support your channel😊. I think you said you had one😊.

This might get lost in the comments but could you please show a full combing "cycle" or how you comb? I was trying to understand it in your 100 day spindle challenge but it was too fast for me😅. And also, do you have the link to your combs? I think you mentioned they are 3d printed and my little craft hands are curious 😂