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Mijn Wolden
Бельгия
Добавлен 21 июн 2022
Your friendly neighbourhood chaos goblin, up for all fiber shenanigans!
Join me and my spinningwheels Bernadette, Rachel, Jillian and Kristine on our craft journey, with only slight Cruella de Ville tendencies...
Join me and my spinningwheels Bernadette, Rachel, Jillian and Kristine on our craft journey, with only slight Cruella de Ville tendencies...
Mail from India: Ladakhi spindles, Yak Fiber and spinning stories (ft. @woolaroundtheworld )
Hello friends! I received the most exotic package yet: spinning tools (spindles and bowls) and fibers from India. More specifically: phangs from Ladakh, yak fiber, camel hair and himalayan sheep wool. They were send to me by @woolaroundtheworld, in the most generous way imaginable. Rica also had prepared some blends of the yak fiber and the sheep wool, so that is what we will spin in this video as a first foray into these tools and fibers. But more adventures with both the yak and the phangs will be in the future. For this yak fiber is so soft and warm I really want to knit myself a warm winter hat with it. What do you think?
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Handspun Heaven: Knitting a Sweater with my Blue Texel Yarn
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.21 час назад
Hello friends! After the crazy weeks that were Tour de Fleece 2024 I now end up with a huge pile of yarn. And this is the first finished knitted object from the yarn we spun during TDF. I present to you: a nineties cropped cabled sweater. Flair trend breimode knew what it was doing with this knitting pattern, and I knew that the Blue Texel Yarn that I spun would be perfect for a cable knit swea...
Starting with Natural Dyeing: How to find Easy and Foolproof Dyeplants in the wild?
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.14 дней назад
Hello friends! Getting started with natural dyeing might seem a bit daunting. What plants are great starting points? Do you need a dye garden? Are there some easy plants that grow in abundance in suburban environments? Yes there are! And in this video I'm taking you on a little suburban backyard safari and showing you some easy recognisable dye plants to start your natural dyeing journey with. ...
I found Mohair at the Thrifstore: let's spin thrifted fiber
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.21 день назад
Hello friends! When in the Thriftstore on a Lucky Thursday afternoon I found a little bag of mystery fiber for 1.5 euros. My suspicion is that this mystery bit of wool is actually mohair. So yes, the hairs of an angora goat. Let's scour, comb and spin this mohair and see what yarn we get from this Thrifting Treasure. Did you ever find spinning fiber? If you want to join in on the chaos, you can...
This is your Sign to Knit something that makes you HAPPY (+ Eastern Uncrossed Knitting)
Просмотров 5 тыс.28 дней назад
Hello friends! Inspiration struck late at night. It was an idea that gave me happiness by just thinking about it. So I followed the dopamine and started knitting the Ghost Whisperer by Park&Knit. A very summery, breezy knit with soft and floofy yarns. I knit it in La Bien Aimée Kumo and Lang Yarns Muse. Sometimes you just got to knit what makes you happy and don't think about its place in your ...
Can you Dye Speckled Yarn with Solar Dyeing with Only Natural Materials?
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! Aren't you perpetually tempted by all the pretty handdyed yarns you see over on the fiber artist of your choice's instagram? I certainly am. And this prompted me to ask the question: can you achieve the variegated and speckled look of these artfully handdyed wool yarns with some natural dyeing? And even more primitive: solar dyeing? And you know, when I wonder about a thing, it t...
Tour de Fleece: Finishing my Handspun Yarns, Totals and Statistics
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! This is the official end of Tour de Fleece 2024. In this video: one final day of spinning the Blue Texel Fleece. A real sprint towards the finish! But also some talk about the Belgian national holiday, and of course: the total numbers. How much meters did I spin over these 23 days? Is it enough to knit the sweaters that I am eyeing in that vintage Flair booklet? How much do all o...
Tour de Fleece: A Look Behind the Scenes as a Fiber Arts Content Creator
Просмотров 3 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! We continue on our Tour de Fleece spinning journey, with more Blue Texel, more spindle spinning and a look behind the scenes of what it is actually like to be a Fiber Arts content creator. How do I juggle making videos, spinning, knitting, but also working a Fulltime job? Do I ever get tired of projects because I'm filming them? And what was up with the audio last week? I might a...
Tour de Fleece: To Friends, Medieval Shepherds, Reading Books but mostly Spinning Yarn!
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! We continue on our Tour de Fleece spinning journey, with more Blue Texel, more spindle spinning and a lot of personal stories. If your life was a colour what would it be? And how has spinning yarn impacted my other hobbies? What books am I currently reading and what tv shows do I watch while indulging in fiber arts? In short: let's get to know each other a bit better while we spi...
Tour de Fleece: The Fiber Arts Rabbithole: How deep can we go?
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! We continue on our Tour de Fleece spinning journey, with more Blue Texel, more spindle spinning and actually leaving the house - euh the country.In this vlog I talk about how my grandmother played an instrumental role in my deepdive into the Fiber Arts rabbithole, about my dream projects, my favourite fiber preparation and the fiber arts to anti-capitalist pipeline. Drone pilotin...
Tour de Fleece: The One where we talk about Wool and Sheep (and more spinning)
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! My first Fleece of Tour de Fleece has been spun. To commemorate this feat, let's talk about wool and sheep. What fibers do I love most. What breed of sheep should no spinner ever miss out on? Because we all love our fiber animal friends, right? Unless it's wool moths. We don't like those. After the Suffolk fleece I am now getting arms deep into a beautiful naturally coloured Blue...
Tour de Fleece: How I got into Spinning Yarn and other Woolly Tales
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.Месяц назад
Hello friends! Tour de Fleece week 1 is done. And we have spun up practically an entire Suffolk fleece over the course of it. Long draw spinning is so fast, I keep being amazed by it! In this video I answer some questions about spinning in general, but also more specifically about my own spinning journey: how I got into spinning, which spindles I like most, have I ever used a distaff and what a...
Tour de Fleece: Changing Plans and Long Draw Spinning through Suffolk in Record Times
Просмотров 4,1 тыс.2 месяца назад
Hello friends! Tour de Fleece has officially begun! And what a start I had. I might have to change my spinning plans all together. Me and my spinningwheel, my Louët S71, have been zooming through that Suffolk fleece that I prepped with my drumcarder. The long draw spinning I'm still practicing is spinning up like a charm. I'm certainly riding in yellow. But this means that I might have to chang...
Tour de Fleece: Let's comb and card some wool to send as a surprise gift | Australian fiber haul
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.2 месяца назад
Hello friends! Tour de Fleece has officially begun! But before we start with the actual Tour de Fleece vlogs, here is another appetizer: my patrons and I did a little Secret Santa exchange of wool and other spinnable floof. The rules were that you send your randomly drawn friend at least 50 grams of fiber that they can spin on their spinningwheels or spindles during the upcoming Tour de Fleece ...
Preparing for Tour de Fleece: Skirting, Scouring and Carding Suffolk Wool
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.2 месяца назад
Hello friends! In a couple of days the Tour de Fleece is starting and I plan to participate. I had too much choices of fleeces this year, but I in the end opted to spin a massive Suffolk fleece. Suffolk is one of the so called Down breeds. They have a short staple length, and a very pronounced spiral crimp. As I am an advocate for local wool, of course the sheep only graze a kilometer away from...
Upcycling a Trash Shelf into a Dainty Support Spindle Display Rack
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.2 месяца назад
Upcycling a Trash Shelf into a Dainty Support Spindle Display Rack
Spinning and knitting local Alpaca Fiber to make a Spring Vest (Bifurca by Teti's Knitgarden)
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.2 месяца назад
Spinning and knitting local Alpaca Fiber to make a Spring Vest (Bifurca by Teti's Knitgarden)
Vintage Knitting Magazines: they get very Silly very Fast
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.3 месяца назад
Vintage Knitting Magazines: they get very Silly very Fast
Spinning Yarn as Payment for Local Sheep (Blue Texel) Fleeces
Просмотров 4,7 тыс.3 месяца назад
Spinning Yarn as Payment for Local Sheep (Blue Texel) Fleeces
Knitting a 1902 Lady's Spencer with only Spindle Spun Yarn
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.3 месяца назад
Knitting a 1902 Lady's Spencer with only Spindle Spun Yarn
Don't Throw out your Avocado Food Waste: Dyeing Wool + Crafting Buttons #sustainability
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.3 месяца назад
Don't Throw out your Avocado Food Waste: Dyeing Wool Crafting Buttons #sustainability
How to Spin Fiber you don't like: turning Boring Merino Wool into Batts for Spinning
Просмотров 4,1 тыс.3 месяца назад
How to Spin Fiber you don't like: turning Boring Merino Wool into Batts for Spinning
Crafting with Dandelions: Making Dandelion Jelly and Dyeing Wool
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.4 месяца назад
Crafting with Dandelions: Making Dandelion Jelly and Dyeing Wool
Spinningwheel Spa day: maintenance, cleaning & crafting homemade Wood Polish/Conditioner
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.4 месяца назад
Spinningwheel Spa day: maintenance, cleaning & crafting homemade Wood Polish/Conditioner
Vintage Hollywood Knitting: Spinning and Knitting Joan Crawford's Pullover (Cursed Project Vlog)
Просмотров 5 тыс.4 месяца назад
Vintage Hollywood Knitting: Spinning and Knitting Joan Crawford's Pullover (Cursed Project Vlog)
How to get better at woolen drafting / long draw spinning yarn: practice vlog
Просмотров 4 тыс.4 месяца назад
How to get better at woolen drafting / long draw spinning yarn: practice vlog
Knit with me: Mill ends to Handspun Chaos Yarn Scarf
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Knit with me: Mill ends to Handspun Chaos Yarn Scarf
Knitting a vintage toy Easter Bunny from a 'lost' pattern from a fellow crafter's legacy
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Knitting a vintage toy Easter Bunny from a 'lost' pattern from a fellow crafter's legacy
Knitting the Polina Pullover because it reminded me of my Retro Folk Wallpaper
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Knitting the Polina Pullover because it reminded me of my Retro Folk Wallpaper
Spin with me: Mill Ends to Handspun Chaos Yarn
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Spin with me: Mill Ends to Handspun Chaos Yarn
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.
It does 😊
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.
Maar na meer dan 16 eeuwen waarin het christendom de bepalende religie was en is in Europa lijkt het mij moeilijk om die distinctie duidelijk te maken, in het bijzonder als het gaat om afbeeldingen van christelijke heiligen... Daarenboven is spinnen een mondiaal gegeven, en kunnen we dus niet zeggen dat een spintol een Europees symbool is dat enkel in Europa gelinkt wordt aan vlijtige vrouwen, maar juist binnen het christendom wordt daar nog een transcendente laag aan toegevoegd.
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.
A doll from combed top, that's interesting!
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.
As long as the global South and east keep on being exploited for cheaper labour and vague enough production processes I don't think this issue will be resolved. Local farmers won't get fair compensation and local breeds will be still outbred by ''commercially viable'' ones like Merino...
Ooh zulke mooie spindels..... en dan nog die vezels er bij.....ja een feestje en een avontuur....geweldig.
Ja een echt feestje 😁
Yak is absolutely beautiful fibre!
It is!
I would love to try one of these, once I get into whittling I probably will :p
It doesn't look all too difficult
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.
Who knows what they'll become 🤭
What an amazing package. The yarn came out beautiful. Isn't Yak and Camel just amazing?
I haven't tried the camel yet, but the yak sure is amazing
@@MijnWolden I did a video about a year ago, I spun the baby Camel on drop spindles and then crocheted a camel with it. It is so soft and so cute. One of my favorite projects.
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
Sorry to say this but your autocorrect did the dirty on you. You need to change "widdled" to "whittled". ("Widdled" means "urinated" in some dialects of English.) Have fun with your adventures in spinning and travelling to Indonesia. Climatically (and culturally) Indonesia is a big change of pace.
@@resourcedragon thanks i didn't know that
Yes, the camel indeed already looked processed. Have Fun travelling, I'll follow your adventures online 😁
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.
I'm really excited to work more with it!
That box is cooooool! But I must admit, I now want to know more about those goddess spindles. They looked so pretty…!
Regenbogenwolle.de 😉😉😉
@@MijnWolden Oh my GOODNESS. It is time to learn Dutch! Or…wait until I get to my PC so I can have Google translate it…because I may want to purchase one of these…!
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 … 🥰🌴🌴🌴
Exactly! I love my 4 Wheels, but spindles you can take everywhere with you
Really interesting and how nice of her to send along those lovely fibres.
It was super nice!
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*
That's a great tip!
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!
Oh yes, I do wish to make myself a spindle one day 😁
Wat fijn! Nieuwe tolletjes! Veel plezier ermee. Tolletjes zijn net schapen, ze komen in kuddes ;-)
Wielen ook 😅
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 😂
Hahaha 😁
Ooh yay here you are.. I was just thinking about you. Now I have something fabby to watch while I eat my dinner 😀
You're already conditioned to think about me on Wednesdays 😂
@@MijnWolden 🤣🤣🤣
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
Everything at its time 😁
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😍
It smells really interesting and fragrant, but I wouldn't necessarily say like apricots. It's also not mushy, but a bit flaky.
wow! what a beautiful gift box! oh so fun. spinners are always generous beyond compare. lovely video. thank u.
They are!
@@MijnWolden i would love to receive that box. it was wonderful. i found out our library has a 3 d printer and the guy who runs the machine is making me a 3 d printer drop spindle for under 5$. i am so excited. i told him my other thru the mail 3 d printer drop spindle cost me 15$ plus shipping. he said oh that is crazy. so i am getting it next week in yellow. i looked up old used drip spindles. some were 270$ cause they were antiques. i would love to have some. thank u for u. love your videos and share them when i can.
can you make a video talking about all the sweaters that you had knit or crochet these many years love from India❤❤
I do one at the start of the year looking back at the ones I did in the year that has passed. You can look back at 2022 and 2023 with those videos 😁
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 😅
Oooh what a kind gesture!
that's such a cool adventure box! :) I love learning about different traditions around fiber arts :)
Adventure box - that's the perfect description for it.
Me too, it's so interesting how all cultures everywhere have developped this craft
Aaaaa so exciting to see these in action!
Right? 😁
Yay! Perfect timing! I was just looking to do some spinning alongside you 😁
Every Wednesday at 18.30 CET 😉
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. ❤
It is! I hope you get to knit many treasures 😁
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 heard about the elections... Last june our extreme right party didn't win by the smallest margin. It's not looking sunny in europe these days...
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
This is very relatable
(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.
My mom has complimented me many times on this sweater!
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 😳😅🙈
Hi, my name is Jente, nice to meet you ☺️
I love that name! And I've since found some videos where you mention your name, so I know how to say it now too ☺
I will now be educating my friends and family every time “Biscoff” cookies are mentioned 😂
Spread the gospel of speculoos! (Among the people and on your sandwiches but speculaaspaste/biscoffpaste is a thing)
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😊.
Thank you ♥️
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 😂
The Combs are from Instrumentum Textilae on Etsy!