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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I encourage my #handspinning students to keep their first #handspunyarn so they have a visual representation of how far their #spinning has come - here’s mine! Pattern: #FalseCreekCowl by #TinCanKnits, 11/2014 Yarn: #handspun “medium top wool”, 10/2014 #UseYourHandspun 💜 🧶 #fiberarts #knitting

a cream handknit lace cowl made with very chunky yarn with 3 leather buttons lays on a wood table

an open hank of 2-ply cream wool yarn shows super bulky, thick-and-thicker strands of yarn

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Pantone really said MORE WHITE in trumps America

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

A kind review of the A Bushel & A Peck Market Bag pattern - available on Etsy! This weave-to-sew pattern uses worsted weight wool and is written for 16” and 24” weaving width looms. 🔗 in bio! #RHweaving #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddleloom #EtsySeller

2 bags sit on a picnic table - one full of apples and the other full of yarn. The bags are made of woven checked fabric in maroon & gold (the larger) and maroon & gray (the smaller).
Below the photo, text reads “⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well written pattern with some helpful photos. Easy enough to follow and am pleased with how my weaving is coming out - verified Etsy buyer”

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2025

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

#spinningSunday This is “Thank You for Being A Friend” by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social (November 2024 club colorway) on Piper Fiber - 85/15 Polwarth/Tussah Silk Spun on my EEW 6, and plied on my Hansen MiniSpinner! 🧶 #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinyourownyarn

A finished skein of handspun, twisted like a Bismarck, in shades of lilac & rust

A collage of the process, top left is spun singles, top right is plied yarn, bottom left is the bobbin end cross section of the yarn, bottom right is yarn off the bobbin, before wet finishing

The hand dyed mill-spun yarn in the same colorway for comparison

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

When I teach #plying, I encourage folks to consider their end goal for the yarn when choosing a plying method. These pictures perfectly encapsulate why! I know which I would choose for cables - Which would you choose? Photos from Twist by Michelle Boyd #handspun 🧶 #fiberarts #handspinning

teal 2-ply yarn, spun worsted, swatched in knitted stockinette, lace, and cables, as well as woven, sit on a brown background

teal 3-ply yarn, spun worsted, swatched in knitted stockinette, lace, and cables, as well as woven, sit on a brown background

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Chris 🎬🎧 @raidercast.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Adrian Bliss hitting the nail on the head - that stare into the camera at the end, chef kiss 👌 “Making Art In 2026”

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

#spinningSunday is back!! This is “Merino Village” by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Spun on my EEW 6, and plied on my Hansen MiniSpinner! 🧶 #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinyourownyarn

An aqua bobbin of lavender, gray, red and green plied yarn is held in hand over green grass

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Dye Mad Yarns @dyemadyarns.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Our draft of the Columbus Craft Communities zine is done!! We’ve got copies at the shop for pick up, or you can print your own! It’s just one 8.5x11 sheet of paper, printed on the front and it makes a lil booklet! #knitsky #columbus #ohio #crafting

A small booklet entitled “CBUS Craft Communities”

An 8.5x11 flat zine with all (most?) of the central Ohio craft meet ups through the week and months

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

How do you hold your hands as you ply? Do you keep your singles separated? Read more about opposing ply yarns in PLY magazine! #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #spinyourownyarn #fiberarts #PLYmagazine #PLYspinnersguild #spinningSunday

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I found this Mini Matchbox cross stitch kit from The Crafty Kit Company at @dyemadyarns.bsky.social and even though I hadn’t cross-stitched in years, I had to get one! I’m so charmed!! #slowcrafts #crossstitch #fiberarts #loveislove

A 2” embroidery hoop has a silver key chain fob through the screw at the top, and holds a rainbow heart cross-stitched onto white Aida fabric

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

THIS. All day long. Plying isn’t just another barrier to using your yarn. It is just as integral to your finished yarn as how you spin your singles and how you wet finish. Say it again @spindleprincess.bsky.social !! 👏👏👏

Image is orange text on a brown background: “Plying is not just twisting singles together in the opposite direction; it is a separate step in making yarn with its own set of considerations.“

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Big shout out to Adam Sandler for making another (hysterical) #HappyGilmore movie. My #rigidheddleweaving students were starting to age out of recognizing my go-to directions for students who wanna beat the life out of their #weaving. We don’t have to beat the weft, we’ve just gotta “Tap it in!” ⛳️

Adam Sandler, in character as Happy Gilmore, stands on a golf course wearing a black & yellow Bruins hockey jersey. Text on the screen says “Just tap it in. Give it a little tappy, tap, tap, taparoo.”

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece Day 18-19: Even when you can’t spin, you can read about spinning! Michelle’s book is so approachable & packed with useful info for all skill levels! Thanks @spindleprincess.bsky.social & @plymagazine.bsky.social for this book! 🧶 #handspinning #fiberarts #PLYpublishing

A hardback copy of Twist by Michelle Boyd sits on a teal corduroy ottoman. The cover art features an aged wood background with a single strand of yarn, with one ply each in blue, ecru, rust, and olive green

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Dye Mad Yarns @dyemadyarns.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Our state fair collection isn’t just yarns!!! It’s also notions!!! Like this Ferris wheel marker minder 🎡 it’s got a deviled egg, corndog, cow, cotton candy & blue ribbon stitch marker :) dyemadyarns.com/collections/... #knitsky

2.5 in tall Ferris wheel laser engraved on maple wood featuring five stitch markers with attachments that open, making them perfect for both knitting and crochet. Stitch markers are a deviled egg, a corn dog, a cow, cotton candy and a ribbon (like a state fair blue ribbon).

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece Day 16-17 spinning is this tiny bobbin of superwash merino singles for the @ PLY guild spin-along to make opposing ply sock yarn. This deep stash fiber is happy to be spun, I think! ☺️ #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts #PLYspinnersguild

A small purple spinning bobbin is 2/3 full of denim blue spun fiber sits in the palm of my hand.

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Dye Mad Yarns @dyemadyarns.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

We made a collection for the State Fair!! As ephemeral as the fair itself, this collection is only available through 8/3. Look! It’s a hotdog yarn sock set!! Half skeins of bug and dog, with minis for ketchup, mustard & relish 🌭🧶🧦

Five twisted hanks of various sizes each in either beige, dark pink, red, yellow and green. They’re meant to evoke a hotdog and condiments.

A grilled hotdog in a bun with ketchup, mustard and relish

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece Day 15 was finishing another mini-bump at “A Fairy Good Time” at the Franklinton Farms Learning Garden. Kelley & Ashley from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social were there w/ a great wheel, which I spun on (ish) 😆 - POIDH in their stories! #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

1 tiny bump of pastel blue-lavender fiber sits on a teal corduroy ottoman, surrounded by 9 small bundles of spun singles from the same blue wool.

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Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This is certainly not a “check out” sort of message but it is a reminder that capitalism is a beast and can make it impossible for us to do less when we really need to. It’s a reminder to find ways to stay connected to community and allow others to help.

Hand embroidery on an antique white napkin that reads it is ok to do less when you are dealing with more

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece Day 10 was sidelined by a rib that refused to stay in its place… but I knit on my Lake Effect Snow shawl. 🌊❄️ 🥶 Feile shawl by @letesknits.bsky.social Yarn is Chester sock in “Road Slush” and “Great Lakes fade” by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social 🧶 #slowcrafts #fiberarts #knitting

The beginning of a hand-knitted, crescent-shaped shawl, with a knitting needle still in it, lays gray snowflake blanket. The shawl is light gray with stripes of dark blue dashes across it. Next to the shawl is the ball of gray yarn and 5 smaller balls of yarn fading from deep blue to light blue-teal. The gray yarn is held in a yarn sleeve that is pastel pink with blue cats eating sushi and Ramen on it.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece Day 9 happened at the Sunday Spin-In at @dyemadyarns.bsky.social 🎉 This is a braid from their Chester’s Skein Society club, April 2025: Chaos Garden. #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts #knitting

The maple flyer of a Schacht Ladybug spinning wheel is visible from a top-down view. There are singles on the bobbin in shades of purple, pink, and green.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece Days 7-8 were… eventful 🥴 Day 7: More spindle spinning day 8: A defective bobbin shredded my brake band… so I finished this knitted Pride & Progress cowl by @carissabrowning.bsky.social yarn: @dyemadyarns.bsky.social #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts #knitting

a tiny pastel blue cop wound onto a tiny grey and white spindle; unspun pastel blue, sea foam green, and lavender fiber sits next to it

a Pride & Progress cowl lays on a teal background. It showcases all the colors of the Pride & Trans flags, plus stripes of black and brown.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Day 6 was spinning on the 3rd bobbin until my battery died, so I rewound my first 2 bobbins onto storage bobbins (which was going to happen sooner or later anyway). And a Xennial ear worm because if I had this intrusive thought, you should, too. 😉 #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

a black e-spinner with a white bobbin, half-full of brown spun yarn, sits on a teal ottoman. There is a ball of deep brown wool roving next to the spinner.

2 cream bobbins, numbered 1 & 2, with dark brown singles

a clear basket holds cream storage bobbins, standing on their end, some are numbered 1-12

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 5 brings finished bobbin 2 of 12! #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

a black e-spinner with an empty white bobbin sits on a teal corduroy ottoman. There is a purple bobbin full of dark brown spun singles next to the spinner.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 4 brought me another half bobbin on my espresso sweater spin. #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

a black e-spinner with a purple bobbin sits on a teal ottoman. There is dark brown unspun fiber next to the spinner & spun singles on the bobbin.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 3 brought medical appointments with lots of driving and waiting before, after, & in between… I was able to spin this little cop in the evening while FaceTiming a friend. #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

a silver spindle with white arms has some fine blue singles wound onto it, and attached is a chunk of unspun blue-lavender wool

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

My #TourdeFleece goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. Day 2 had the hubs and I out and about, so this long-neglected Targhee on a tiny cross-arm spindle project came with… best guess is this was started in 2017 or 2018? 😬 #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

two wound “turtles” or cops from a cross-arm spindle are held in a hand

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#TourdeFleece is here! My goal this year is tackling my “to spin” list. I started my Tour yesterday by spinning the first 100 gr of fiber for my next sweater spin. It’s a discontinued fiber from deep stash and spinning like a dream! #SpinningSunday #handspun 🧶 #handspinning #slowcrafts #fiberarts

a hank of unspun espresso brown wool sits on a teal corduroy ottoman next to a black electric spinning wheel with a bobbin half-full of the same brown fiber after spinning.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Today’s #SpinningSunday is a post featured over on the @plymagazine.bsky.social blog! I share strategies for practicing your spinning (but really they apply to anything you want to do better). Let me know if it’s helpful! #PLYspinningguild #handspinning 🧶 plymagazine.com/2025/06/thir...

Graphic image that reads “PLY spinners guild Third Thursdays Guild Tip”

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Ah yes, this trend from when life was a simpler time… and still very true! 😆

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Dye Mad Yarns @dyemadyarns.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Craft Raccoon Creative Reuse is officially open right next door to us! Like, we share a door! Come see us at 1526/1530 South High Street in Columbus, Ohio! Just south of downtown in Merion Village :) #knitsky #crafting

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Today’s #SpinningSunday is the leftovers from a 2-ply spin; I overshot the necessary twist a bit, even for #yarn meant for warp! The leftovers were chain-plyed with less twist, which allowed the wool to bloom more. I didn’t expect such squish from this #Texel wool! Would spin again! #handspun 🧶

a small skein of yarn with distinct sections of blue, gray, and brown

a large skein of the same colored wool, this time barber-poled in color, with extra twist causing loops in the skein

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Spinning my @dyemad Suncatcher fiber (Polwarth/Tussah silk) at ~40 wraps per inch, and keeping my single consistent with this control card that came with my #electriceelwheel . Do you use a control card? Why or why not? #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning 🧶 #fiberarts

a pastel braid of fiber lays on a teal couch, next to an electric spinner, its silver control pedal, and a white card with measurements on it.

a pale orange strand of spun fiber, showing 40 wraps per inch

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#SpinningSunday is another braid from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Chester’s Skein Society Polwarth/Tussah silk from Oct 2024, based on the cover of the book, The New Girl. It is the first book in the Fear Street series was written by Ohio’s own R.L. Stine. Spun on #EEW6 , plyed on #Hansenminispinner

a hank of handspun yarn in gray, lavender, and dusty pink

Cover art for The New Girl by R.L. Stine

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

After a long stretch of “no ply, only spin” messages coming from my brain, plying happened this weekend! Spun on #electriceelwheel plied on #HansenMiniSpinner & #wooleewinder w/ @akerworks.bsky.social bobbins Bobbins 1-3 from @dyemadyarns.bsky.social #handspinning #fiberarts #SpinningSunday 🧶

A gray plastic bobbin holds freshly plied lavender, gray, and maroon handspun yarn

An aqua bobbin holds freshly plied handspun yarn in pale shades of gray, lavender, rust, & green

A purple bobbin holds freshly plied handspun yarn in shades of violet & gray

A neon green bobbin holds freshly plied handspun yarn in shades of blue & beige

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

It’s taken 6 years for him to do it, or 6 years to get caught? #orangecat #knitting #catshenanigans

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

#spinningSunday - teacher edition 🍎 I weighed out 4 1/2 lbs of Border Leicester 🐑 fleece into 30 gr balls for my spinning students. The staple length on this fleece is ~6”, the crimp is lovely, and the pin-drafted roving is super easy to spin! #handspinning #handspunyarn #fiberarts #handspun 🧶

A clear plastic bag holds balls of brown sheep’s wool. A clear plastic envelope on top shows what the locks looked like before processing, and holds my receipts for this fleece and the processing.

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Pusheen @pusheen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Take a break from scrolling ✨

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A finished object I can share now that it’s been given to its recipient! Pattern: Fractal Danger by @martinabehm.bsky.social 🧶 : @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Chester minis, Lesbian Pride Flag #knitsky #fiberarts #knitting

A lady in pink tinted glasses with a Mohawk holds up a shawl in shades of pink, white and orange. There are grass & trees behind her.

The same lady with the shawl stylishly wrapped around her neck, garnering the approval of the cockapoo puppy at her feet.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

#spinningSunday brought me one of the hardest skeins of yarn to photograph… I may have to try this one again 😬 This skein has blue, teal, green, navy, and purple. Can I capture all of those colors? Nope. 🫠 S. African wool, #handspun on my #EEW6 and plied on my #Hansenminispinner #handspinning 🧶

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Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I’ve noticed loads of folks who are coming to the understanding that COMMUNITY is a desperate need. I’ve also noticed that it’s quite challenging for folks to know how to show up and connect. I am partnering with a delightful therapist to offer this free workshop www.eventbrite.com/e/1338704935...

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We All Want to be Invited: Cultivating Brave Spaces for Real Connection

If you've ever felt like you showed up in community, hoping for connection, and then didn't know what to do next, this space is for you!

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Pusheen @pusheen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

☕ Happy World Book Day! 📚✨

Pusheen reads a book while comfy in a bean bag chair.

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Donita The Fiberista @donitathefiberista.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Finding the right spindle can make or break your learning experience!! What spindle did you start on? Did it help or hurt your learning curve? #handspinning #handspinningyarn #spindle #spindlespinning #learntospinyarn 🧶

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Dye Mad Yarns @dyemadyarns.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🗣️IT’S WEDNESDAY AGAIN

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