Blending and spinning handdyed wool to match (or, well, dupe) storebought fiber

[@ThisSmallGnome]

Now I want to see a shot of you & your mom wearing the hats together! Such beautiful work!

[@palustrine]

I think she shared one on the discord if I remember correctly! It was really sweet :D

[@MijnWolden]

See the community tab ;)

[@countbaldwiniv]

Kudos to the sometimes genius husband of yours!

[@alexvanderpol1]

He gets all the praise!! 👏

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Your husband is indeed a genius, and in addition, an absolute gem for drying his sweaters as they should be dried. And your dupe: what a success! Belated sympathies for battling that respiratory infection. I’m tackling a very similar one right now (and for the past ten days), desperately trying not to buckle because if I call in sick now, my colleagues will have a nervous breakdown. We’re swamped and understaffed as is due to another colleague being out for the count for weeks and it’s not looking like she’ll be back soon. Rivers of tea, meds, sheer stubbornness and working from home - with a bit of luck it’ll work. 😅

[@MijnWolden]

Yeah, I went working with it the first week as well, but when it got to the point of getting a fever, I was just making one mistake after the other at work... better to rest a day or two and then start fresh

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

@ - Smart move. I’m off tomorrow (ADV is a beautiful concept!) and my last workday of the year will be Monday. Then it’s vacation time until January 3rd. Yay! I’ll be coming back all bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and full of chaos goblin shenanigans. 😊

[@judgingoliveu6567]

Brilliant color matching! I especially love the fact that, with striping only on the brim, the "antlers" stand out better. Happy birthday to both your mom and your husband, and thanks so much for posting this journey.

[@AmyMcScience]

Ohmahgosh! I love how the stegosaurus sweater is working up! Super cool :D Also, great color match!

[@jenibylsma9845]

Wow! You did a fabulous job blending those fibres! Totally nailed it … and the hats look lovely! 🥰 Was thrilled to see your Stegosaurus sweater progress too. Looks awesome and I’m sure hubs will be very pleased with it … 😁 Hugs from Down Under ❤️

[@leslieambailey]

I love the way you love your mother

[@Cariboolife]

always a delightful journey when I visit you, & the hats are extraordinaire!

[@Sunburntghost]

Well, not only is your husband a genius to come up with the idea but also you for carding a perfect dupe! On screen I hardly see any difference - if it were not the topic of the video I wouldnt see any difference at all. So very well done! Merry christmas and happy holidays!

[@violetofthevalley]

Tin Can Knits are probably my favorite designer. I love that they make such an effort to explain what’s happening in their patterns and that they have so many free beginner friendly ones.

[@MijnWolden]

exactly :D

[@TJtheBee]

Pausing in my watch time to go… …the *iron*y, Jente? Really? …back I go to watching. 😂

[@TJtheBee]

Now that I’ve gotten through the video…dang! That matched so well I genuinely had trouble telling which was which. If it wasn’t for the missing news, I think I would’ve been genuinely confused. Both are absolutely lovely. (I may have to snag the pattern too…I need a green hat!)

[@MijnWolden]

Yes, really. I stand by it XD

[@mylena3086]

I love the idea and the outcome The brim really pops colourwise which is a nice accent imo

[@Janet-ov7zx]

Definitely an interesting challenge to watch, and a complete success! Well done! I hope your mom loves her bespoke designed hand spun yarn knit into such a squishy and beautiful hat. harpingJanet

[@PNWwonder]

You did an excellent job of color matching. It’s not as striped but the pattern pops more. And… I can see how much your long draw has improved because mom’s yarn is very consistent. You absolutely nailed it, well done! You will have to let us know how much she loves it 😊

[@MijnWolden]

It has improved a lot over Tour de Fleece. Doing something for 23 days straight has that effect haha

[@buzzy.bee.crafts]

Your husband waving at you is so sweet aw

[@MijnWolden]

He's the sweetest

[@catpawrosales4265]

Great job! and YAY for Zwartbles being heritage sheep of the year 2025! Thanks for the tip about the pattern, I have been thinking about teaching myself to knit cables. I shall try it out.

[@ClaireOttman]

Great hats you've made! Now I am intrigued to spin Zwartbles in 2025. Must find a fleece.

[@Suzco123]

You did a great job colour matching.. such lovely hats. Well done you! Bet your mum loves it 😀

[@raevynwoods9403]

Wow, both hats turned out so beautiful! I'm very impressed with how well you were able to match the colours of the original yarn, even if the striping was a bit different. I'm also very impressed with your planning and commitment that you were able to upload every week this month despite getting sick. Beterschap gewenst!

[@MijnWolden]

Planning ahead does help a lot with that, because I was sick in October haha :)

[@raevynwoods9403]

@@MijnWolden Oh wauw, that's definitely some impressive planning!

[@nancytielens5195]

❤ proud mom!

[@susansilva9144]

Good job! (Translation from American to European English: Well done!). Your matching talent is admirable, and the hat is as cute as can be. I know your mom will love itl

[@emmakins0515]

This was brilliant. I am absolutely in love with this color palette

[@cassafrass098]

This video has it all! A daring crafty risk! Mommy and me matching! Winter getting a deserved call out for all that darkness!

[@Schokoholix]

My best and favourite KZbin knitting channel host.... Is there a chance of you sharing this incredible sweater pattern you are knitting for your husband? I fell immediately in love with it... And now it's living in my head ... Rent-free with the other amazing patterns and the stones and goblin trinkets I am hiding in my little goblin head... P.s. I love your videos seriously!

[@sylviak2995]

Wow, that is amazing. Never thought you would match the colours so precisely. You are brilliant. Het is prachtig 💜

[@MijnWolden]

25 years of art school shows off :D

[@sylviak2995]

@MijnWolden 🙏👍🌈

[@Kristelle396]

Every time I watch your videos, I want to knit or spin or live with sheep. Thanks for another project that is interesting and different. K

[@MijnWolden]

Living with sheep is the absolute dream

[@linr8260]

When you showed them close up side by side I really couldn't tell which was which. Incredible matching! Also I really loved the "no daylight" section. Both bc it was funny and bc you perfectly mastered the Effect of using that Just Enough Light to show movement and story. Idk how to explain it but it was great.

[@MijnWolden]

I love it when people comment on such specific things :D

[@AnitaSmith-e5e]

Just wow! Well done!! Your Mom will love it!!

[@leahgroess5361]

The stripes might not be the same length, but you absolutely nailed the colors and tone variation! I definitely can't tell where the original yarn ends and the new yarn begins, so it looks very cohesive. I'm sure your mom was delighted with this gift.

[@MijnWolden]

She was yes :D

[@peigirl23]

You are my comfort person 100% I watch all your videos as I crochet or spin on my drop spindle! Please keep being you and sharing your shenanigans with us here!

[@MijnWolden]

I have no plans to start being someone else ;)

[@jessmakingit]

Beautiful! I am inspired to make matching fiber so that I can make enough yardage for larger projects. Happy Holidays!

[@afoxgloveshandiwork]

The puns, so good! Also yes I did enjoy watching this type of video, curious if you would be able to replicate the colors and you smashed it outta of the park!

[@DeniseODaniels]

wow! this is amazing! and what a very fun fun project!!! love seeing your xmas tree. its beautiful. i knitted a small basket and filled it with yarn balls and stuck two toothpicks in the balls to look like a little troll was knitting. its so cute. i love this wonderful project u have here. Happy birthday to your mom dear lady! art school. oh my dream was always this.Happy Holidays to all.🎄🎁♥🪆🧵🪡🧶

[@MijnWolden]

a little troll knitting, how darling!

[@bnhietala]

I'd say you pretty much nailed it! Fantastic!

[@neea8807]

That color matching is excellent, and I love the result!

[@jhaypennycuff2396]

Bold and successful experiment. You’ve inspired me!

[@maverickspirit208]

Oh my goodness, what a crazy good match. I am super impressed!

[@amymurdock5905]

You are brave and talented!! Congratulations to you, Happy Birthday to Mom!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you :D

[@kalavenkatachalam5787]

Awesome! It’s same. Who said it’s different😎👏👏

[@helenjessop5402]

Wow, well done! that was very interesting. I'm trying to match some rolags I bought for supported spindle spinning - enjoying the challenge of working out the colours and proportions to use. I'm preparing them on my blending board. I love how well yours worked out.

[@MijnWolden]

Good luck!

[@hawthorngrove3629]

You did a fantastic job. I haven't tried colour matching as yet but I may do in the future.

[@deborahbush6183]

That is a wonderful match up. Your mom will love it. I have knit the antler several times. A great intro to cable and hat fits great. Always enjoy your video. Happy holidays.

[@MijnWolden]

It's a great pattern indeed :D

[@Bean_Box_Knitting]

I adore this! Your Mum is very blessed. 😊 This last week, I have spun some Zwartbles for the first time. What a joy! Especialy after trying Ramboullet for the first time which, surprisingly, I didnt like at all. 🐑

[@MijnWolden]

The zwartbles hype is spreading :D

[@Bean_Box_Knitting]

@MijnWolden haha and you are responsible for much of it. 😁

[@spunstricken9065]

You did a great job. Hubs has been paying attention. 😊

[@MijnWolden]

He has! :D

[@palustrine]

Still in awe over the colours in this!! Reminds me of the height of fall TT_TT

[@MijnWolden]

Yes!

[@kelseashore6677]

Very impressive colour matching you've done there! In other news you say toque like (two-k) (Too-k) love from your friendly neighborhood Canadian 👋

[@MijnWolden]

Petition to make English pronounciation logic, because this isn't it XD Does that make me a fool of a took/toque?

[@kelseashore6677]

@MijnWolden 😂 A fool of a toque is clearly the most charming of fools truth be told! I agree to this petition. Us Canadians have a very particular way of speaking a mashed up garble of French and English at once which is rather messy indeed.

[@resourcedragon]

@@kelseashore6677: Mashed up US English, British English, French and whatever else. To Australian ears it sounds (mostly) US. On the other hand, you can't tell us from New Zealanders or South Africans, so I guess we're equal.

[@bagladysendtheferalspinner3761]

Both your hats are gorgeous! Happy Birthday to your Mum!

[@Anni_tueddelkram]

Wow ich hätte nicht gedacht das das so gut geht! Und ich wäre auch nicht auf die Idee gekommen 🙈 Sehr cool gemacht!

[@MijnWolden]

It worked better than I expected too :D

[@resourcedragon]

Wow! That is some next level colour matching! Yes, I can tell the difference because the second yarn is more blended than the first, whereas the first knitted up stripier, and of course, the second didn't have the little flecks. However, the only people who will notice are the ones who pick up on micro-details. And you have the reassurance that your mother is craft-worthy. I hope she had a great birthday and that she liked the toque.

[@MijnWolden]

Exactly, and how many people do pick up micro-details like that anyway? ;)

[@elena---c1558]

Very impressive match! I love that hat pattern! Have made 2 (though none in handspun... yet)

[@leeyang7924]

Hello from Pajotland. With such interesting content, how come you are not an international superstar already ?! Btw inspired by you, two month ago I bought my first vintage spinwheel (also from Limburg) and I have been enjoying spinning and knitting❤

[@MijnWolden]

Almost half of the audience watching these videos are from the US or Canada... Does that make me an international superstar?

[@PaulaDickinson-r7q]

Need to see a picture of you and your mom😊

[@MijnWolden]

See the community tab ;)

[@MonicaLea]

11:40 I was literally just about to post about alternating yarns!

[@sophiadavidse3776]

Really amazing how you succeeded to mix and spin such a similar yarn. It looks beautiful 😍.Will you tell us what your mom thinks of it?

[@MijnWolden]

I did, see the community post ;)

[@alexvanderpol1]

Ohhhh that worked out so well! At the end you were switching them around and I couldn't even tell which was which! How did your mom react to the gift? I'm going to bet she loved it!

[@MijnWolden]

She loved it indeed :D she told me yesterday she thought she had lost it (it was in the sofa) and she was so scared!

[@tracybird4547]

That was amazing! ❤

[@saraht855]

"corporate needs you to find the differences between these 2 hats" Actually amazing work, I am so very impressed by your abilities with colour. Your painting artist skills are certainly on display! I find it so confusing to try and mix colours to get a predictable result, especially when it's fibre because the spun yarn comes out so much darker that the carded rollag. Might I humbly suggest that you add some small label to one of the hats so if you both wear them out at the same time you don't get confused as to whos is whos? (I put a small piece of yarn in the back of a jumper once where the front and back weren't obviously shaped until you put it on) I can envision a dramatic conversation in a cafe where you have to go and find King Soloman to suggest the hat be cut in half or something XD

[@resourcedragon]

You can (just) tell by the numbers and density of tweedy flecks and also the colours on the newer hat are more blended and less striped on the main part of the hat than in the original.

[@MijnWolden]

I don't think either of us would be very mad if they get switched up accidentally. But they're also different enough for it not to happen too easily

[@saraht855]

@@MijnWolden ah fair enough, still beautiful work :)

[@sophieinspired]

Dinosauuuurrsss 😱😱😱 diiiinnoooosaaaauuurrsss! 🦖 🦕 sorry for the "screaming“, got excited 🫨🙈 please tell me there will be a video about that sweater you’re making for your husbands birthday 🥺 dinosaurs? 🧶💖

[@MijnWolden]

Well, not about that sweater no, because I started it while he was in the hospital. But I have made a video about an other dinosaur sweater, if you might not have seen that already?

[@sophieinspired]

@ i did see that video :)

[@9tavia]

Colorize girl you got it the hat look gorgeous

[@djh1775]

I have an idea to buy a lot of bare yarn, and mordant it. Then, divide it into random lengths. When I see a dye plant, I collect it and dye one or two of the sections. When all the yarn is dyed with natural dyes, knit it into a striped blanket. You did a great job matching the yarn! You have a good eye. PS. What is your job? I hope it's something creative.

[@alekfelis]

I'm doing something similar, I dyeing 30 to 50 grams of yarn and will make granny squares that to combine in blanket.

[@susanmyrawills]

Pretty freakin amazing job! 😊

[@MijnWolden]

Thanks! :D

[@rmlrhonda]

That was a success, I'd say! Kudos!

[@CARthebard]

Yeeessss, nailed it! (The colours anyway; more dark brown striping would have been the only improvement. 👏

[@alekfelis]

It works perfectly fine and it's very interesting to watch. But just in case for future projects: when you have finished one sock, hat or similar first part of something weight it, then weight the yarn that is left and no need to play yarn chicken 😉🐣

[@MijnWolden]

Ok but... that would mean less silly videos? :D

[@alekfelis]

@@MijnWolden yes, that is a downfall of this method☺

[@etienne6916]

great job on replicating the yarn! :) it looks really good even if it's not strippy and the viscose tweeds are not there, it turned out really good! :)

[@MijnWolden]

thanks :D

[@marthaturner3866]

I am impressed! You did an amazing job.

[@MijnWolden]

Thanks :D

[@alexandralaske9415]

sehr gut getroffen

[@vemurisrinivas9745]

as an Indian I live in India and my mom has many saris but I am unable to find sari fiber to spin. In our offline and online market and it is very hard to find wool because I live in southern part of India and wool is mostly found in te northern part of India I only have three options to spin (1)cotton (2)silk and (3) commercially made merino wool fiber I wish I had more options to choose in wool fibers I also have a question for you can we dye cotton before spinning?

[@elizabethstreeter2145]

Yes you can dye cotton but not with wool dyes

[@vemurisrinivas9745]

@@elizabethstreeter2145 thank you very much😊

[@paadoxal]

hello friends! happy new upload:)

[@barbaramagri4209]

👏👏 uguali 👏👏

[@Hooksmeade]

Can anyone tell me why drum carders are SO expensive?! 🤯 I really want to have one but, outch, that will hurt in my purse...😅

[@MijnWolden]

Drum carder manufacturers like making profit, I guess?

[@sophieinspired]

Yes, very interesting to watch, you did so well! It is very hard to find yarn if you have a verrrry specific color idea stuck in your head so the potential is huge. Unfortunately I only have a drop spindle, am inexperienced in using it and my color mixing skills (as for painting) also need more training so I can‘t (for now) but watching you succeed gives me happiness already 🧶💖

[@MijnWolden]

Do keep training though :D