Designing the Yarn You Want - Inspiration for Spinners - The 8 of Emotions Interpreted into Yarn

There is nothing wrong with spinning fiber as is or as dyed, but sometimes, it's useful to challenge yourself to design yarn rather than just spin it. Instead of allowing the fiber to be spun and plied as is and letting the colors fall where they may, what if YOU decide what and where you want the colors to be and how they blend together?
Doing so takes a little prep and often a bit (or a lot!) of thought, but this processing challenge can be satisfying and stimulating. It requires the removal of sections of singles that do not work for the overall look of your project and rejoining.
A short clip on doing joins when plying yarn:
• How to Rejoin Handspun...
This video shows me taking the card shown, the 8 of Emotions, and interpreting it into yarn.
How do you think I did? Did I successfully translate this artistic tarot card into a skein of yarn? :)
My hope is this video inspires you to think about spinning yarn differently and adds another skill to your fiber arts repertoire.
The blog post for this video: leilanihandmad...
About Me
I am a maker, mother, and cat mom. I am a self-taught indie dyer and spinner with over 12 years of experience. I am by no means an "expert," but someone passionate about fiber arts who hopes to inspire others to take up the craft or expand their skill set without intimidation.
My videos are filmed in my home and home studio in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
More about me can be found on my website: leilanihandmad...
Thanks so much for watching! :)

[@MBador49]

I love hearing your thought process, and the yarns both turned out amazing 🌟so accurate to the inspiration card. Thank you for sharing!

[@leilanihandmade]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks so much for watching & commenting. 🥰

[@LisaMyEclecticLife]

Lovely yarn, I have done some designing of my own, but not from a picture or anything like that. Blessings.

[@leilanihandmade]

Thanks so much for watching!