My unique yarns are handspun with some or any of the following fibres: alpaca, angora, cashmere, silk, mohair, tweed and lots of different wools. Each skein bundle is unique and the only one in the whole world.
This auction is for 2 x 50g skein.
Total weight: approx 100g
Total length: approx 236yds
Thickness: approx DK
Colour: each skein can have from 2 colours per skein up to 15 different colours per skein.
This bundle is a pair of yellow/burgundy mix skeins.
Colours may be lighter or darker on your screen and also depending on whether the pictures are taken in daylight, sunlight or inside light.
Spinning is my hobby, not a business. As long as I cover my costs I'm happy, hence why my prices are so good. Think quality yarns such as Spincycle, Hedgehog, Fyberspates, Manos del Uruguay, Malabrigo, etc.
I spin yarns using a top whorl hand spindle (see pictures). I use a high quality fibres - alpaca, llama, yak, silk, many types of superior wool plus flax, linen and other speciality fibres. I don't use cheap coarse wool like Jacob, Ryeland, Welsh, Swaledale, Romney etc. For safety, I would never use nylon as it melts at high temperature.
I do not cheat by using a spinning wheel or machine of any kind and then have the cheek to call it "hand" spun! Check with sellers what process they use if not specified.
Each 50gm takes around 6 to 8 hours to spin, 2 hours to ply and time for soaking and setting the twist for which I use a frame with an exact one yard wrap for counting the yardage.
Unlike most other spinners I don't do super chunky yarn. I prefer DK, sock and some beautiful lace weight yarn. This can take 5 x longer to produce than the "thicker is quicker" yarns.
Now the boring stuff: Please do not bid or buy if you really don't want, or can't afford, to pay. If you win you buy. I do expect payment promptly.
I am always happy to combine shipping. Please ask me for an invoice for 2 or more items to be combined. My postage cost includes 75p to cover printing, packaging, petrol to the post office and eBay fees (oh yes, they charge us fees on everything). So for those who wonder about it, the answer is no, I don't make any profit at all on shipping.