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IN THE PICTURES: 1. Handspun Shetland Flock Book champion fleeces Puffin jumper --(detail of yoke) Jumper designed by Kate Davies. The Shetland Flock Book Association exists to ensure that the Shetland breed stays true to its characteristics. Each year there is a competition for fleeces, as well as classes for live sheep. The three coloured fleeces which won in 2015 feature in photos 1, 6, 9 (Bousta beanie contains all three) 2. Superfine Shetland fleece - unwashed 3. Shetland sheep 1 – coloured pure Shetland sheep belonging to A&J Robertson, Walls, Shetland 4. Deborah spinning - my first wheel bought in 1978 – Ashford Traditional 5. Deborah carding 6. Drafting fine black Shetland wool - drafting is the term for drawing out the fibres to the required thickness during spinning 7. Hand carders 8. Handspun Shetland grey knitted swatch 9. Spinning wheel bobbins 10. Handspun Shetland grey singles on bobbin and 3 ply yarn - yarn is plied for knitting to balance the twist. This yarn is equivalent in thickness to a commercial Double Knitting 11. Drum carding Blue Texel fleece - Blue Texel is the name of the breed of sheep, a naturally grey variant of the Texel breed 12. Handspun alpaca and wensleydale wool Foxpaws 1 – Foxpaws wrap designed by Xandy Peters. Yarn: 3 colours of undyed alpaca (black, ginger and grey) plus 2 colours of wensleydale wool both dyed in an exhausted indigo vat (pale pink and mother of pearl blue) 13. Blended shades – using hand carders to blend primary coloured wool fibres plus natural black and white to recreate colours inspired by nature - one learner’s results in my popular ‘Blending Coloured fibres’ workshop
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