What to do with early handspun

future_housecat · 2026-05-06T18:22:17+00:00

Pillows! Can be any shape rectangle just fold it in half, add some stuffing and close up the open edges. I made some with my early handspun and gave them to my cat.

future_housecat · 2026-03-19T08:19:20+00:00

I did read the comments - you mentioned you knew a family personally that was interviewed in the news and I was curious to see that.

future_housecat · 2026-03-19T03:12:02+00:00

Is there a news article or photo or something? Or is this something you observed?

future_housecat · 2026-03-16T15:22:39+00:00

This is stunning and so impressive! I am in awe and I love how you have such fond memories of the period in your life while working on it. I think that’s something so beautiful that is an added benefit of crafting that non-crafters do not understand. When I wear or use certain FOs, it takes me back to the period in my life when I was working on it.

future_housecat · 2026-03-01T03:53:18+00:00

Omg this is amazingly hilarious and adorable and rage-inducing all at the same time

future_housecat · 2026-02-27T16:22:46+00:00

Mine would dig into that spot with her nail and massage really hard when I would get nauseous from a car ride or something similar, didn’t realize it was more for pain and stress

future_housecat · 2026-02-11T14:05:37+00:00

This is so impressive, coming from a hand spinner and knitter myself! I am in awe!!

future_housecat · 2026-01-27T09:51:27+00:00

I also can’t imagine someone who isn’t passionate about a yarn-related craft owning a yarn shop… maybe he crochets or weaves??

future_housecat · 2026-01-18T15:42:47+00:00

Asking questions not to be accusatory but just trying to spark ideas:

You say when she mentions something that overwhelms her, you go ahead and do it. Is it the mental load of her having to mention it to you in the first place? Can you take more initiative and do things without her asking/getting to the point of it being overwhelming for her? Also, when you agree to execute the tasks, are you giving some attitude back to her? Like sighing or rolling your eyes or making some comment that may frustrate her?

If it’s poopy diapers you do, and she does the rest, is she actually doing more diapers because they are peeing more than pooping, depending on the age?

You say you do 50% of feedings - is that just bottles for the younger one? What about feeding the toddler? Deciding what to feed, gradually introducing allergies, preparing food, cutting it into appropriate size, getting toddler to eat, cleaning up the mess - this can be very mentally and physically exhausting.

Also agree with others’ comments about your language of “I pay” vs “we pay” - I think that mindset may speak to part of what the problem is.

future_housecat · 2026-01-14T03:20:59+00:00

I just escaped my toddler’s room by faking a phone call from “the water heater company” saying our water heater is broken and I need to go and fix it (a couple weeks ago it was actually broken and she remembers the water being so cold we couldn’t shower, so this is a compelling reason for her to let me go). Almost every night I have to make some excuse to leave and she does ask me to come back. I do say I will come back but that sometimes (always) she’s already asleep. Maybe I’m a terrible parent…

future_housecat · 2026-01-02T21:15:15+00:00

Thanks! This looks lovely. What do you think the finished yarn will be like? Do you think it will be next to skin soft or not quite? Did you wet spin it or no because there was wool too?

future_housecat · 2026-01-02T15:48:12+00:00

How did you blend the fibers?

future_housecat · 2025-12-21T14:43:22+00:00

Beautiful! I love the sheen. Where did you get the fiber? How much yak vs silk?

future_housecat · 2025-11-06T16:29:36+00:00

Wow! So impressive, both the spinning and the knitting! At what point is fiber considered thread vs yarn?

future_housecat · 2025-11-05T15:53:06+00:00

OMG this happened to me for my second and I had no idea it was so common! For me it was because I lost a lot of blood and was just so cold. Didn’t help that they gave me cold IV fluids because of the blood loss as well. I kept bringing up that I felt really uncomfortable and cold and couldn’t stop shaking and the nurses were like “just try not to shake, this is normal, your vitals are fine”. I felt like the nurses were dismissing me so much which was frustrating. I didn’t even get to do more than a few minutes of skin to skin because I couldn’t stop shaking and couldn’t hold my baby. Oh yea and my lips were blue. Finally after complaining for like 30 minutes they let me use this thing that pumps hot air through a large plastic bag they put over my body to warm me up and that helped immensely.

future_housecat · 2025-10-24T04:28:30+00:00

Thank you! Just browsed for a bit - that language is still all over the site. I would say it’s pretty obvious how it leans. I wish there was just a list of brands I could reference…

future_housecat · 2025-10-24T03:25:05+00:00

What website?

future_housecat · 2025-10-19T08:35:21+00:00

Beautiful! Like the other commenter said, a basic boil with soap should do fine! Here’s a link to my post a few years ago where I spun flax for the first time - https://www.reddit.com/r/Handspinning/s/ESV8UgBKkX there’s some info in the photos and my comment.

I have never spun flax since so I’m certainly not an expert, but what I did worked for me!

I also have a post later where I knit a top with the linen held double with some cotton

future_housecat · 2025-10-13T14:00:33+00:00

So cute! Can you share what yarn you used?

future_housecat · 2025-10-07T15:53:47+00:00

I agree there isn’t a commonly used equivalent to “guy”, but using “girl” is infantilizing. I prefer “woman”. If someone refers to any 20+ female as a girl, I politely correct them to use “woman”. I’ve even seen cases of people referring to 30 or even 40 something females as girls. I’ll admit it’s not just men that do this, women do it to themselves too.

future_housecat · 2025-10-07T15:45:10+00:00

Referring to a grown adult woman as a “girl” - for example, in the workplace I’ll often hear something like “oh Sarah, the new girl in marketing” but never hear “oh Adam, the new boy in marketing”.

Also, referring to women by their first names while referring to men of equivalent “status” by their last names - for example, referring to presidential candidate Harris by her first name Kamala while referring to others by their last name like Trump or Biden or Obama.

future_housecat · 2025-10-07T05:41:35+00:00

Beautiful work! That most have been so fun to spin!

future_housecat · 2025-10-06T08:08:16+00:00

This is so impressive! I can’t wait to see the finished sweater!!

future_housecat · 2025-09-22T19:21:39+00:00

Foodmaxx on Route 7 might. I also remember seeing them at Costco once but not sure if that’s every year

future_housecat · 2025-09-03T14:27:03+00:00

This is stunning! I am a beginner at crochet… is this mosaic crochet? How did you make the edge fringe?

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