Now that I dyed with tea, it’s time to spin the actual teabags into the yarn. I spun a few yards and laid the end of the string into the unspun fiber so that the very tip would be encased in fiber:

I let the rest of the string spin with the fiber and pulled the tea bag out to the side, so it would flap like a flag:

As I let it feed onto the bobbin, it wanted to stick on the hooks, so I stopped and wound it on by hand:

The finished skein stripes between the two colors of tea-stained wool with a tea bag every 2 yards:

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Have you ever spun in something you recycled from everyday use?

Any questions about the spinning or dyeing? Please ask in the comments!

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