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:
You can see more pictures (or buy it!) here.
Have you ever spun in something you recycled from everyday use?
Any questions about the spinning or dyeing? Please ask in the comments!
Brilliant! This would make the greatest tea cozy ever:-D
Beautiful. One word says it all.
Thank you so much!
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Oh my goodness – that is a BRILLIANT idea! It never even occurred to me!
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This is so cool! How lovely. I would have NEVER thought of this in a million years.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
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wow, so creative! i've been experimenting with reusing little things here and there – the possibilities are so endless and wonderful. where do you get such pretty teabags?
This is so cool! How lovely. the possibilities are so endless and wonderful.
This is so cool! How lovely. the possibilities are so endless and wonderful.
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