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Colorways inspired by vintage campers being carded. Look for them soon! One special colorway (not pictured) will be my contribution to the #spinningbox #drumcarder #vintagecarder #fiberprep #showprep #thespinningbox

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Stay Gold

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Fresh batch of Cosmic Poppies! I am at Mid Ohio Fiber Fair this weekend but these new colors will hit the shop some time next week! #handmade #cosmicpoppy #fiberjewels #woolandcopper

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Just a little over an hour left. It's a beautiful day in Kalamazoo!

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Fresh batches for the art fair this weekend! Come see me at Bronson Park where I will have a small table of goods amongst some other instructors and students from the KIA Kirk Newman Art School. I will also be demonstrating spinning on Saturday morning. #kiarts #kalamazooinstituteofarts #junejubilee #kickofftosummer #arthop #handmade #iteach #takeaclass

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Slowly, so very slowly, this piece is coming together. I just screwed up my prong setting so it may be back to the drawing board for the amethyst.

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These may be some of my favorite skeins ever. Period. #rawfleeceisbeautiful #rawfleece #handspun #spinnersofinstagram #corespinning

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Slow but steady progress on this one. I have 3 different pieces in the works right now. Really hoping to finish at least 2 this coming week! #lapidary #metalsmith #jewelryartist #laceagate

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This is one full bobbin. I wanted to let everything rest so there are basically 4 different corespun singles here in all natural tones. What you can see is some super lush alpaca custom blended with some gold angelina in a picker by @maegburkart and the most buttery soft brown merino sourced by @luckycatcrafts somewhere in there is a natural Betty batt too. I can't wait to get these set and start working with them! #naturalfiber #rawfleeceisbeautiful #rawfleece #bettybatt #bricolagestudios #spinnersofinstagram #spin15

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Planning phases. With any luck tomorrow this will be done in metal. It is really gratifying to not only be making fine jewelry again but also to be fabricating it specifically for stones I have cut. Thursdays are my day ti be a student and a full day of practicing my craft. #lapidary #metalsmith #takeaclass #kiarts #kalamazooinstituteofarts

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I love this photo from the other day. It reminds of those mushroom "upskirt" photos... Pretty fitting since the room this was photographed in is decorated with them. Spindling, this Saturday at Tillers International. Sign up today! #tillersinternational #takeaclass #iteach #dropspindle #spinnersofinstagram #spindling #spindleupskirt

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Spun up this lovely tonight. #spin #spinnersofinstagram #corespinning #bricobatts

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Just finished a massive update of OOAK batts in the shop. Link is in IG profile #bigcartel #bettybatts #fiberporn #fiberenabler #shopupdate #indiedyer #vintagecarder #fricke #strauch

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Falling in love with the first spindle I ever bought finally. I purchased this one before i even owned my wheel. If you wanna learn how to spin on a drop spindle, i am teaching a one day workshop at Tillers in a couple of weeks! #tillersinternational #takeaclass #dropspindle #turkishspindle #spin15in15 #spinnersofinstagram

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Another peek. :) hitting the shop tomorrow night! #bettybatts #shopupdate #fiberporn

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Great light today! Not much editing to do but i still have 8 more to photograph and had hoped to get handspun and jewelry done too. Look for a Monday update! #bricolagestudios #shopupdate #fiberenabler #fiberprep #spinnersofinstagram #bettybatts #vintagecarder

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Photographing for a massive batt update!