Spinning brings you joy and your videos bring me joy!!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

Possible topics: talk about funnies that occur at your job. Of course no names. Talk about your metal music and the different genres you enjoy. Talk about your beginnings of what got you into spinning and the different breeds you have local. Talk about your adventures when your husband and you go to the lovely places and what you discover and learn.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

Yay for chaos goblin spinning joy! This is a delight.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you :D

Thank you so much for whatever content you create, which is very informative, and entertaining, I find you to be very intelligent, entertaining, and have a lot of get up and go which I need! Please don’t be apologetic for what you produce or how you produce it. I love it anyway I can get it. I enjoy your channel very much and learn from you. Thank you so much!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ♥️

Every time I watch one if your videos I want to play with my handspun yarn. Had to pause to wash 2 skeins I spun earlier because they were looking at me 😂 thankyou for the parasocial crafting club you provide

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Parasocial crafting club high five!

@saraht855

5 ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden I'll bring the cookies next time:)

Hooray! Still spindle spinning!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

🥳

Yay!! Love spindles!!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Yay 😁

I'm so glad you are still able to spin with your special spinning bowl. I find that breaking a piece of pottery that I’ve used and loved for a long time feels like losing a dear friend. Thanks for your information about the sheep breeds you are spinning. I think you are keeping alive everything and everyone from the past who valued and used the wool these sheep provide. I hope you are finding time in your busy season to enjoy some February spinning. harpingJanet

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

That's beautiful. I like keeping alive this bit of heritage ♥️

From one Chaos Goblin to another, just keep being you!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

♥️

So fun!!!! Abundance! I love the yellow yellow flemish wool

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Me too 😁

Lovely yarn minis and a well mended spindle bowl, a very good month!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

I love to go thrift shopping. The skirt was a great find. And I enjoy all your episodes. Keep spinning. Keep spinning. 😊

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Just keep spinning, just keep spinning :D

You looked stressed January 4th, good thing you had some spindle spinning to unwind! ❤

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Spindles are always there for me ♥️

I know the challenge has ended but figured conversational topics can always come in handy… Food: foods specific to certain occasions in Flanders - examples: So many people doing e ‘gourmet’ for New Year’s eve. The ice cream lamb for First Communion celebrations. Etc… Music: specific for certain occasions, the weird and wonderful(?) world of Schlager music, which has surprisingly many things in common with country music if you take the lyrics into consideration… or: individual music preferences, how they clash with one’s image in other people’s minds (I’m a 54-year old metalhead whichever you’d never guess by the way I dress) Other hobbies besides fibre arts Gardening philosophy - and perhaps options for the windowsill What to do with scraps - food scraps, fabric scraps, odds and ends of yarn or fibre Thrifting -clothes, household items, etc - even ‘thrifting’ plants in the sense of gifting plants you’re tired of, making and gifting cuttings The trend of flowers bred for colour, size and length of the flowering cycle vs scent (a pet peeve of mine), mixing flowers, vegetables and herbs in a border in order to keep all the plants healthy, keeping food plants for aesthetic reasons, … goes back to gardening philosophy. Slow/mindful living - how spinning and/or crafting fits in there Quirks of Flanders Religious festivals and their history, perhaps applicable to Flanders/The Netherlands The culture of music festivals More information about heritage sheep/wool breeds Which fibre do you despise spinning? Future dream spin/knit “If I never had to work a day in my life I would…” Who you’d like to spend an hour/day with (historical figures famous people, dead or alive) “If you found 10/20/100 USD/Euro on the street and get to keep them, what would you do with that money?” Give a gift, or receive a gift, what would you prefer and why? Anything Chaos Goblin

possible topics!? so far i have loved seeing u spin,dye and knit. love all your content. glad to hear u are better by now with your illness. Do u have everything u ever wanted in the world of spinning? or sewing. i want an electric spinner. what do u wish to have that u dont already have?? just curious. maybe talk on that? i love watching u spin and talk to us.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips 😁

HI Jente, I hope you're continuing to feel better xx ❣️❣️❣️⚘️⚘️ Thankyou so much for sharing your "Goblin Chaos " and your 100 days Spinning Challenge video podcast. I love the colours of your Fleeces and your Handspun Yarns look amazing and so squishy. 🎉🎉🧶🧶 Can't wait to see what you make with them. I'm so glad that you managed to mend your Spinning Bowl. If you think you're going to be short of time to do the video podcasts, you could make some videos and put them out on your usual Wednesday evenings. Was just a thought 🤔🤔🤔 Happy Spinning Sweet Fibre Friend 🎡🎡🐑🐑🥰🥰 Take care, stay safe and warm 🤗🌝🔥 Lots of love and Big Hugs to you and Dries Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕 Love the skirt ⚘️⚘️⚘️

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Jen ☺️

@jenniferbrighty5120

5 ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden Hi Jente, you're very welcome xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥ Sending Heart ♥ back to you ❤️💞⚘️ Take care, stay safe and warm 🤗🌝🔥 Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂⚘️⚘️🐕

loving the goblin skirt and the goblin vibes.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Goblin vibes best vibes 😎

You look beautiful walking in the snow with your husband. I love your content. Thank you xx

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

This viedo was so fun, I loved every second of it! Lots of luck finding time for the rest of the challenge!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

I think it's really nice that your usual sheep are just there to graze. Like, even when it's not about profit, we're still part of the same ecosystem, you know? (Also I'm so glad the bowl is okay, it's heartbreaking when beloved things break)

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

In my city there's two flocks that graze, one for the nature reserve, and one just for grassy borders, and I love that the city has decided to use sheep instead of industrial lawnmowers.

@linr8260

5 ай бұрын

​@@MijnWoldenomg yes that's amazing I wish they did the same here

I love your videos!!! I am so sorry you were not well. Glad you are feeling better. I am trying to keep up with the 100 days of spindle spinning but I have so many other projects (knitting and quilting) that I forget some days. Just do what brings me joy each day. I am so impressed with your plying on the spindle. I had a friend ask me to show them but I’ve not done it yet. BTW, your colorwork cardigan is gorgeous!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

This the first time that I have heard the amount of singles on your spindle as a 'bird's nest', I've always heard it called 'cop'. I have done several shawls, hats, and mittens with my spindle spun yarn. I'm currently working on 2 sweaters being made from my wheel spun (hand-spun) yarn. I will probably make a colour-work sweater with my spindle spun yarn in the future.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Oh but cops are cops, it's the combed fiber that I call a birds' nest 😁

So glad ro see you spinning. I'm still going strong in the spinning challenge. Your hanks look great! I shared a few skeins on my community tab.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

I'll take a look! 🏃‍♀️

@MarquitasKnottyCrush

5 ай бұрын

@MijnWolden thank you! I'm a beginner so I'd you have any pointers or tips please chime in and share! You're very skilled and I really admire your work.

Finally watched this. You published it when i was behind the great firewall of China. Actually traveling in Tibet. So i used your video to experiment with my new tibetan yak fibers i got. (yes I have fibers from ladakhi and tibetan yaks now, yes they are a different breed) I failed completely on the challenge but am happy to see you strive. Have a great day

@MijnWolden

4 ай бұрын

And tomorrow there shall be part three of the challenge vlogs :D (the yak fibers sound so exotic!)

I am also doing the spindle challenge. I missed three days each in December and January. I am doing pygora goat fiber on a supported spindle. It's such a short staple it works well with the support spindle. As much as we look forward to your chaos videos weekly is a lot of work for one channel let alone two. Maybe monthly is easier so you don't burn out.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Luckily my husband does most of the work for the history hikers, I just have to lend my voice for voice overs. 😅

Yay! the bowl survived 😊 your dog is looking super fluffy. Is it time to make some handspun puppy floofs yet ❤🐕

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Already did so! But will do so in the Future too

A 4 euro wool skirt find is the best! My favorite pants that i wear all winter are wool pants that i got secondhand for 15 euros and new they would have been 200-300 euro new as well

@resourcedragon

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I was looking at the skirt and thinking that it looked like a top quality piece.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

I'm the weirdo that's looking at the tags in the thriftstore and needs to surpress a shriek whenever it says 100% wool, or in this case 100% schurwolle. 😁

You have spun infinitely more with spindles in January than I have. Also in December. Your illness in early January makes me realise how lucky those of us in the tropics are - we just don't get battered by influenza viruses in winter to the extent that you do. (Yeah, we do get some mosquito borne stuff, particularly in the wet season and that's no fun, and the cyclones in the wet season aren't any fun, either but that's another story.) If you're looking for topics, I enjoy a good rant/discussion of a topic that catches your interest. As a "for instance", take a saying that has gained a certain amount of popularity, such as "people get the governments they deserve" (or "people get the governments they tolerate" - there's a variety of versions) and then shred it. Obviously, only do this if the topic interests you or gets you hot under the collar or whatever. Your chaos goblin chatter worked just fine.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

As a Belgian: which of our 7 governments do you mean? 😂

@resourcedragon

5 ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden: Choose your (least) favourite! I had a bit of a written rant on the topic in regard to a video that was about the parlous state of life for LGBTQ+ people in Russia. One of the comments in one thread was "people get the government they tolerate." I replied that that makes a lot of assumptions, like that there are actual fair and free elections that aren't gerrymandered, and that voters aren't suppressed. It assumes that there is an actual choice, not just the Shit Party and the Shit Lite Party. It assumes that the media are able and willing to give voters accurate information about the candidates and parties on offer. It assumes that the media aren't censored. All of that is just for starters. All too often I don't think voters actually have good choices and so I don't think that the citizens of a country can be blamed for the state it is in, given that there are so many things that make it difficult for citizens to get changes for the better.

This is so inspiring! I don't have the time to do a challenge like this bc I work full time and committed all my spare time to a different big project, but this series of yours makes me want to start spinning when that project is done. One idea for things to talk about in future videos are your dream projects--things you would make if you had infinite time/resources/skills?

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Working full time is what makes this challenge hard for me too... Damn this capitalist society 😅

Upbeat music from the beginning sounds like the land down under song. Is that a subtle hint for some Australian yarn in the future? 😮

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Euuuuuuh maybe?

Topics of conversation - what you would do if you won the lottery. who would you love to meet if you could meet anyone (dead or alive).

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

I checked, unfortunately neither the Flemish Sheep nor the Belgian Milk Sheep are in the Fleece and Fibre sourcebook :( Very glad to see your spinning bowl still spins smoothly! Your supported spindle also looks very cool, where did you get it? (I've been trying to find a European seller of supported spindles that are not completely out of budget and also actually in stock for a good while now..) Please take it easy in February! I'd rather not have a video than have one with the knowledge that you are a stressed out, burnt out Jente!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

How dare they. Is there even any Belgian breed in there? Kempisch heideschaap, mergellandschaap, entre sambre et meuse?? I got my spindle from Something Else by Else Marie on a fair, but don't think she has them on her webshop. It is a struggle to find them with European sellers indeed...

I didn’t know about this! What a great idea…. maybe next year they will do it again? Or maybe I can just do this myself altho more fun in a crowd :-) New subscriber! Really like your “vibe” 😁

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

You could always join along during tour de fleece 😁

@lynneeie5226

5 ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden Good idea!

Your snow looks Magical! I wish I could walk in the snow in hand knits but it doesn't snow where I live 😕

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Like never?

@Cate-and-Maddielion

5 ай бұрын

Yeah pretty much never. It gets cold enough in winter but it is very dry in winter. Snow has fallen in my city 3 times in my life, once when I was about 8 we got a few cm and it collected on the ground. The other times it was a few flurries of flakes that only lasted minutes.

How do u join the skein ends when u are knitting?? thank u. i love your precious self friend. so cute and so much fun. i am an old great granny. i enjoy your hubby and u and your content. love spinning. love my drop spindles more than my spinning wheel but i am getting it with the spinning wheel. thank u for your fun channel.

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Spit splicing is the answer!

@deniseodaniels7356

5 ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden oh good. thank u.

It's March 1st and my Christmas tree is still standing

@MijnWolden

4 ай бұрын

Die hard christmastree lover :D

Today is 10 Feb and we JUST took our Christmas tree down! 😂❤ No judgement about yours still being up on 9 Jan! Do you have a bulky flyer on your Ashford Traditional?!? I think I need one too now!

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Yes, my traditional came with the bulky flyer when I got it, I actually had to purchase the regular one separately

What are these closed captions?!😂 did you write them? Because they are awesome

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

I do write them myself indeed 😁

Your videos are fab! Thank you for making them. I have a question: how do you/do you clean your combs and carders? Also, do you prefer spinning cleaned floof or floof in the grease? What have you found to be the differences/pros/cons of each way? 😊

@MijnWolden

5 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️