If you were stranded and limited to only three small spinning tools, what would you choose? What are the tools you can’t live without, at least this week? I have never grown out of playing ‘what if’ games. It’s just fun and I always want to know what other people would choose. I will add […]
It seems like at the beginning of the new year every spinner I know has the goal of spinning more. Me included! This year I want to spin 10 new-to-me-dyers and make 12 things for myself (some handspun some not). I have a favorite trick to get myself to spin more, it works for me […]
UPDATE: We have a winner! Chris P check your email! Woo-hoo it’s a fiber giveaway! My article about plying with color in the new issue of PLY was so much fun to write! My favorite part was spinning and knitting the samples, there are so many options it’s hard to stop. I know when […]
In the words of Lucinda Williams, ” I think I lost it Let me know if you come across it Let me know if I let it fall Along a back road somewhere…” My spinning, knitting and fiber mojo has left the building. I think about doing things, I make plans to do things, I […]
I love a good hardware store as much as I love a good book store. I can wander for hours exclaiming over all the doodads. There are so many things that can be used for other purposes, including spinning tools. I have four hardware store tools that I use for spinning that I wouldn’t want […]
Yes, you read that right. I take a brand new piece of equipment that costs between $30 & $50 and write on it. With a Sharpie. And it keeps me sane. My spinning tools are just that, tools that I use to make yarn. It took me a long time to finally break down […]
I am not a very patient person. I think that’s one of the reasons why I’ve shied away from hand prepping fiber. But now that I want to learn to hand prep I have to slow down and be patient. I knew that somewhere along the way it was going to be a struggle, and […]
You all knew I’d fall. Now I’m trying not to fall too hard too fast. I decided to process the portion of Bond fleece I have. I think it’s about two pounds. I made a plan, which includes not buying any more fleeces until I finish with this one. Did you see the plural in […]
Earlier this week I woke up wanting to process raw fleece. It’s not what I usually do, it’s not what I’m drawn to spinning-wise. I’m a commercially prepped, gorgeously hand dyed fiber kind of spinner. But lately I’ve been thinking about fleece. Actually the little fleece itch started this summer when I was wading between […]
