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Recovery Work
Early last week I went in for the second of several rounds of oral surgery that my lovely periodontist has planned for me. He says we may get to delay the rest of them indefinitely, which is just fine with … Continue reading
Playing Catch-Up With Spring
Spring is later than usual in the PNW this year. I guess that’s what we get for enjoying all that extra snow! So the usual early spring flowers have been playing catch-up over the last week, the trees are adding … Continue reading
Midwinter
I’m sure you’ve heard how dreary Seattle is during the winter months. Rainy. Cloudy. Oppressive. Sad. All totally true. Which is why I’ve been loading up on the Vitamin D supplements and waiting patiently for just one at least partially … Continue reading
Tidbits
I bet y’all are a little bored of so many spinning adventures in a row. So let’s return to the land of knitting, shall we? I’m playing with color there too, with a little texture thrown in for good measure. … Continue reading
Continuing Color Play
Today’s post is a continuation of the theme from the last one – spinning colorful yarn from hand-dyed fiber. (And for the record, no, we didn’t blow away. We didn’t even lose power. I think it’s because we were prepared … Continue reading
Spinning Color
I’m sitting at my computer in the semi-dark middle of the day, with the rain pelting my house and the wind alternating between whipping around like a wild thing and falling eerily silent. The lights and heating are on at … Continue reading
Spinning Experiment: Alpaca – Round Three
For my third experimental sample of the alpaca fleece, I decided to drum card the fiber and spin it using my default worsted drafting method. This is as close to commercially prepped fiber as I can get using hand tools. … Continue reading
Randomly on a Thursday
I hear that summer is in full swing in most parts of the northern hemisphere. We got a few weeks of summer-like weather, then it turned spring-like again. That’s not stopping us from going outside though. (More on that in … Continue reading
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Spinning Experiment: Alpaca – Round Two
For my second sample skein of alpaca spun from a recently acquired fleece, I prepped the fiber by combing it. (Find the first sample skein experiment here.) This opens up the ends, separates the strands a bit, and disengages any … Continue reading
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Leveling Up
One of the joys of working with already prepared fiber is that you get to skip the dirty work. You just simply sit down with your wheel or spindle and start spinning. But most well-advanced spinners will say that at … Continue reading