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Oct
20

Rhinebeck, 2008

We took a whirlwind trip to Rhinebeck over the weekend (we left Saturday afternoon and came back late last night…or early this morning, depending on your point of view!) I was determined not to buy anything to spin, as I haven’t spun anything I got at Hemlock yet, and I have to confess that [...]

Jan
30

Never Too Late

This is my great, great Aunt Amy learning to spin. She turned 90 almost two years ago. I hope I got her genes, and that I’m still learning new things 60 years from now!

Sep
23

Fiber Festival ‘07 Loot!

Here’s what I got at the festival:

At the top of the basket, two bean soup mixes from Healthy Sisters’ Soup & Bean Works and one of two 4 oz. hanks of hand-painted merino from High Bid Farms (the other is already half spun on my wheel – which is at the shop or I would [...]

Jul
25

A Very Crafty Update

Apparently, a shawl I knit four years ago has generated some interest at Knitting Daily. How exciting! But when I clicked the link to my own page, I realized that all of my actual current projects weren’t even mentioned on my current projects list. So, without further ado, here are my current [...]

Jul
14

Pink Smooshy Yarn

Check out the pink smooshy yarn I made!

It’s pretty darn bulky all plied up – around 9 or 10 wpi depending on where you measure, as I’m not the most consistent spinner yet. I wound up with 188 yards split into two skeins about 84 yards apiece and a tiny skein of 20 yards [...]

Jun
20

Addicted.

This past Saturday, my mom and I went to the spinning guild meeting. I have to confess, after all of the excitement of learning how to spin, discovering that the spinning guild meets in my town and being given a wheel of my own, spinning kind of fell off the map in terms of [...]

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