Hey! Go see JessaLu Knits and help her sweetie raise money to benefit their local community. It won’t cost you a penny. All you have to do is follow the link on her site to a local bank that is making grants to the non-profit organizations that win the most votes. One vote per person. [...]
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Take 2-plies, call me in the morning
Posted in Spinning on Jan 27th, 2010
Vera isn’t the only colorful thing catching my eye these days. While cleaning out the knitting baskets last week, I found a skein of handspun that I made last fall and never showed you. This is 4 ounces of Bonkers Fibers, 50/50 merino and tencel, spun into a fingering weight 2-ply. There’s roughly 325 yards [...]
It’s KmKat’s birthday today, one of those big ones. Go help her celebrate by making her laugh and you might win a little something she’s giving away.
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For the last week, I’ve had the fun of spinning with a wheel borrowed from a friend. It’s a Majacraft Gem, small and portable so I can pick [...]
A red letter day
Posted in Spinning on Aug 6th, 2009
Here’s my reward for a month of spinning.
I won a Team Crankypants! prize for participating in the 2009 Tour de Fleece (you spin every day that the Tour de France riders race). This is hand dyed Finn wool roving from Moonlightbaker Jen. This “Scarlet” colorway looks made for me. I’ve been carrying it around and [...]
Hey! Yesterday’s post was #200.
So what?
I don’t know so what, but two zeroes always seem significant so I thought I’d mention it.
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Tour de Fleece was great fun thanks to Cookie and Team Crankypants! We were the chattiest thread in the group and there was much foolishness to go along with some fabulous spinning. My goal [...]
Spin span spun
Posted in Spinning on Jul 26th, 2009
So yesterday’s spinning class was a blast. Eight of us, all with different wheels, all beginners and one poor teacher. She declared the class a success because nobody cried. It was pretty evenly divided between people who had never touched a wheel or a spindle before and others who had either had a class before [...]
Garden fiber
Posted in Spinning on Jul 24th, 2009
This is some CVM fiber that I spun this week as part of Tour de Fleece. CVM stands for California Variegated Mutant which is a rare breed of American sheep. The fiber was purchased at the last moment at the Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival after I thought I was done for the day. It’s [...]
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
So I finished plying the Coopworth/silk roving on Sunday, washed it up and thwacked it to set the twist. It came out much thinner than the merino I spun last week, just like I wanted. For about 24 grams (slightly less than an ounce) I ended [...]
It’s time for a glue up
Posted in Spinning, woodworking on Jul 13th, 2009
When last we visited, our intrepid woodworker was getting ready to glue up the end piece assembly on our porch rocker. The stiles, cross brace and arm rest were ready to be assembled and attached to the rocker base.
In the course of construction Jack decided to turn the tenons into wedge tenons. This involves making [...]
It’s blueberry season here and we went picking last week. As much as I like strawberries, I like blueberries even more. I gladly gave away many of the strawberries we picked earlier this year but have been jealously hoarding the blues. It’s so bad that I actually bought raspberries and peaches for Jack’s breakfast so [...]
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