Spinning
My dear friend Lindsey started me off with spinning. One basic spinning class at the SAFF 2006 and I’ll never be the same. I have a Lendrum double treadle and a small hand spindle, but I gotta tell you, my spinning is much nicer on the spinning wheel.
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What is Roving?
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a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
Fiber fair? what’s a fiber fair?
Wooster, Ohio (Memorial Day Weekend)
"Fabulous Fiber Fest 2007"
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
August 17th - 19th, 2007
Asheville, North Carolina (October 26, 27, and 28)
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Spinning Results Over
the Last Few Months
the Last Few Months
Pumpkin Patch
Strawberry Kiwi
Gift Llama
Friday, January 25, 2008
New Hand Spindle
I have been salivating over the Golding Spindles for months now and surprise surprise I got one for Christmas. When I took this out of the box I nearly cried. Jeff is such a sweet heart.
Now I know why he was telling me not to spin up all the fiber I’d brought with me for our holiday in Arkansas.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Chinchilla? Yes, Chinchilla.
I purchased this fiber at the Santa Monica Fiber Fest. There I met a woman, who is enthusiastically promoting Chincilla Fiber. Apparently she is one of few who think Chinchilla a viable spinning fiber. So in order to get the ball rolling she is producing her own fiber and promoting it yourself.
Well it worked for me. The skein above was spun from a 4oz bag of fiber a Chincilla/Silk blend on my hand spindle and Andean plied. Its soft, oh so soft. I’m going to try to work it into a pair
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Baby Surprise Here We Come
Now the non-knitting reader may think that I’ve just made some sort of announcement about future generations of the Murphy/Jackman family, but this is not the case. Elizabeth Zimmerman designed an amazing sweater named the “Baby Surprise.” Sorry Mom no more grandchildren just yet.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Romney Wool in Beautiful Colors
This stuff is destine for a baby sweater. Is it cruel to give a baby a wool sweater when the wool is soft and wonderful or is it that its cruel to the parent. Maybe I’ve save this one for my own babies. We’ll see.
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