Weavers and fabric lovers spend countless hours admiring fabrics. We have our favorites. Sometimes we can pinpoint why a certain fabric attracts us but most of the time we have no idea why. We just feel something. Our eyes, our skin, our soul gets that strange tickle and we connect. I used to think it… Continue reading Exalting the Humble Homespun Cloth
Category: Uncategorized
Moving Towards New Horizons: Yes I Can!
This past summer was a particularly productive spinning season for me. I processed a couple of fleeces, did some spin-alongs with the Ravelry family, and even read through a few books as I blissfully spun hundreds of yards of yarn on my spindles and wheels. Spinning yarn in all the various fibers is a true… Continue reading Moving Towards New Horizons: Yes I Can!
Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do
I've been making. Yes! my crafty fire still burns as bright as ever. I feel like I am in such a whirlwind of ideas at the moment. Inspiration to create new things is flooding me from all directions. I want to do more and more. This year has been filled with unexpected changes both at… Continue reading Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do
When You Spot a Unicorn: Betty Roberts Spinning Wheel
I first saw one of Betty Roberts’ wheels in 2007 in a Google Search. She uses exotic woods to make her double accelerator-wheel style spinning machines. What makes these wheels truly unique is that Betty painstakingly inlays each wheel with beautiful natural flora, insects, and even rattlesnake tails and porcupine quills she finds near her home… Continue reading When You Spot a Unicorn: Betty Roberts Spinning Wheel
Oh, This Old Thing?: Flax Wheel
It's been 11 years now since I bought my first spinning wheel. I can remember scouring the internet during this "Renaissance Spinning Era" digging up all the information I could find about wheels. I had just moved to northern Indiana from college and had finally landed a full-time job. My first wheel was an old… Continue reading Oh, This Old Thing?: Flax Wheel
Smiles and Sparkles with Knits and Spins
September was a month with lots of knitting and spinning on-the-go. I literally took a project with me to school, BSF, restaurants, and everywhere else. I am so done with hiding away one of my dearest past times passions for the sake of appearing conventional. I have truly enjoyed the liberation and made some new… Continue reading Smiles and Sparkles with Knits and Spins
Wait but There’s More
I did get a little housekeeping done. The Tour De Fleece skeins are finally washed. There was so much to wash that I just filled up my kiddie pool, added a little Dr. Bronners Castle Soap and gave them a swirl to set the twist. I bought some stuff. I bought a lot of… Continue reading Wait but There’s More
Spinning Under the Influence: Artsy Yarn
Every since I joined a few Ravelry spinning groups last month I've been under a bit of a trance with my spinning. No, stranger to color it was only natural that I would see Inglenook fibers and need to spin some. They have the most imaginative colorways. I decided to follow the technique of the Ravelry… Continue reading Spinning Under the Influence: Artsy Yarn
I Still Sew: Cappuccino Dress
I've been meaning to sew for a while now, really. I haven't forgot. Lately my spinning mojo has been in control. There was this one pattern though that was able to snap me out of my spinning trance for a brief moment, the cappuccino dress by Oliver & Co. I caught on to the Portfolio… Continue reading I Still Sew: Cappuccino Dress
Me Too: Joining the 2017 Tour De Fleece Spin-a-long
I had only heard of this event a few months ago perhaps in someone's podcast. I have a vague idea of what the event inspiration Tour De France is. The thought of setting some personal spinning goals and spending most of July treadling my wheels intrigued me. I decided to participate in two Ravelry forums: Sweets Off the Wheel… Continue reading Me Too: Joining the 2017 Tour De Fleece Spin-a-long