p=. _Lily of the Valley from our front yard._ Mom hasn’t tried the spinning wheel, yet, so I spun up some of the two-colored romney on 2 bobbins, and plied them together for her. Once again it’s a bulky yarn, but I do love how the colors switched and blended. It came out to be…
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Sirdar Baby Girl Bolero
Lincoln’s Mom’s Spinning Wheel
This is interesting… p=. Well, it’s not neccessarily the wheel she used, but one like it. This was from the Summer of ’2003, when “Debbie”:http://sternski.com/debbie and the kids came out for a visit. After about killing our kids out in the mid-summer sun and humidity of the midwest, we took this PacNorWesters to the Lincoln…
Ribbed Eyelet Baby Hat
Em’s Jelly Bean Striped Socks
We reserved fleece for next spring
After “Melanie”:http://pinklemontwist.blogspot.com mentioned reserving a fleece for next spring it made me think …. with all of these angora bunnies around here, we are going to need some wool to send out to be processed to make a blend. I’ve found a place to send them out for processing, the “Wooly Knob”:http://www.woolyknobfibermill.com/ here in Indiana,…
Sage green wool on the spinning wheel
Em’s magic stripe sock No. 1 – the toe
My first skein of yarn on spinning wheel
Spinning has ‘clicked’
Wow, what a difference a day can make! Kate, a great gal from our local knitters and spinners group, is amazing! I went from a frustrated maybe-one-day-I’ll-be-a spinner to a very excited spinner! She was so patient and had great tips (and helped me figure out a few mistakes I was making) on Saturday when…