As an “Amazing Race”:http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race9/ fan I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to join in on the “Amazing Lace”:http://amazinglace.licketyknit.com/ competition. My team mate in the competition will be the “Mystery Stole 2 – 2006.”:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mystery_Stole_2/ There is nothing like hitting two birds with one stone! I’ve done my “swatches,”:http://starzabove.com/article/first-worsted-stole-swatches-then-2nd-yukon-repeat decided on my needle size (US 4) and…
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Worsted, Swatches, and 2nd Repeat
So, remember that lovely Finn roving that we bought from the farm that we reserved fleeces from for Spring 2007? (Before we had our own sheep even.) Finally, after all of the farm hoopla, I managed to spin 2 bobbins full for plying. p=. And then, amazingly enough, I plied it into what will from…
Our Flock and other updates
Yes, life is crazier than before, but I can see it getting a bit more under control this week – thank goodness! Here are some notes, more for my records than anything else, but who knows, someone may find it of interest. Frankie Lee, our Romney ram from a prize winning bloodline started acting strange…
Wool for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
p=. I guess I ran myself ragged the past couple of weeks, reducing my immune system’s defenses to a mere baby gate, therefore I fell ill, at the worst of times, to the same bug that all of my kids had just finished passing around. 102+ degree (F) temperatures sure do shake the stuffing out…
Happy May Day 2006 – delayed
p=. _Purple Iris from our front yard._ Life has been a _RIDE_ lately. So, out of pure exhaustion, I’m going to attempt a sort of pictorial wrap-up, with more details to follow soon. The last day of April we went and met up with a group of local spinners at the gracious Sherry’s house. It…
My 2nd skein of handspun yarn goes to Mom
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Greencastle Fleece Fair 2006
Wow. wow. WoW. wOw. woW. WOW! My first fiber fair experience was AMAZING! Fabulous! Overwhelming! (in a good way) We went up Friday night (driving through horrible storms, but not the worst storms to go through the state, thank Goodness) and made it to the fairgrounds about 15 minutes before closing. It was just enough…