Archive for the 'Spinning' Category



All this stuff came running along behind me and there was no way I could stop it

Published on June 23, 2008

When I got home from my trip to Vulcan’s Rest yesterday, Pop asked me, “Alright, how much yarn did you buy?”  and he had a look on his face that was all, “We’re up to our asses in wool, you’re buying it faster than you can knit it, your time would be better spent in the […]


Spinning makes my back hurt

Published on June 5, 2008

And if I was smarter, I would stop sooner.   But, clearly, I’m not.  And I didn’t. Proof.     Just plied Sakina Needles merino superwash, oddly (at least in this picture) named “Lavender.”   Huh? Well, those that use a flyer with hooks can place the colors “just so” and all of them could show.  I […]


Old enough to know better

Published on May 27, 2008

But apparently, not smart enough!! Remember me posting about my glorious day on Sunday?     Peace and quiet, house to myself? I grabbed up the wheel and fiber, a cold drink, went outside into the glorious sunshine and spun and spun and spun. Wonderful. Painful.   Damn fool.  My shoulders are redder, but more difficult to photograph! […]