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Spin spin
I’ve been busy busy on the spinning wheel. I got 8oz of alpaca roving spun over the last two weeks or so and with some new technology (a hand crank bobbin winder and five storage bobbins) and some advice (replace drive band), I got it off the wheel and plied it in a day on […]
Busy busy
Things have been busy. I say that a lot. Last week and this weekend was particularly busy, getting back into the swing of work last week and then adventures this weekend. So this weekend I went to a spinning meetup, where I got some great advice on adjusting my wheel, had a great time and […]
Fiber fiber fiber stuffs
This is from the past month or so, I haven’t been posting about projects because I’ve been busy busy. So this scarf was the first major project I started on, technically back in September. I bought the roving at the sheep and wool festival because it reminded me of persona 5, which is one of […]
Potato potato potato
As always happens when I harvest potatoes, I think of this song. This was all yesterday. I knew the piece of equipment that I needed to dig the potatoes but it had a bar mounted instead of the sweep it should have been so I texted dad about it. He was off helping set concrete so […]
Current works
I made a whole bobbin of yarn on my spinning wheel. I finally got it off and here’s a picture. There’s some definite variation but that roving is actually kinda hard to work with for some reason. I can’t figure it out but it’s my test roving for everything. If I learn to spin on […]
A little bit of things
Today I went to a lovely spinning guild thing where a local farm has a yarn shop and she hosts local folks and fiber artists for some spinning and knitting. It was great. Lots of fiber talk, a cute dog and I got to watch people spin and got some ideas on how to improve […]
Neat things
Coolest thing: I can grow peanuts! They don’t have the biggest pods but look at them! They had full seeds inside so now they just need to cure and hopefully I can dry them for growing next year. I do want to try roasting the but I’m more concerned about saving the seeds for replanting […]
I have a spinning wheel!
It’s mine! I went to the local Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival on Saturday specifically for the equipment auction. I was hoping I could get something for under 200 dollars, which is maybe a quarter of the price of a new one. Cheap new spinning wheels go for 600 on the low end and 800 […]