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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 […]

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 […]