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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…