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Busy Busy
Hi folks I am a day late without even knowing it. Things around here have been busy. Saturdays are Farmers Market for us and that means Fridays are baking days; bread, butter tarts, lemon tarts, gingerbread cake, rhubarb cake, chocolate … Continue reading
Spinning mostly
I haven’t been felting much lately, other than teaching, but I have been doing some spinning. I borrowed a friends blending board to try making some fancy rolags to spin from. I used 2 shades of orange, a purple wool, some silk … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Fiber Preparation, Spinning, Uncategorized, Wool
Tagged blending board, sheep hair stick, spindle, spinning, top whorl spindle
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Thin Felt and Spinning
Last week at the well-being centre I made a sample of felt that would be suitable for a lampshade cover. We’ve spoken about it there before, and samples usually explain things a lot better than words. I used a blended … Continue reading
A Busy Guild Social
At my guild, Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ we have a large formal meeting with a program on the first Monday of the month and on all the other Mondays we have a casual social night. bring your wheel or knitting … Continue reading
Last weekend was a Demo at the Carp fair
This was another great demo weekend. It was cool to start and we got to wear our wool. Later we added it to the display. It was lovely and sunny. I was doing beads again and spinning on my drop … Continue reading
Posted in Beading, Demo, Fairs and Shows, Spinning, Uncategorized, Weaving, Wet Felting
Tagged demo, spinning, weaving, wet feltling
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Nuno Felt Scarves and Some Yarn
I managed to get couple more scarves done this week. I forgot to get shots of them before I wet them but here they are finished and drying. I lightened them so they are more the colour they will be when … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Nuno Felting, Scarves, Spinning, Uncategorized
Tagged embelishments, nuno, nuno felt, spinning, yarn
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I am Getting a New Drop Spindle.
There is a lady in my guild, Laurie, that make fabulous resin drop spindles. I was very tempted at our guild sale to get one but couldn’t decide and most were top whorl. You can see individual pictures on her etsy … Continue reading
