Category Archives: Spinning

Spinning at the Medieval Fair.

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

Last Sunday I went to the medieval for to be part of the demo at our local Medieval fair. It is always fun. Here I am spinnign some of the rolags I told you about in this post. It looks like … Continue reading →

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Busy Busy

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

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 →

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Spinning mostly

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

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 →

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Thin Felt and Spinning

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

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 →

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A Busy Guild Social

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

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 →

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Last weekend was a Demo at the Carp fair

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

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 , , , | 18 Comments

Nuno Felt Scarves and Some Yarn

Posted on August 19, 2016 by

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 , , , , | 16 Comments