Tag Archives: spinning

Demo Last Weekend

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

This last weekend my guild did a Demo at the Carp Fair I went on the Sunday.  I took a blending board to make some more rollags. I had some hand cards with me and I had a spindle I … Continue reading →

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Spinning some yarn

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

I haven’t done much other than make meat pies for the farmers market the last week. It seems with cooler weather people want comfort food. So many Steak and Mushroom pies and Tourtiere pies have been made. I did finish … Continue reading →

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Spinning for the Guild Challenge.

Posted on August 28, 2017 by

IN June at the last meeting of the guild before summer a guild challenge was arraigned. It is called Fiber Poker.  the Ide is to get you out of your comfort zone and get you to try something different.  In … Continue reading →

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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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Different Weavings

Posted on March 25, 2017 by

I took a couple of my pencil roving mats, and some pencil roving waste,  to the Well Being centre a couple of weeks ago. We were talking about plaid and checks, and I’d mentioned the pencil roving waste and how … Continue reading →

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