Dear Spinning Circle,
Welcome to another stream!
Live Stream: Tuesday, February 20th @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm GMT
Direct YouTube Link here
Quick Access to Events & Information in the community:
- Recent Tutorial on how to use Ravelry & Slack – requests were made for help!
- Ketchup & Pickles for February 2024 here
- Welcoming 2024 Post here: Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study
- Year of Yarn 2024 Syllabus here
- Welcoming 2024 for The Wool Circle & Spinning Staples here
Queries & Explorations is diving deep into creating structurally sound joins in our yarns, including on the wheel & spindles. For more information, check out the Queries tier on Patreon here.
In the show today …
Spinning
WoolieBullie Columbia roving {Ravelry Project Page here} – turquoise, raw roving, roughly dyed; attenuating aggressively; started spindling but no progress
R-r-ripping & Re-Knitting
Snow Crocus by Midori House (pattern avail here) – Cascade 220 Heathers w/Garnstudio DROPS Kid-Silk in yellow; 5.00mm needles {Ravelry Project Page here}
Knitting
Field Day Cardigan by Ozetta: Hailey {Ravelry Project Page here} – Corriedale Capstone Project yarn {Ravelry Project Page here} on 3.5mm / US 4
Winters Beach Cardigan by Andrea Mowry (pattern avail here) – Estelle Yarns Eco Tweed DK (yarn sale); 4.00mm/US6 & 4.5mm/US {Ravelry Project Page here}
Finished Objects
WPI Toque by Rachel Smith Anderson (pattern avail here) – Ancient Arts Fibre Arts Polwarth in Scottish Mist (Ravelry Handspun Page here), 3.00mm/US2.5 needles {Ravelry Project Page here} – modified to a tubular 1×1 rib cast on – ONGOING TESTING, Please contact rachel @ welfordpurls [dot] com for PDF
Community Participation
As always, thank you to those who share in the community, uploading photos and thoughts about what you are working on! I appreciate it – it’s my pleasure to be able to share!
Thank you so much for joining me today!
Until then, Happy Making!

