Dear Spinning Circle,
Whew! November started off with a bang! We are settled at my mom’s house for the next number of months – four at least – and getting into our new routine. The weather is cooler and I have a lot to share with you this time!
The Remembrance Day assembly at James’ new high school was absoltuely beautiful. Rebecce mentioned on The Wool Circle last week that cadets isn’t something our American friends are familar with so I thought I would include a photo (below) of some of the kids in James’ school who are cadets and wore their uniforms that day to honour the fallen, currently serving and their own brigades:
A lot has been released already this month, please check the Slack Channel #general for updates & links, as well as Ketchup & Pickles (housekeeping) here. This month is PACKED FULL of great info for you all!
Direct YouTube Link here
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YouTube Playlists for Episodes 325 – 335 here
YouTube Playlists for Episodes 314 – 324 here
YouTube Playlists for Episodes 303 – 313 here
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Remember that beginning November 2025, Dionne will host a monthly ZOOM group (Colour Maniacs Zoom). This will be available for patrons in the Spinning Staples ZOOM group tier, as well as, the Studious Spinner tier, on Patreon. Space will be limited.
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Dionne, Rebecca and Rachel were joined by Melissa Goulet of MellyKnits to discuss the nuances of wool processing and blending. There is an idea out there that if we blend and blend and blend, that fibres will just go together and combine. It’s not widely discussed that some fibres just won’t blend together, no matter what we do with them and no matter how many times we put them through a carder or comb on combs. Often fibres like silk and alpaca blend well with wool of any kind – it’s some of the fibres that are less common that we have trouble with.
Listen to Wool n’ Spinning Radio where you listen to your audio podcasts or here. RSS feed for the show is here.
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There is a lot going on in the community at the moment – please take a moment to read over the Ketchup & Pickles (Housekeeping) post for this month. Please leave comments with questions so that I can help you navigate! Remember that the On-boarding call this month will be Wednesday, November 26 @ 6pm Pacific. Check Patreon the day before for links.
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Textured Yarn Spinning – Corespun, Supercoils & Boucle
Rebecca is continuing to explore all the textued yarn spinning in The Wool Circle – she covered an amazing Supercoil Beaded yarn this past week, along with an incredible boucle that she washed, prepped & spun from fleece.
There are copious resources in the community of previous teaching content on this yarn. Check it all out below! And, watch the most recent Wool Circle here.
Resources:
- Introduction to Textured Yarns & Corespinning | The Wool Circle, here
- Supercoils | The Wool Circle, here
- Corespinning How-To | The Wool Circle, here
- Corespinning Nuances: Plying & Supercoils | The Wool Circle, here
- Corespun & Coils | 51 Yarns SAL, here
- Corespun & Coils PDF | 51 Yarns SAL, here
- Corespun 2-ply | How I Spin, here
- Supercoils | How I Spin, here
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SPINDLING
MellyKnits October 2024 Guts – CVM / Gulf Coast Native / Bombyx Silk – 70g left to spin myself from 30g sample for Melissa – spongey, perfect for spindles & fast {Ravelry Project Page here}
SPINNING
Bramble Ridge Polwarth in ‘Seaside Sheep’ – Majacraft Suzie Pro, 27:1; broke into 3 piles & pre-drafted for air & loft; eventual 3-ply {Ravelry Project Page here}
KNITTING
Regency Wools Ladies & Mans Cardigan – No. 13 – Combo Targhee & Silk spin – 3.75mm (US 5) & 3.00mm (US 2.5) {Ravelry Handspun Page here & Project Page here}
WEAVING
Brassard 8/2 Cotton – summer & winter structure; white, gold, dark purple, mauve pale; 16EPI x various PPI for different weaving motifs {Ravelry Project Page here}
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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!
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Thank you so much for joining me today!
Until then, Happy Making!
