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August 20, 2015

This combo spin has been hanging out on my wheel(s) for a while … just being done as I want to work on it. Combo Spin :: Spunky Eclectic Polwarth in October 2014 Fibre Club “Hungry”…
August 17, 2015

There are many, many, many spinning approaches out there and each does the exact same thing: Spin fibre into yarn. There are any number of saxony, castle, Norwegian, modern, electric and spindle (Charkha, quill, etc) wheels,…
August 10, 2015

Per my agreement with my No. 1 partner (aka my husband), I am spinning from stash for much of the rest of the year. We have two festivals in the fall that I faithfully attend ::…
August 3, 2015

There are many posts out there about superwash yarn and how it is made. I think it’s important to be informed about the process, and like Bren says of the Snerb Yarn blog, then you can…
July 30, 2015

About a year ago, when Norah was really wee, I was driving through a southern Vancouver neighbourhood called The River District and found myself dreaming about baby toques. Problem was, once I started dreaming about it,…
July 28, 2015

This was a very fast spin but it sat on my bobbins forever. In an effort to clean them off for Tour de Fleece this year (2015), I decided to ply these up for Ply Days…
July 26, 2015

Thank you for listening to this slightly different format! As I mention in the episode, I am exploring different mediums to decide how I want to proceed with the podcast. For show notes, see below. If…

Previous Posts

September 19, 2011

Only good things can be said about this jacket. Only good. There is nothing about…
September 11, 2011

In Toronto in July, I went to the Jazz Festival in the Beaches. I love…
August 13, 2011

Amelia (designed by Laura Chau) has been in the back of my mind since a…
July 30, 2011

We’re home. Being away for the past 3 weeks was great – we visited with…
July 18, 2011

Taking off to the Rockies is one of our favourite things to do. We packed…