Category: fibre preparation
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For a while now, I’ve been struggling with the tension of whether purchasing yarn or not is ‘okay’ or ‘acceptable’ for me. Recently, I had a conversation with someone who was surprised that I don’t really have a commercial yarn stash to which I answered, “But wait ’til you see my handspun stash!” Whenever at…
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There is a tension between having the time for fibre preparation, spinning and getting to the finished cloth that has been weighing on my mind. How I determine where to spend my time is important in my output – what I spend my time on in my making determines what is finished and whether it…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we chat about being in transition and the season of making that offers us. As I move back into my space, there have been some challenges to getting things started, finished and worked on! Let’s chat about that transition time as a chance to reflect on what…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we explore what happens to our making when life is pretty full-on. Lot’s happening and not a lot of quiet time! Continuing with my daily practice of spinning on my charkha, which I plan to continue for Spindle Spun Season (starting soon!), I have found that those…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. Over the past couple of weeks, I dove into the stash that I had packed and brought with me while living out of our home: A spindling project, knitting and continued progress on my MellyKnits Delightful Advent. All relatively large projects but stashed for a while – how does that…
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Dear Spinning Circle, We had a lip-sync issue in the Live Stream and I’ve edited the video post-stream. Hopefully it will be easier to watch! It’s not PERFECT but it’s close: There were a few technical difficulties during the show and I didn’t share my YEAR OF MAKING YARN 2025 with you all! It can…
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SweetGeorgia Combo, Daschel Spin, Vintage Sweater, Bitmap Towels & More! | Wool n’ Spinning, ep. 327
Dear Spinning Circle, This fall is moving along as breakneck speeds! We have been at my mom’s place for almost a month now and things are moving along with the house quickly. There hasn’t been a lot of time for making but I’ll share with you what I have been making, as well as, some…
