Category: knitting
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One of the ongoing struggles in my making life is the balance of making for myself versus the podcast. Where in the conversation does the making fill my cup versus fit the needs of the podcast, and by extension, the teaching portion of Wool n’ Spinning. The gentle tug-of-war that goes on between what I…
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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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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. There has been much buzz around Casa de la Wool n’ Spinning regarding the end of summer and beginning of school. In the midst of all the discussion, though, there has been making! Oh, has there been making. Pulling stashed singles out, I measured and wove a length of fabric…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. Tour de Fleece is officially finished and I shared quite a bit of the spinning I accomplished over the past couple of shows. Today, I will finish sharing all those yarns and what each taught me. While on vacation, I finished the Oolong Tee by Amie Sher and after we…
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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 the idea of getting settled, clearing out as I unpack & sifting through tools that might not serve me anymore. I have a bit of progress on my Moon Set Tee and started the finishing process of several woven items that I collected during the…
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Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome All. In today’s episode, we explore the attributes of projects that call to us. How to discern what projects we think might work wih our wardrobe? Why we might choose a certain pattern over another? How to begin deciding which yarns to work with as we narrow down those projects. As…
