Category: process
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Recently, I was listening to a very well-known historian (Substack Link to Timothy Snyder in this particular interview I am referring here) about breaking things. The dsicussion was centred around the idea that it is, in fact, very easy to break things, no matter how brilliant one might think they are in the world and…
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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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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. 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. Today’s episode is a continuation of last episode’s rehash of Tour de Fleece Hommes and de Fleece Femmes: Spinning up my bin of deep stashed braids and spindling both my Haunuii-Silk blend and Sweet Georgia’s Spinning Sock 6-Pack (circa 2016). We also spent a week between the Tour in Jasper,…
