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Rachel Smith

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  • Episode 55: Gradient spin, shoreline & carded colour

    Thank you for tuning in today! Thank you especially to the Patreon supporters of the show – your support keeps the show going week-to-week. I’ve started another CTA bin spin  that I am spinning across the…

  • Episode 53: Mardi gras, tiny cardigan & more colour

    Thank you for tuning in this week! I chat about my newest spin in progress from Kinfolk Yarn & Fibre, a teaser is shared about Wool n’ Spinning Radio, a cardigan for Norah from some old…

  • A Restful Time.

    In nursing, there is always a lot of discussion about ‘burnout’ and ‘caregiver fatigue’. Burnout can exist for many reasons and causes stress, anxiety and altered sleep patterns. In my career, I’ve experienced burnout once and…

  • crossbreed wool

    As spinners and knitters (and weavers and … ), we are often very concerned about the ‘breed’ of our fibre. It’s natural with all of the recent information out there about wool, production and environmental impacts,…

  • fear.

    Given a chance to plan out a new spinning project, I often look through my stash to be inspired, find something I’ve forgotten about and allow the creative juices to flow. I think about the wheel…

  • process.

    What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but the next day there is an idea. I…

  • sharing our making is so important because …

    There was an interesting idea that I encountered floating around at work and home that I thought really captured the reasons why we do what we do in the our slow making. Some of this came…

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