Tag Archives: Arts

Merry Christmas!! Today was doubly great because 1) I started the new practice wool – the Falklands – and it is dreamy and 2) husband Mick got me a gift card to The Woolery for Christmas! The new wool is … Continue reading →

Hooray!! The H57 is done!! Spun, plied, and hanging to dry. I have three remaining practice wools: half a pound of Falkland, half a pound of Blue-faced Leicester (yes! again!) and 4 ounces of organic Polwarth. I’ve already decided to … Continue reading →

Tonight was sort of frustrating – it was my “tired night” instead of Wednesday, due to tomorrow being Christmas Eve and some Wednesday things got shifted to today. BUT I got my spinning practice in. I’ll be glad wen I’ve … Continue reading →

I fooled around some more today with my drafting technique, trying to use shorter movements to get the same thin even singles (the technical term for single-ply spun wool) that I’ve been doing with my semi-log draw. Why? So I … Continue reading →

It was really nice today to have time to spin more/longer than I can manage during the week. I spun a whole bobbin today of the H57 – that leaves just one more bobbin and I’ll have finished all of … Continue reading →

Today I finished the 2nd bobbin of H57 and plied the two together. It came out very well. The twist looks really good. However, even though I weighed the wool out and they were the same, I still came out … Continue reading →

It’s probably not a good idea to spin when you are in a hurry. Or stressed. BUT if I was going to get it in today, that’s what it had to be. And honestly, the act of sitting down at … Continue reading →

Tonight’s practice was a little shorter than usual, but I still got in almost a half hour. While I was spinning I started thinking about what I will do with this yarn – the 2 ply is good enough to … Continue reading →

Wednesdays are my tiredest days. I get home late, and if I’m going to have challenges with spinning it seems like they most often happen on a Wednesday. Today was a good example of that. I started a new bobbin, … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking more about the comparison of my spinning practice to martial arts practice (last night’s reference to white belt work). It seems like a pretty apt comparison. Years ago, when I studied martial arts, we practiced simple movements … Continue reading →