Tag Archive for 'spinning'

spun-zen

For anyone considering buying a wheel, I highly recommend it.  I know I’ve been using a borrowed wheel for the past *cough* year now, but having a wheel of your own?  Is awesome.

I also highly recommend buying on at a fiber festival.  Because when you buy a wheel at a fiber festival?  People treat you like you just had a BABY. More »

procrastination

I should be taking care of this

mess!

but instead?  I’m doing this

spin spin spin spin spin

hair and fiber

Today I went to Jane’s house and did this:

spinning mojo back

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insoluable fiber

So some of you may be asking “Does ESC still do anything crafty or fiber related?”

OK, a few of you. Not most of you. Most of you just shut up and keep reading ;)

and the answer is YES, I DO! The summer heat has sucked away much of my knitting mojo, but with the recent surrender to the gods of air conditioning, I suddenly got hit with some serious spinning mojo. I had been working very slowly on some fiber I bought last year (but only actually got a few months ago) from copper pot woolies. I love the colors, but for some reason, I really fought with this fiber. It might have been a little felted, or maybe just stickier than I’m used to. But I still managed to spin a fairly decent yarn with it. I finished spinning and started plying last night, and then finished plying this afternoon. More »

sunday picture INSANITY!

Not a whole lot to show except my INSANE CRAFTY SKILZ!

I started a lace shawl:

kiri

Kiri Shawl, in malabrigo lace More »