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Roll up the rim...
It's Tim Horton's time again.
Now I just have to make sure I get out every day to get my coffee.
So far, I'm 0 for 2.
In other news, I joined Ravelry. It's a fibre arts community. It's a great place to meet people and get advice. Also, it's a great place to meet people who are interested in handspun yarn.
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Twitter
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More on spinning...
My spinning wheel arrived this afternoon. It doesn't look like a traditional wheel, but it is functional and fabulous. It took me all afternoon to master the motion of treadling (turning the wheel with the foot pedal) and feeding the wool onto the bobbin to make yarn. My hand is sore, my ankle is sore, my wrist is sore, and my fingers are ( Read more... ) -
Not Jayne yarn
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Spinning Wheel ordered
I ordered my spinning wheel today. It is due to ship on Tuesday, which means I can expect it towards the end of next week or the beginning of the following week.
I am so excited!
I ordered this wheel:
The Gratia by Heavenly Handspinning.
I am quite excited about it!
It is a little more than I was originally planning to spend (I was originally just ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year! Let's get this wheel spinning!
I posted my first two batches of handspun wooly goodness in the MouseWife store. Check it out:
Handspun Silver/Grey Merino
aaaand:
145 yards of lovely Romney wool
The Romney has been lovingly washed in all it's sheepy glory in my bathtub. Washed with Ivory snow gentle laundry detergent, combed by hand, and spun on my lovely drop spindle.
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We're in business!!
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Hoorah!
I just ordered business cards for MouseWife Knits and Yarnables. I also ordered a rubber stamp, return address labels, and calendar magnets for my first 10 customers.
YAY!
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The wool itself
This is the wool, as it came in the bags. You can see that I've pulled out a lock of each and washed them to see what they would be like.
The grey is Romney fleece, and is nice and soft. It's hard to tell in this picture, but the lock is about 5" long, maybe a little longer. The white is Corriedale/Rambouillet. The locks average about 6". That ( Read more... ) -
My wool, part le deux. Speak of the devil...
heeheehee!! Just showed up on my doorstep.
Can't open it yet, though. Have to finish my meringue. I'll peek at it while my meringues are in the oven.
10:30am edit:
BEAUTIFUL!!!
It's so clean! At least, compared with the last pile of garbage I was sent. I cannot believe how gorgeous it is. Of course, it hasn't been washed so it smells all ... ( Read more... )