My new shipment of wool got mailed on Friday.  By Monday morning it had been processed by the facility 40 minutes away.  And do you know what?  It is still sitting there as of this morning ( Read more... )

There is still a bit of snow on the ground, but it is starting to melt.  Not surprising, but a little disappointing.  I really love snow.  I love how clean it makes everything look ( Read more... )

It's SNOWING!!!

Real snow, too.  Some lovely fluffy accumulation on the ground.  I know it will probably all be gone in the morning, but it is there tonight and I am happy. :)

Distaff: A staff with a cleft end for holding fiber from which the thread is drawn for spinning ( Read more... )

I had a vague clue about how much hand spun wool goes for. I didn't really pay attention to how much handknit items from handspun wool goes for ( Read more... )

More on my adventures in learning to spin. I got my hand carders in the mail today. They do make preparing wool a little easier. Not to mention a LOT faster ( Read more... )

I don't generally like politics. I like reading and following, but I don't like discussing or sharing my opinions ( Read more... )

This is so cool!!

I turned this:

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The wool is washed and is sitting, mostly uncombed in my bathtub.  I'm trying to comb at least a few handfuls a day.  It's amazing how much of the weight of the wool is made up of dirt. ;)  Still.... a kilo of uncarded wool fills my bathtub up, and it's going to take a while to card all of it ( Read more... )

I'm on Season Two of TOS now, and just noticed something.  I don't know if it's on all the disks or just the second disk...I'll have to look ( Read more... )