....The yarns I mean! Here's some new ones....they are just getting bigger and bigger.

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New yarn for sale on the YARN PAGE:

DOPE ROPE II: 9-ply!!


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Out of gas? Rent due and hours cut back? No one bidding on your auctions?  Have you told the cat he's on his own for dinner tuesday, thursday and sunday nights- go catch a mouse or somethin? Well, welcome to the clinically recessed club. But i'll tell you what , I've had it. I've had it with you Recession! and you can look me in the eye when I say ( Read more... )

Two more super bulky Navaho-plied yarns. They end up so ropey! Yet so soft.....

REMINDER! Camp PORTLAND is this weekend. Not to late to join, there are a couple of spots left. I'll be using the AURA, so even if you are not enrolled and you just want to come check it out, stop by!

Camp Pluckyfluff, PORTLAND, OR
Bamboo Grove Salon
134 SE Taylor, Portland ( Read more... )

 The rumors that I was abducted by a pack of transatlantic werewolf pirates are not true. My brother got married last weekend and I was helping coordinate and though being held prisoner by foul smelling monsters is preferable to nuptial arrangements such was not my fate. But the 'do's' are done and i have been hiding in a hole for three days ( Read more... )

 All current and upcoming classes are now posted on my Camps Page. Check 'em out! This schedule goes through spring 2011, I'm still scheduling for summer and fall so please email me if you are interested in hosting or have any good suggestions for venues.

NOTE: I had the wrong year for the November Hometown Camp in Placerville, CA. It's THIS ( Read more... )

I THINK IT'S RIPE
Coreless-corespun (spun on it's own fiber not a commercial material) wool/alpaca/tencel spun FAT then plied on a beautiful wool twine. Thinner sections in black and grey stripe through-out.

7.4 oz
45yds
$75
on the Yarn Page


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 At the moment i just can't get enough of spinning. and i don't have any words to describe the LUST i'm feeling over this ginormous yarn (er...rope) i spun on the Aura all through the night. the pictures don't even show....it's huge! and felty and soft and there's even grass in it from the sheep.

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 Here are some new yarns for sale. Three natural beauties spun from the native wool that was given to me in the Lillehammer workshop. I am reluctant to part with these! but i'm out of food money...so you all know how that goes. these are all spun in the lanolin and have a great feel and smell so....mmmmm. you know what i'm talkin' about!!

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 How had i gotten so apathetic about spinning? it just sneaks in on an artist sometimes and before you know it you're just going through the motions. it's been that way for quite awhile. BUT....no more. thanks to Norway i think! I just spent a solid day spinning all the amazing native scandanavian wool that was gifted by my lillehammer students. ( ( Read more... )

The AURA is up and running and for sale on my website!! The ultimate wheel, it can spin lace-weight to extreme shaggy boa's in the same breath without changing the flyer or parts! With more range of tension than anywheel on the market it can handle any texture you throw at it. With no little orifice or hooks to contend with it's perfect for ( Read more... )