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Spinning – Pay No Attention To That Spinning Wheel In the Center Of The Room . . . .

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Shelly R.

I love to spin But life has been busy and spinning has felt like a luxury that I can’t yet afford.  Not in terms of money, but in terms of time.  But I love to spin. So I am slowly … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Tension, Whorls and Sampling

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Shelly R.

Last weekend I had a spinning class to learn about my wheel – and learned alot about how to produce samples to determine how a certain wool might like to be spun.  (Whether I can actually accommodate the wool is … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Cheating With Top

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Shelly R.

There are alot of things that you are thinking about when you are spinning. You are thinking about your hands as they are both drafting and feeding the fiber into the wheel.  You are thinking about how much twist you want … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Plying – Getting A Little Better

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Shelly R.

I know – I have not really been posting much on spinning lately.  Between Christmas and the knitting projects and the immersion in natural dyeing, my wheel as not been getting the attention it deserves.  But the New Year also … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Almost To Plying

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Shelly R.

Finally finished spinning the blue and brown Shetland/Alpaca roving. I am just grateful that the Saturday spinning get-togethers have restarted and I can get back into a routine of spinning.  This fiber was spun with too much twist.  Plying will take out a little of … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Cleaning/Scouring My First Fleece

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Shelly R.

Today I tried something I have never done before – cleaning a Leicester fleece. I bought it at Rhinebeck this year from Autumn House Farm. It is a Morritt fleece – which refers to the brown and black coloring.  I learned … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Show and Tell

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Shelly R.

During the last days of December, all focus shifts from manufacturing to production in this house – which means that spinning yarn to make things takes a back seat to just making things as the deadlines for production are getting … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Moving along

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Shelly R.

You cannot be in a hurry and be a spinner.  This is not an instant gratification activity.  Hours are spent just teasing the fibers out of the roving to twist into the threads that will one day be a ply … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Corriedale and Carding

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Shelly R.

So this week was a fun spinning week because I not only spent three hours spinning my blue/brown shetland/alpaca roving, I also was able to take a two hour class on fleece from Corriedale sheep. On Saturdays I just pack … Continue reading →

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Spinning – Getting A Little Excited

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Shelly R.

It started like this. A 7.6 oz. ball of naturally dyed Shetland and Alpaca roving I picked up from Handspun by Stefania at Rhinebeck.  The blue is dyed with Indigo and the Brown is dyed using Madder. Listening to my … Continue reading →

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