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Oh, look…

Posted in Spinning, yarn on May 1, 2009 | 8 Comments »

…some singles. Spun on my Turkish style drop spindle. Technically, this is not my first handspun. My first attempt was with some merino/silk top I’d gotten a couple of years ago at the CTS&W festival. Apparantly merino/silk is not the best choice for a beginning spinner. I was having the darndedst time making it work [...]

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O Hai!

Posted in Knitting, Spinning, TAS on April 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Hey there! I know I haven’t posted since Saturday and that Wednesday is usually for Whiskers on Wednesday. I just can’t bring myself to post another picture of the cats today. (I know heard some of you cheer. Cut that out.) Frankly, the cats have not been all that interesting lately. They’re officially buddies now, [...]

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Another Sheep Show Gone By

Posted in sheep show, Spinning on April 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I love the Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival, but I am a bad bad blogger. I neglected to take any pictures. I am happy and tired, though, and a good time was had by all. I met up with some Ravelers and had a wonderful chat with the the guy from the Merlin Tree about [...]

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Rhinebeck part 2, the Haul

Posted in sheep show, Spinning on October 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »

So, over the last week or so, I decided that the only way I would learn how to spin and get good at it is to just jump right in and start doing it. I had purchased a Turkish drop spindle at the CT Sheep & Wool festival a couple of years ago, along with [...]

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Dear Internets,

Posted in Spinning, tagged , on August 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I have a quandary. A few months after I started knitting, I went to an estate sale down the street from my house. The old woman who lived there had been moved by her children into a nursing home and all of her belongings were being sold, as was the house in which she had, [...]

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