Knitting Dragonflies

Here is 8 oz of roving that I bought about a year ago at the Smoky Mountain Spinnery I bought it with the idea to spin some yarn for a shawl, I only had a spindle at the time, now I have a Lendrum wheel . I fell in love with this colorway and I bought it while we were sweaty and recovering from a long hike in the mountains. Here was my inspiration… If you spin check out the blog , ravelry groups and flicker groups. Even if you don’t spin there are some inspiring photos. May you spindles fly as fast as dragonflies Technorati Tags: Tour de fleece 2009 , spinning , fiber , yarn , spindles , smoky mountain spinnery

And Tour de Fleece update.... I am new to spindles and have been practicing tenaciously, insert giggles here. Coming along fairly well, watch some You Tube videos which helped quite a bit. Then I joined the Tour De Fleece to help motivate me and meet some spinners, spindles, I had met KnitWitch online and lusted after her yarn bowls before I got my spindles. I noticed that she also made spindle bowls , and thought "would that help me much?" OOOO so pretty, so I ended up ordering one, see previous post. Wow, I started really using it today and cannot believe how much it has increased my speed. During my light speed spinning, actually wondering if I would break the sound barrier . It has been many years since my last physics class, so I was wondering as I was spindling along what was going on. Well, knowing the answer to almost every question is on the interest I looked and found Wendy from pointysticks and her spindle physics tutorial . Interesting stuff. Enjoy your sp...

Just a little roving spun up. I seem to have spindle ADD, A little on this spindle, a little on that, lets see how this works, no how about that? The Spind olyn is fun! CJ Kopec Creations.. adding fiber to your creative diet. I love the roving!! Thank you Cjkopec! I was originally planning on making socks with this yarn, now I am considering a scarf, if you have the new issue of Spin Off (thanks to Phyllis of Spin, Knit and Life) , one scarf 10 ways, Morning Surf Scarf, it is fun to look at( scarf on front) Also a excellent article on Choosing your first wheel, get it right. Enjoy your spinning! Technorati Tags: cjkopeccreations.etsy.com , Le Tour De Fleece 2008 , Spindolyn , Spindles , Spinning , Roving , Hatchtown spindle , Drop spindles

Oh dear, I am totally living in spinning and spindle world now. Check out these links: How to make a Cigar Box Charkha Make your own Great little Wheel from materials from your home supply store A tutorial on how to make a cotton spindle from a chop stick and a radish From African Crafts How to make your own supported spindle from Spindle City.com How to make and use a bead whorl spindle also from Spindle City From Hankering for Yarn blog , what she decided to use to spin her silk for a wedding shawl From Marnie speaks! Good Girl blog how to make a travel case for your spindle! The Joy of Handspinning , all kinds of good info. Evidently the origins of spinning fiber to make string or yarn are lost in time, traced back as far as the Upper Paleolithic era, which is over 20,000 years ago. How fitting that when spinning, we also get lost in time. I am just learning, slow and clumsy. Yet, while sitting in the living room, as my DH watches TV, reads or draws, I...

We have been caught up in lots of yard work. We had our tallest White Pine, which was a 4 split trunk, about 55 ft tall, spilt in a storm. But it didn't fall, simply split and stayed standing. It has been a "edge of the chair" wait for the ground to dry so we could get it cut down. That was today. Hot, humid, lots of lemonade making, and ice and water for the boys. I am really sad to see it go. But all things come to an end. Now our back yard looks bigger and we have some sun in the yard. Of course this involved tearing apart a large raised bed, surrounded by stones, so we could get in to get it. As of now, all of my plants are setting around wilting. I will work on that tomorrow, out of time today. I did find some time to spin. Not much, I am increasing in speed, a little, you can laugh at my results. My first attempts were so heinous I pitched them. This spindle is from Hatchtown Farm , it is a dream to spin with, excellent, and I love it. This is the ...

OK, Marie from KnittedGems.com , this one is for you! Thanks, for getting me interested in spinning again. What is best with coffee in the morning? Well spinning of course! Technorati Tags: spinning , KnittedGems.com