Posted in Spinning on Apr 25th, 2010
The first batch of Easter-egg dyed yarn is off the wheel. Not a bad attempt, and I can see a lot of improvement from the beginning of one bobbin to the end of the next. And the girls enjoyed drafting from time to time, or putting a foot on top of mine and helping me [...]
Posted in Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration, Spinning on Apr 20th, 2010
We’ve been studying a lot about map reading and map making, and yesterday afternoon I brought out a huge sheet of posterboard and let the children create and label their own “treasure map”. (Little Hen’s idea is to re-create the map in real-life in the backyard and then use their map to find the “treasure”. [...]
My dad, who has made me all sorts of great spindles and fiber tools, made me a new spinning wheel flyer to replace the broken one on my Louet-S10! (It arrived just in time for my birthday.) YAY!!!!
It’s rainy and yucky out today (although, I’m grateful, because the seeds we’ve planted need the water), so [...]
A quiet afternoon yesterday – now all of us are feeling under the weather and we are doing our best to cultivate an atmosphere of peace and foster wellness. The girls were snuggling in their bed, reading Highlights and Ranger Rick, and Tum Tum was napping. A rare opportunity to enjoy a cup of coffee [...]
Posted in Spinning on Sep 6th, 2009
This is my newest drop spindle! It was thrown in as a sweetener on a purchase I made off of craiglsist (more on that in a few days). So, far I really like it – it is quite small, fast rotating, and spins a nice even lace-weight. (I’ve been working on this very soft top, [...]
Posted in Crafting, Knitting, Moderation and Economy, Spinning on Aug 13th, 2009
I have always wanted to dye my own roving (mostly because of the Twisted Sisters Sock Book!!), but wanted it to be something the children and I could do together – something safe, easy, and non-toxic. So, when I was pregnant with my son, the girls and I dyed 2 lbs of white Brown Sheep [...]
Posted in Spinning on Aug 11th, 2009
With the cooler weather of the last few days, we’ve found life has slowed down a bit, and we’ve been hanging around the house more and more. The girls have been playing more quiet games, and we’ve all been reading through our latest haul from the library. I’ve gotten a chance to finish spinning [...]
Posted in Giving, Knitting, Locally grown, Spinning on May 22nd, 2009
A lovely family from our church welcomed their second child, so the children and I took them dinner yesterday evening (well, afternoon, really…) Thought we’d include a little something for Baby Nicolas. How about ribbon-tie baby shoes? (Yes, I realize that’s a thumb in the bottom of the picture. Please just ignore it. I wasn’t [...]
Posted in Spinning on Oct 2nd, 2008
Some spinning I was working on as we drove to Hood River this past weekend. It’s 100% Oregon wool that I bought while volunteering with my guild at the Spin-In when we lived on the coast. The roving looked so pretty, but I was a new and inexperienced spinner, and I realize now that there were too many colors in it – [...]