at home with Lara's wheels, spindles, looms & dye pots
A little over a month ago we said goodbye to our cat, Melvin. He was a first cat for 2 lifelong dog people – some of you may remember those days 11 years ago. Humans & cat were in mutual bewilderment. Many of my online ‘pocket’ friends & hometown knitters (yay, Sarah!) taught me how […]
Read MoreHow does Ontario’s own Stone Spindle Farm do alpaca? The short answer is: superbly. In order of my growing admiration since 2021: full marks for the farm’s name; Beth’s warm Instagram account; the raw locks; the rolags & finally, the mill-prepped alpaca top. The raw locks They had me at featuring spindles in a farm […]
Read MoreThis morning I read creator, Lutze Segu’s post that begins with this soaring salutation (in caption; image is my own): The post by Lutze Segu, the Social Justice Doula (here on Patreon) is more open & fair-to-self than I might manage. These are very different spaces but I deeply felt transparency offered about a shift […]
Read MoreFinally, a break! But for a single appointment in a few days we have the week off together. Last month was full of highs (someone is double digits!) and the lows of this new wave in the pandemic. Just about everything that is heightened can be summed up as: There I was sipping my coffee […]
Read Moreleverage in the gaps In a consultation, yesterday, I was asked, “How is your energy now?” We were over the hour, and the answer was in effect that I had already “opened up my schedule.” Which is to say, you reduce one thing a smidge to juggle in the other. This has been my plan […]
Read MoreIn with a new category! This first “Spinning Spotlight” is on how I use my cross-arm spindles. It gives a few views into the simple word that I describe these photos with in my posts, the cop. Over the years, I have seen & read about how spinners approach this wind-on step. This is just […]
Read MoreThis post has a happy ending, I promise. Bent out of shape One morning in mid-June, I left the house quickly. It was a good decision to leave the spindle bag & take knitting, a book instead. I would be sat in waiting rooms all day. Sadly the adored spindle in question, a Butternut wood […]
Read MoreEarlier this week a TKK reader, Rita P., asked: Is there any more word on your Southdown adventures? I’m especially interested in whether the yarn turned into the lilac undertone that you had imagined. I’m anxious to try some of this yarn on my CSM (circular knitting machine). Olivia’s babydoll southdown fleece, and her flock’s […]
Read MoreEarly last week packed a 2-day hard stop but all is thankfully well, back on track. Weavers know that sometimes even a small project can sit “between shots.” A shot is the pass of weft across the warp. It all started so well at the start of May. I was just fresh off my first […]
Read MoreThis is the first post on a brand new topic, ‘Spinnerside Chat.’ This will be a longer look at parts of my spinning practice that are under construction. Cotton is a fibre that fascinates me. Spinning cotton in the forms that I have explored was always a challenge to begin with, and can be still […]
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