at home with Lara's wheels, spindles, looms & dye pots
This past Saturday was the 9th annual Woodstock Fleece Festival, and I made it! It is held an hour away by car, and is by faaar my favourite local event for fibre folks. Last year was a definite miss. It’s much improved but a school week is a school week – I can’t predict whether […]
Read MoreAt the tail end of the last post, I very quickly mentioned the spindle project that I called ‘Pyrenees Delight Cheviot.’ The spin dates back to the night of the 12th stage of the Tour de Fleece when I needed a completely portable spin for summer days with T. The Tour falls nicely behind my […]
Read MoreIn the final days before welcoming T home last summer, I opened my 151 g of Ramie top, and started spinning on my painted East European saxony wheel. This is my first project with Ramie & was love at first spin. Priorities soon made themselves known. The night that I had given a Lecture on […]
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