KnitSteph

After I posted last, I really REALLY wanted to start spinning that new fiber. I looked at my wheel and realized, I didn’t have enough empty bobbins. I had taken my wheel with me when I went to the A&S competition and spun on it a while, and I had a partial bobbin on it [...]

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I just had to blog about these.

This is the Ravelry colorway in Romney from Spunky Eclectic. It’s LOVELY. I can’t wait to spin it up. The green is “minty-er” than in the photo, I think my flash washed it out.

This is Wild Thing, merino from Crown Mountain Farms Can you say OMG. I want to [...]

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If this works, it will be posting while I am setting up a table full of things to compete in an A&S contest in the SCA. I will be at Steppes Artisan with a whole bunch of stuff. Wish me luck.
This competition is a bit different from most. It’s a “body of work” competition. That [...]

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Spinning:
I never posted that back at the end of April I got my spinning wheel back. The past week and a half or so I’ve been busy spinning away. Here are the fruits of my labors.

This is approx. 420 yards of yarn. I’m not sure of the weight, I’m guessing sport? Check the [...]

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I was perusing my most recent issue of Spin-Off Magazine and reading the article on preparing Yucca fibers when I realized that I recognized the name of the person who wrote it. Estella is a lady I know in the SCA. As I read further, I realized the article called “Imping Julia” was written by [...]

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