I decided to take a break from precision spinning and spin up some rough-carded mohair. I teased some white wool, blended it with some GORGEOUS steel gray kid mohair, and have been spinning up the results. It produces a lovely medium gray, lustrous yarn that I think I will use for socks. (Socks being my [...]
Read full post hereIt’s amazing what a difference having a writing coach is making…half of it is just knowing someone will be there reading what I write, but the other half is his gift for breaking things down into pieces. I keep getting intimidated by the sheer mass of the bloody thing–keeping track of all the anecdotes, imagery, [...]
Read full post hereI was tempted by some auburn suri alpaca on eBay, and I won the auction! Mostly all I want to do is try spinning with some extremely long fiber–it occurs to me that I can probably spin finer with superlong fibers than with shorter ones. This one has a staple length of 8-12 inches, and [...]
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