I finished my homework for the Camel/Silk Spinning Dream Team class I wrote about a couple of entries ago on Sunday night, mostly to reassure myself that I do, in fact, know something about spinning and can make a lovely plied yarn if I so choose. In doing so, I discovered that while I [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 26, 2009
Learn to Love the One You’re With
It occurs to me that if I’d written this post two days ago, it would have been a much different post than the one I’m about to write. I would have told you all about how I learned the hard way that I know absolutely nothing about plying and that, wonder of wonders (even though [...]
October 21, 2009
All part of the process
One sentence led me to change how I looked at my first wheelspun. I’d been treating it as if it were made of gold or platinum or like some yarn I’d had to spend hours or days or weeks or months searching for… waiting for the perfect project to drop into my lap that would show off the yarn to its best advantage and be a dream to knit besides.
October 17, 2009
Wrapping and unwrapping: unveiling a few stealth projects
Every once in a while, I get an idea. An idea that seems good in theory, ambitious in practice and… well, maybe just a little bit crazy in reality. But, I am a great believer in challenging myself because challenge is what helps us learn and grow.
Which must be why, in a fit [...]
