First Wednesday Spinning

My youngest daughter and I spent several hours this morning at the Damascus Fiber Arts School in Damascus, Oregon, just down the road a piece from where we live.

My daughter had offered to process some wool for a friend in southern California who works in a zoo where a sheep was shorn and the wool was going to be discarded. She soon got tired hand carding the fiber so decided to go with me to use the DFAS carder.

I worked on spinning the fiber I bought at the fiber festival in Canby, OR, this past fall and the fiber I bought from Sosae Caetano for my birthday in February.

We enjoyed participating in the chit-chat with the other ladies who attended, but I was sorry my friend Teresa was not able to join us.

Are your days happily spinning along, too?

Following : Fowl and Fiber and Fabric

As I march into a new month

I am still trying to photograph our ducks . . . sigh

My blogging friend, Teresa , shared some beautiful alpaca fiber with me that she

had just been given .

After cleaning some of the straw out of it I put a small amount of very warm water

in the washing machine .  Then I added some drops of dish soap . I swished it around

and loosely put some fiber in the water .  After letting the fiber rest in the water

I turned the washing machine control directly to spin  .

After spinning the soapy water out , I took the fiber out of the machine .

Then I put warm water in the machine and added the soapy alpaca fiber .

I set the control back to spin and spun the rinse water out of the fiber .

Finally, I took the fiber out of the machine , and fluffed it out on a towel to dry .

I still have to process half of the fiber in the same way before I

start hand carding the fiber to prepare it for spinning .

I want to try blending  the different colors together to produce a tweedy sort of yarn .

First thing Monday morning my youngest daughter , some of her friends ,  her future mother - in - law ,  my oldest

daughter and I went shopping for a wedding dress at a lovely bridal shop !

So many fabulous fabrics and designs to choose from

for a November 10th 2012 wedding !

Joy !

Are you enjoying your days ?