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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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?

8 comments:

  1. My days certainly are spinning! Spinning out of control with business! But not doing anything fun like "spinning." I would love to try my hand at that!!! Looks like such fun!!!!
    : ) Kris

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    1. I hope you are able to try to spin [yarn] sometime, Kris. It is fascinating to me and I have met wonderful folks in the process. Fun, indeed! (:

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  2. Hi Gracie... I wish I'd have been with you all, instead I was standing in the cold rain and hail at Portland Women's Forum discussing a water fountain project, that isn't going as I'd hoped. But, we'll see you in a week from tomorrow for lunch!! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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    1. Oh my! Would you believe it was snowing here this morning? I hope you are feeling better. After spinniing and some gentle laps at the pool I ended up only going to church for a little bit because I re-irritated the muscle/ligament in my right leg that has been bothering me off and on for months. So today I have been taking Naproxen and trying to let what ever it is, heal. Sigh... I so enjoyed looking at your treasure box from Lucy!!! Fun! <3

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  3. What a lovely place! I always enjoys your photographs, Gracie. :) And I can only imagine how challenging it was for your daughter to hand-card all that wool. Thanks goodness for the DFAS carder! Your spinning is looking just lovely! (Want to see MORE!) :)

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    1. I just showed you the good photo of my yarn, Sosae. After I plied it it looked like a hopeless twisted tangle because it was so uneven and over-twisted. Sigh... "The touch" does not seem to come naturally to me, but I will attempt to spin more so I can show you more. (: <3

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  4. A spinning group!! I wish there were one closer to me. The closest one I know of is in Dover. So I have to spin alone-or on a spindle out and about at times. Lucky you to have something down the road! Your spinning looks great, by the way! I have the same wheel too. Don't you love it?! :) I'm getting some hand carders soon too. We'll see how that goes...

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    1. Stacey! Your comments helped me appreciate what I have where I am. Thanks. I love the portability of my Ashford Joy and that all that I need for plying is contained. I think it is too fast for me or I am too slow at learning to use it properly because I put too much twist in my yarn. The photo of what I had spun looks good but I did not share a photo of what it looked like after I plied it. [convoluted chaos!!!!!]
      I like hand carding my fiber and hope you enjoy it too. Thanks for visiting with me! I enjoyed hopping over to your blog to meet you, too. We can be part of the same virtual spinning group, ok? (: <3

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