Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 22nd 2012
Dec31
I can’t think of a better way to close out the year with a completed skein that’s been on the spindles for 3 years. Can you? Whew. I’m glad this is finally done. It’s not the best spinning nor plying job I’ve ever done, but I can cross the camel off the list. Stats: Fiber: Baby [...]
Dec27
I made huckaback towels for Christmas. I started with the towels on the left. They were based on the Keep It Simple towels from Top Ten Towels On Four Shafts, I made some slight modifications. I decided to make sibling towels for when I wanted to give a set instead of a singleton. While weaving [...]
Dec20
I’m posting this a day early because I want to give you some lead time in case the weather cooperates wherever you are. Here in California, it is unlikely that we will experience the eclipse. Happy Winter Solstice! And we get to celebrate it with a total lunar eclipse. It will last a whopping 72 [...]
Dec06
For over two years now, I’ve been working on a spindle project as part of my travel kit. It often gets left behind when I travel because it ceased to be fun. I couldn’t remember why, since it’s been sitting there pouting for so long. The plan was to spin a 2 ply yarn, one [...]