BLUE TOE SPINNER

Last night's Woolpack meeting we had a discussion about how to spin "fat" again after we have learned to spin "thin".  These as some of the tips I thought were useful. Switch hands to spin, (if you draft with your right try drafting with your left). Increase the whorl size on your wheel. Spin from batts instead of roving. Don't draft at all with your second hand. Concentrate. The down side to spinning "fat" is you don't get as much yardage from your fiber, so you may need to buy extra fiber for a project.  Oh, darn.... For show and tell, I showed them my new books. Vampire Knits A Sorcerer's Cookbook Learning to Weave The Handweaver's Pattern Directory After class Bakti showed me her current weaving project.  A room full of looms...what's not to love!  It was a fun evening.

I only have one more weaving class with Deanna at Three Wishes, then I will be turned out on my own.  I will need to have some place to keep learning.  So, I joined the Weaver's Guild on Thursday.  Kathrin Webb was the guest speaker.  Beautiful weaving and dyeing and a really fun presentation.  I hope I will be able to keep learning and keep having fun.  Here is what I have done so far. This is the first project.  Guess what I discovered when I washed it.  Yes, that mystery yarn was wool., and it did a little shrinky-dink thing.  Oh, well it is still interesting looking and I have to keep it because it was my first project.  This is the second project.  Very fun and I think very pretty.  Here is the other end.  I warped it all by myself.  I am iching to start a project on my own loom, and I will be able to soon because I got new cables for it.  The leather ones are shot.  And I should be getting...