My yellow “Cheese Omelette” yarn took second in its class at the county fair. My white “Lamb Chop” yarn placed fourth. I got some good feedback from the judge, and am determined that next year I will do as well, if not better (better would be: more than 2+4, like 2+2 or 1st in any […]
What I took to the Santa Cruz County Fair….
In early August, I sent in my paperwork to enter the county fair. Yesterday, I whipped up some finished samples and took my goodies to the county fair.
Straw Into Gold
This is a short speech I gave this summer at my local Toastmasters on the role of spinning and fiber in the world’s economy. (MPEG-4, iPod-ready, 21 MB, click to launch)
Tour over, in more ways than 1
The Tour de Fleece ended a month ago. I have since gone on a Midwestern tour, in which I went to Threadbear and the Michigan Fiber Festival. As soon as my fiber arrives (I decided to ship it home), I’ll post pictures of it. Meanwhile, I have something to do in the next couple of […]
Day Four
Day four continued as expected. No real change in spinning style yet. I did, however, read today (Day 5) about spinning coils, where you spin your single around a thread of some kind, in high-twist-per-inch coils. It was in the current issue of knitty.com, which has hit my blog reading list pretty significantly this week. […]