Spinning……..
One of my favorite activities!
I meet weekly with a group of spinners at a local hall, where we produce marvelous yarns, teach others to spin, and gab about fiber and life.

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My most-used wheel, an old Louet S75, accompanies me to my weekly Tuesday spinning group.  I also have a  Jensen Tina II, a double-treadle Canadian production wheel, an antique walking wheel, and a very small antique parlor *sweetheart* wheel with a heart-shaped table that my husband and I rescued from an antique shop in Straasbourg, France.

After a visit to the wheel collection at the Textile Museum (now in Lowell, Ma), where we photographed several similar wheels, I sent the little wheel and photos to Ron Anthoine, in OR, who did a wonderful job of restoring it, even making a part to replace the missing flyer.  I had thought it would be a pretty little conversation-piece, but to my surprise it is also a really functional wheel, and fun to use.

The 2007 R&R Spinners Sock Swap was a huge success!  Shirley baked a delicious SOCK CAKE, and we had a big spread at Beatrice's house.  See more photos

What does one do with leftover Easter egg dyes?  Why, dye fiber, of course!  More photos

Fiber included roving, small batts, washed fleece, mostly white, but some grey or brown (see dark grey in the
yellow batch)  Merino, romney, corriedale and some other fiber that was unidentified.  These are very small amounts, less than an ounce

Gray corriedale fiber I overdyed green and blended with turquoise mohair, yellow wool and some natural gray.  12 wpi Spun on my Louet workhorse. 
It will be a cardigan sweater for me.

This beautiful shade of moorit Shetland lamb is currently on my
Jensen wheel.  It's spinning up into a fine, lofty singles which will be nice for a pair of mittens. 23 wpi.
This fiber was sent to me by a my friend, Julia, in England.  It has very different characteristics from the Shetland I've found here in the U.S. and I like it a lot!

These pages last updated July 15, 2007