Today, I proudly get to share with you my first support spindle spun skein! This beautiful fibre was a gift from Amanda of Red Island Fibre and it was grown at Maple River Farm in Nova Scotia. I knew it needed to be something special! It was the perfect fibre for spinning on my TibetanContinue reading “FO Friday – Luscious Llama”
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Practice Makes Progress
If you have been tuning into my blog recently, you’ll have read that I’ve been adventuring into support spindles. I purchased a lovely Tibetan spindle from Fox Mountain Spindles and have been teaching myself how to use it. I’m very happy to report that spinning is going quite well. While I am still considerably slowerContinue reading “Practice Makes Progress”
FO Friday – Some New Spins
Spinning is something I really love doing. I don’t always get to do it as often as I would like but I’ve made myself a promise for 2023 that I will allow myself more time to sit down at my wheels and spindles. That said, I have two new finished spins to share with you!Continue reading “FO Friday – Some New Spins”
WIP Wednesday – Support Spindle Spinning
After watching Brittany of Crux Fibres ever so gracefully spinning away on support spindle last fall in her IG stories, I immediately knew that I wanted to learn too. I ordered a beautiful Tibetan support spindle from Fox Mountain Spindles and started at teaching myself how to use it. If you’re ever in the marketContinue reading “WIP Wednesday – Support Spindle Spinning”
WIP Wednesday
I have a couple of fibery endeavours too ok share with you in this week’s WIP Wednesday post. My fibre friend, Amanda of Red Island Fibre, surprised me with a luscious batt of llama fibre recently. This fibre comes from Maple River Farm in Nova Scotia that raises llamas for fibre, fun, and fertilizer. IContinue reading “WIP Wednesday”