Life as a series of experiments
In August I ran a Seed Saving Workshop in one of my spinning groups and I thought I would share some of my favorite resources with you as well. If there are resources I’ve missed, please let me know! Seed Saving Resources Seed Savers Exchange Webinars Seed Savers Exchange Seed Saving Tools The Seed Garden: …
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A photo summary of the dye experiments so far:
After all that spinning for Tour de Fleece, it’s time to give my spindles a “spa day”, so even though I had intended to share this post in January, it’s still appropriate. In the past year I’ve been asked for this recipe quite a bit so I figured it was probably time to type it …
Phew, what a Tour! Here’s how things went: Cinnamon Cotton Wheel Spin: I got A LOT farther on my wheel spin than I thought I would. I figured I'd maybe finish one bobbin/single, but I got two done and started a third. I also spun on this every day and worked my way up to …
We’ve reached the halfway point of the Tour de Fleece, and here’s how my projects are going: The wheel spin is going incredibly well. I'm almost done with the first bobbin (I hope to finish it tomorrow) and hope to finish the second by the end of the tour. I'm also really loving using my …
Alternative Title: Context for my 2018 TdF Challenge ProjectsFor the challenge days this Tour de Fleece I’m going to be trying to spin the fiber from different scraps of yarn to see if I can turn them into something new/more useful. I’ll share more about those projects after the Tour is done, but I thought …
It’s that wonderful time of year; Tour de Fleece time! This year I’m spinning on four teams: Team Sherlocked (221B group on Ravelry) Team Unicorn (a joint team of The Grove and The Sisterhood of the Spinning Goddesses groups on Ravelry) Team Jenkins (Jenkins Yarntools group on Ravelry) Team Schacht (Schacht Spinners group on Ravelry) …
