It’s the end of summer, so really, it’s more wasps than bees flying around these days (I think the kitten has finally figured out wasps are dangerous toys). But I feel like I’ve been a busy bee. Last weekend anyways was unusually action packed, especially for the Covid-era. On Saturday,… Read More »Busy Busy Bees
It’s a gray and rainy day today. It started with a light drizzle last night – so light I wouldn’t have realized it was raining outside but for the damp cats and wet paw prints across the floor. The Norwegian Forest cat comes with a built-in “rain coat” so they… Read More »Rainy days and Log Fires
I finished my “Chocolate Sensations” batt last week. It’s still sitting on the spindle where I can admire just how much fiber I crammed onto the spindle: I’m not sure I’m a fan of the fire-star. It was annoying to spin with, tried to fly everywhere, and left a bit… Read More »Another batt down…
Earlier this week I finished spinning the second Barn2Yarn art batt, Fall Rose Petals. I can see the rose petals in top half of the batt, with its pinks, reds, and yellows in particular – all of them scattered on the ground with just a hint of brown as they… Read More »Two down, two to go
Just dropping by the blog to show you my current spinning: I’ve started on the top half of the Fall Rose Petals batt by Barn2Yarn – the side that was visible when the batt was rolled up. I’m loving it as much as the other half, though to my mind… Read More »A little bit of fluff
I wanted to share a few interesting and/or fun things currently going on in the fiber community: NFC Momentum Fund First, Neighborhood Fiber Co. and it’s owner Karida Collins has been featured in a WBALtv segment on her new NFC Momentum Fund. The fund is designed to disperse donations through… Read More »Some community news
Art Batt Surprises Last weekend I finished up my skein of bright yellow yarn from the art batt by Barn2Yarn. AwesomeE commented last time I posted about this that the batt looked “beachy somehow” and while updating my projects, I looked up the name of the batt: “Beach Sunset”… looks… Read More »Hidden layers
Don’t let the momentum fade It’s been over a week now since the protests started calling for justice and reform in how police, the justice system, and society more broadly treat black citizens and other people of color. And progress has been made in some areas – new investigations started,… Read More »Black Lives Still Matter
I’ve started another new spinning project. And this time it really is different from my long term project to create the 3ply pomegranate yarn. First, I’m using a batt which I purchased from Barn2Yarn earlier this year: As you can see, it has little bits of wool locks, and other fibers… Read More »This one really is different
First, a mea culpa about the website. I tried to make something better, but I broke it instead. That’s on me. I’ll do my best not to do that again. Or at least… I’ll try to keep future down time to under a day. I can’t in good faith promise… Read More »Whoops
