I have recently returned to my Ashford Country Spinner 2 wheel and decided to spin some rather fine singles on it. I know that “they” say you can’t do that but I decided “they” were wrong. It is a bobbin led wheel and as long as I take my time, I can put in enough […]
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Two go and One arrives
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 was a sad day and a not so sad day. Tessa Jane (December 31, 1999- September 22, 2015) Tessa was my first Border Collie ever. Charlie and I had been married about 2 months and he had to go offshore for his very first trip offshore after we […]
“Antique Traditions” in the Journey to Golden Fleece Museum Show
I was one of the students two years ago in the very first Journey to the Golden Fleece Course. Our final project was supposed to be completed around Christmas 2014. I was up to date with my Module 1-7 yarns but stalled a bit in my Module 8 final project. There was a second graduation […]
a bit of a catch up……
It has been ages since I have posted to my blog. There is a reason. I had an accident in February that crushed my head between and beneath about 40-50 pounds of wood, ice and snow. I dropped the wood box lid with all the snow and such on my head when my head was […]
Fibery Goodness Module Six Yarn
I have had my Module Six yarn spun now for several weeks but hadn’t taken any photographs of it. I know….I was slow. It is a 2+ ply hand spun yarn of the 15.5 Micron Merino. Natural white with a 3rd ply if you want to call it that which is a silk thread with […]
Squeee….WoolWench blogged about Alba Ranch
Squee….yahoo! WoolWench aka Suzy, blogs at various locations. This time she was on the Fibery Goodness Blog and she did a posting about the various Fiber Sponsors for the Journey to the Golden Fleece Award online spinning course that both WoolWench (Suzy) and Spin Artiste (Arlene) have created and are currently teaching. Alba Ranch was […]
Fibery Goodness Module Three Yarn
Mod 3 yarn. Hmmmm… What can I say? I was on a roll and spun up mod 2 and rolled right into Mod 3. Module 2 was about Trials and Tribulations but I swear Mod 3 should have been the trials and tribulations!! I was going for a gimp spiral yarn as on page 118 […]
Fibery Goodness Module One Yarn
I got my Fibery Goodness Module One Yarn done quite a while ago but never managed to post it or photos up here. I used a 15.5 micron combed top of white merino. I have it for sale in the shop in 2, 4, 8 and 16 ounce lots. I included a link above directly […]