Category Archives: Handspinning

Yep! It’s that time again! Spinning along with le Tour de France. This is what I spun today… “Mountain Bluebird” Targhee fiber, dyed by Rickie of Raven Ridge Fiber Arts in Montana. This stuff is amazing! I’m spinning it on … Continue reading →

I got some fabulous birthday wishes today! Iʻm so grateful for each and every one of them. These photos sum up my day: From my friends on Ravelry: From Julie: Monthly photo of Willamette Falls on my way to Canby, … Continue reading →

I just finished washing this skein of Blue-Faced Leicester yarn after plying and plying and plying and plying and plying… for hours and hours. Which means that I took two bobbins full of singles (which means a single strand of … Continue reading →

  I have been looking forever for this shuttle bobbin with handspinning on it. It was hiding in plain sight. I can’t believe how I missed it. But now I’m spinning up the rest of this lovely colorway: “Berries” Targhee, … Continue reading →

Tonight I went to the Aurora Colony Handspinners Guild meeting. I havenʻt been for years, but now that I have a bit more free time, decided to go. It was a great evening; tonightʻs talk was given by Sue of … Continue reading →

Today was a day I’d been looking forward to a lot: the annual Aurora Colony Handspinners’ Guild Spin-In in Aurora, Oregon, where members of the Guild gather for a day of fellowship and you guessed it, handspinning. There were about … Continue reading →

Today I put together a collage showing what I bought this weekend at the Fiber Fair. Easy to tell I went tonal this time, and definitely bluesy. So many of my spinning fibers are multi-colored and very bright; I love … Continue reading →

I got home from the fiber festival yesterday and suddenly realized that I’d forgotten to look for a matching yarn for a special knitting project I’m going to be starting soon. So I decided I’d just drive back up to … Continue reading →