Category Archives: Handspinning

22 April – Fiber stash

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Mokihana

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 →

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April 21 – and more fiber!

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Mokihana

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 →

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April 19 – A froggy tale

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Mokihana

One photo couldn’t do justice to my day today. So you folks get to choose which one you think is the saddest, worthy of the photo of the day. About a month ago I finished a really pretty cowl. I … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Days Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Mokihana

Ho, I wen fall so far behind, yeah? Now stay pau da Tour de France and I stay playing catch-up! So today I going post da next three days of da Tour de Fleece. Everyday I tried to get creative … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Days Ten, Eleven, and Twelve

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mokihana

Ho, am I ever far behind! So I will do several photos in this one post to make up for it. Since the Tour de Fleece is almost pau anden!

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Nine

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Mokihana

On Day Nine, I filled up the first bobbin!! Whoot! So, trying to be creative, I decided to put it on a daylily for contrast. A little bit of the daylily’s pollen da kine got on it; I think it’ll … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Days Seven and Eight

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Mokihana

Oops. I neva wen post one photo yestaday… so I stay going post two today.

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Six

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Mokihana

Are you getting bored yet? Same old stuff on the bobbin, I know. But it’s getting fuller, and I am perfecting my craft. Ha! This is really challenging stuff to spin, and I’m having to figure out which spinning technique … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Five

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Mokihana

Well, here we are on Day Five. At least back then we were, yeah? Ahahaha…. In this collage is one lone daffodil blooming among the tulips at the Wooden Shoe Bulb Farm here in Oregon. Well, you know that, right? … Continue reading →

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Da Tour de Fleece, Day Four

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Mokihana

Day Four. I didn’t get to have a whole lot of spinning that day, but I could still see that my bobbin is getting fuller. It’s not filling as evenly as I’d like because my flyer hooks (da flyer is … Continue reading →

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