Tag Archives: tour-de-fleece

365 Days, Numbah Thirty-Nine

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Mokihana

July 21st

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365 Days, Numbah Thirty-Eight

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Mokihana

July 16th

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365 Days, Numbah Thirty-Six

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Mokihana

July 6th

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365 Days, Numbah Thirty-Five

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Mokihana

July 1st

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Quarantine Da Kine

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Mokihana

Ho, time for one da kine! I’m writing this while munching on some ʻono Hood River cherries; there’s a guy who drives down from there and sells them along Highway 212. I look forward to seeing him every year. Tour … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece 2019

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Mokihana

I wasn’t able to spin as much as I’d hoped to, but I did get some stuff done during this year’s TdF… my spinning challenge Numbah One was to finish spinning the red/yellow/pink braid and to work on continuing to … Continue reading →

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Sad News and Finding Spinning Solace

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Mokihana

Yesterday I got some bad news, that my dear friend Carol, who’s been battling cancer since 2005, now had a metastasized tumor in her brain. I was stunned, upset, and very teary and emotional. I’d been spinning some mixed fiber, … Continue reading →

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Speaking Of Knees…

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Mokihana

…I’m scheduled for a partial knee replacement on September 10th. Scary, yeah? For the last year, my right knee, which is actually in better shape than my left one, has really been hurting bad.  I had to give up spinning … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece, Chapter 2

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Mokihana

Okay, this is what’s happened so far. Yesterday, Day 2, I finished spinning half of one braid and started on another. Kalakoa was helping by modeling my first bobbin. I saw one almost ripe blackberry in our driveway, too. Day … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece 2018

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Mokihana

Okay, pau the nostalgia and sadness for awhile. It’s Tour de Fleece time. Yep, it’s that time again, folks. That time of year where we handspinners attempt to try new spinning techniques or attempt to spin prodigious amounts of fiber … Continue reading →

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