Category: road trip
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Knitting Samples
I don’t consider myself a spinner, even though I got sucked into the wonderful world of weaving via the orifice of a spinning wheel. :} (See my earliest posts for the story.) I only ever learned how to spin woollen, not worsted, and I’ve not spun nearly enough to become proficient at it or taken…
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Fibres West
Yesterday the postcards arrived for Fibres West being held in Abbotsford, BC March 26/27. This is the show I’m getting ready to do, introducing myself for the first time as an Ashford and Ashland Bay dealer. http://fibreswest.com There are classes in various textile media and a nice vendor hall. Started packaging the merino/silk fibre yesterday…
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Knitting
four knitted scarves Yes, there are four scarves here – there are two pink/purple scarves – one skein had a slightly darker purple than the other……. In one of her books Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (The Yarn Harlot) talks about knitting and patience. She points out that knitters are no more patient than any other person. It…
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The Dangers of Distraction
Kerstin has been blogging about the dangers of distraction and not using one’s brain here: http://3.ly/kqh Today I found myself subject to the same sense of distraction while beaming another rayon chenille warp. I find I really do get much better tension if I use the warping valet, so even though they are just a…
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*RED* Hot
Red Hot Shawl Tried to get a picture of the red scarf warp in the loom, but the colour gradations are too subtle and it just looked ‘red’ instead of red hot, like it looks on the loom. So instead I’m showing a photo of a painted warp shawl that I wet finished last week…
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Hitting the Road – Again
I’m about ready to load up the van and hit the road again. Stopping in Vernon to meet a prospective client, so I’ll be home later than I’d hoped – it will be getting dark before I get home. It’s been a great interlude before I get back and jump onto the colour gamp kits.…
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Back “Home”…
Crossed the border this afternoon around 1 pm or so. Will stay with friends for a few days, taking in the Ponderosa guild spin in on Saturday. The drive yesterday and today was pretty good all in all. I had a bit of rain yesterday until I got through the mountains and came out the…
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Back “Home”…
Crossed the border this afternoon around 1 pm or so. Will stay with friends for a few days, taking in the Ponderosa guild spin in on Saturday. The drive yesterday and today was pretty good all in all. I had a bit of rain yesterday until I got through the mountains and came out the…
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Back “Home”…
Crossed the border this afternoon around 1 pm or so. Will stay with friends for a few days, taking in the Ponderosa guild spin in on Saturday. The drive yesterday and today was pretty good all in all. I had a bit of rain yesterday until I got through the mountains and came out the…
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Next Stage
It took about 5 hours, but all my stuff is tagged and inventoried for theSeattle Guild sale. :} If I didn’t have so much stuff, it wouldn’t take so long, but there you have it. :^) Heading off to the next stop on my extended road trip. I’ll stop at Syne Mitchell’s for a bit…