Since I've been on a yarn diet, I managed to save a bit of money. Apart from jam donuts and hot potatoes, I was hoping to find a few gadgets, so I found this nice umbrella swift, handmade by Ron West ...
which balled up all these soft merino skeins in no time
I also got a bit of Tarndwarncoort polworth/silk in natural colors
and some plain cream merino from Shiloh ready to practice spinning with another Ron West creation, a cute drop spindle with a banksia spine whorl.
Here is this morning's effort: a terrible, terrible 22g of very thick and very thin yarn. lol.
But it was fun. I dyed a little bit, too, to see how that works out. It's cheap, so it's good for practice. I did have a go on a nice majacraft spinning wheel, but I wasn't very good at it! I decided not to get a nice wheel until I've had a little practice...
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We got home just in time to pick up the kids for tea, so it was a long day. But the weather could hardly have been better for the middle of winter... although, as I said to Kelly, it could have been a bit cooler for a yarn festival; everyone was there with all their knitted stuff on, feeling hot!
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Hope some of you get to go this weekend and spend some money Ü
2 comments:
Yeah nice. Just have to practise more with the wool and spindle. I'll have to come out and use that umbrella swift some time too. I had a great time at the show with you too. Thanks for driving.
I haven't been to a fiber festival in forever, I miss it! Great haul!
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