Years ago, my friend Rachel (my prayer buddy Rachel, or as she is known to my kids, either “Auntie Rachel” or “not-spinning Rachel”) gave me a book called “Knitivity,” with instructions for knitting a playful Nativity scene. It went into the “someday” pile, but this last year I realized my kids are at the prime … More Knitivity: Holy Family
It has been part of my exploration of Jacey Boggs Faulkner’s book, 51 Yarns, to reflect and record on each of those spins over the last two years. I did these reflections for my own benefit, as a completion of the creative cycle, as it were. But as I have done this study with the … More 51 Yarns Index
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. To wrap up the 51 Yarns SAL that I’ve been participating in for the last couple of years, I thought I’d round up a few thoughts about … More 51 Yarns: Final Reflections
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. The opposite of fine yarn is, of course, bulky yarn. It might surprise the non- or new spinner that, at a certain point, bulky yarn can be … More 50 of 51 Yarns: Bulkiest Yarn
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Home stretch! The last three yarns in the book are “personal bests,” or as I’ve been calling them in my mind, “superlatives.” These yarns are also a … More 49 of 51 Yarns: Finest Yarn
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Yesterday I wrote about how I struggled to define my default yarn, but came at that spin by looking at each decision, and taking the choice that … More 45 of 51 Yarns: My Default Yarn’s Nemesis
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. OK, my last batch of spins are done, as my last round of washing, measuring, photographing, swatching, measuring, and photographing again. I’m ready to share my last … More 44 of 51 Yarns: My Default Yarn
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. It has been a really long time since I’ve had a spinning group. Like, since I lived in Maryland, ten years ago. But here in Rankin, in … More 47 of 51 Yarns: Spinning With a Group
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. Ugh. Emotions! For someone who has a lot of them, I’m not very good at them. And I don’t know about you, but so far November has … More 43 of 51 Yarns: An Emotional Yarn
Happy Remembrance Day, y’all. This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. This is one spin that I’ve been anticipating for two years. The assignment: make something into yarn that was not intended to make … More 42 of 51 Yarns: Not Intended for Spinning
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