Happy January!!! We made it! I know we have no promises that this year will be all sunshine and roses, but at the very least, it’s a new page. I’ve not been this happy to write a new year in my journal since first putting 2000 in my teenage diary. When it comes to planning … More Make Nine 2021
I just read my “goals” post from January 2020. My goals were practically feasible, but emotionally lofty and idealistic. If I could talk to myself a year ago, I’d just say, “Oh, hon. You are enough. Just hold on.” I don’t really know how to write this post. Jared joked to me about a month … More 2020 In Review
I got this wool eleven years ago. Eleven literal years. I don’t even know if the sheep I got it from is still alive. It started on a sheep at a farm in Maryland where I volunteered in exchange for veggies. My volunteering involved helping to process their wool, and in that process, they let … More Rankin Together
Quilting has become somewhat of a fixation for me. It’s not difficult to understand why. The colours are beautiful, the process is fun, and there are so many new techniques to explore. But it’s more than that, I think. Quilting is so… controllable. First off, you’re not starting from scratch in the same way as … More A Quilt
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
Osborn Fiber Studio 