It made me so happy to find this. If you’d like to listen to it while you read, or just go listen and forget about this post, I wouldn’t blame you! As I mentioned before, my weaving project of late has been to take the above bounty – a generous gift from the local thrift … More Making Christmas Time
November 2020 in Rankin can be divided into two segments: before November 11th, and after. That was the date of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet. As of Thursday, December 3rd, all are recovered there are now no longer any active cases in Rankin Inlet, and so far there have been no … More November 2020 Roundup: Lockdown Time
More thrift store fun today. Last year, they were donated a whole box of these giant black sweaters. The sweaters were brand new, clearly meant to be embroidered with promotional information or something, but not of a style that anyone in town would have much use for. I took three, an idea germinating in my … More Alterations
Two projects off the loom, and both are having some dimensional problems. I got my curtains all blocked, ironed, and sewn with their backing, and when I hung them up… Er… oh. I was expecting more like a few inches of fringe dusting the sill, not.. 12. The other is The Great Scarf Caper. It … More Length and Width Issues
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. I wrote this post back in MARCH! I spent some time spinning with Stringbean back when our first lockdown was happening. I didn’t publish it, though I’m … More 48 of 51 Yarns: Teaching Stringbean to Spin
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. I’m going to jump ahead here for a bit – yarns 44 and 45 I’ll come back to later – and share the yarns from the Community … More 46 of 51 Yarns: Spinning at a Retreat in Vancouver
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
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 next chapter in 51 Yarns is called “Into and Out of the Box.” So we are abruptly transitioning from in-depth studies of different fibers in their … More 41 of 51 Yarns: New Natural Yarn
Osborn Fiber Studio 