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
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
