Spinning

Jolene on March 3rd, 2012

Eager to progress from my cardboard loom, I was delighted to find several affordable weaving looms on the well known auction site last week, and even more delighted to successfully bid on one.  It arrived yesterday and while it’s not in the greatest condition (buyer beware), it certainly weaves a nice fabric.  For the moment [...]

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Jolene on February 21st, 2012

Trying to design a mug cosy to fit a particular mug (that is quite a bit smaller than the one pictured)…needs a lot more work.  In the meantime, I’ve got a nice new cosy to keep my tea warm, which is desperately needed since I keep forgetting I have tea and it’s stone cold by [...]

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Jolene on February 17th, 2012

Having tried and failed spectacularly to spin on a spinning wheel, I purchased a drop spindle spinning starter kit from hilltopkatie and this is the result of two day’s messing with it…it makes me happy although I’m not entirely sure what to do with the resulting 50g of wool? Picture shows the ball of unspun [...]

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