Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Spinning

Dear Mom,
I'd have to check through the blog archives to see exactly how long I've been spinning, but without doubt it is only a fraction of the time I've been a knitter. And yet my spinning stash rivals my knitting stash- and frankly may even be larger. oooops. Definitely larger when I think of what is currently off to Ohio Valley getting blended and processed.
And then there is this:

When CarolWhoseHouseGotStruckByLightning visited her parents in Minnesota recently, she took a field trip to Northern Woolen Mill. She told me about the field trip a few days ahead and I asked her if it wasn't too much trouble, could she bring $50 worth of a bison/wool blend roving back next time she was in town? When I asked, I imagined that $50 would buy me a ball of roving slightly bigger than my fist. What I got was not one, not two, but THREE bigger-than-my-head balls of 50/50 North Dakota Bison and South Dakota Merino!  It spins up beautifully.
I don't know what I will do with the yarn once it has all been spun and plyed, but with this much roving, I should have plenty of options.

The first Sunday of each month, Tabby Tree Weaver hosts an Open Spin. I don't miss too many of those afternoons. A very nice group of ladies gathers to talk spinning and weaving, share some laughs, and ooh and ahh over Show-n-Tell. Last month MelissaWhoSpinsButDoesNotKnit shared this rug hooked masterpiece. This is truly a Work Of Art.

 Being the thoughtful, generous person I am, my first words (once I regained the ability to speak) were: "I want this when you die. Leave it to me in your Will." (Good thing that Melissa 'gets' me. She laughed and said okay. I think…..)


Okay, I don't want her to die. But I do admit to daydreaming about where I would hang this if it were in my house.
Love,
Kim

3 comments:

Mary Lee said...

I love that! Wow, she's WONDERFUL with color selection. I took a class at a yarn shop in St. Paul once. I really enjoyed making the pillow from their kit. But when we asked about supplies and the instructor talked about finding old wool clothing, cutting all those little strips, and dying them, my eyes glazed over. Is that what Melissa does or are there sources for the strips?

Thanks for sharing this!

c said...

Can't wait to see what the roving becomes.

thecrazysheeplady said...

That is very beautiful. Lovely colors.