A sub-chapter of my "main" blog with historical photos of my spinning attempts over the years.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
2002 VA and VT fiber festivals
This wool is from Annie's fleece, a coopworth lamb. The fleece was so clean that I spun most of it in the grease. I was still pretty novice at spinning, but having lots of fun at it. This yarn is a 9wpi bulky 3ply. This skein is more of Annie's wool, but now I'm spinning a lot finer - my finest to date, I believe. about 14-16 wpi, 2ply sport wt! More of that luscious Merino/silk blend from the Bulky Club. I sent all three of these skeins to the VT and VA fiber festivals and they all did really well - Annie's skeins both took a first - one at each show. This skein took 3rd place both shows. I didn't enter anything at home (Fresno Fair) this year - I sent my handspun all over the country.
I came across this blogger user profile again in 2020 and need to update it a bit. I'm now a 70-something fiber fanatic who's been retired for over 10 yrs. I have my huge stash (acquired over my working career) housed in a shipping container in my driveway and have all day and all night to knit, crochet, spin, and weave. I don't have a lot of money, but I have enough to feed two dogs and myself and life is pretty good.
2006 - A 50-something fiber fanatic who wishes she was independently wealthy so she'd have time to knit and spin and weave all the fiber already in the house.
This wool is from Annie's fleece, a coopworth lamb. The fleece was so clean that I spun most of it in the grease. I was still pretty novice at spinning, but having lots of fun at it. This yarn is a 9wpi bulky 3ply.
This skein is more of Annie's wool, but now I'm spinning a lot finer - my finest to date, I believe. about 14-16 wpi, 2ply sport wt!
More of that luscious Merino/silk blend from the Bulky Club. I sent all three of these skeins to the VT and VA fiber festivals and they all did really well - Annie's skeins both took a first - one at each show. This skein took 3rd place both shows. I didn't enter anything at home (Fresno Fair) this year - I sent my handspun all over the country. 
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