On Saturday, Laurel and I went to the Oatland Island Wildlife Center to the Fiber Guild's workshop: Taste of Spinning with Sally Kroenke.
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| This is the room where they do their spinning and weaving |
These are the hand carders that you use to brush the wool roving to open it up and get it all fluffy
We used drop spindles to spin the yarn,
It was quite a learning experience. It was quite interesting, and we learned a lot.
After we spun our fluffy wool into yarn, we wound it on a "niddy-noddy" to make it into a skein.
It was fun, and I certainly developed a deeper understanding of the whole process.
It was a bit tiring, however, so of course, we had to pop downtown....
for a Coffee!!! at our favorite, Gallery Espresso!
P.s. our yarns have been washed and are hanging up to dry--
Hope you're having a great weekend....
