A Box of Her Own

Karin, a member of the Straw Bale Knitters, brought me completed charity scarves at our monthly Guild meeting in SLO today. She knitted fifteen scarves. Amazing, right?

 

 

I try to provide her with Fun Fur yarn for the ends but all the rest comes from her own yarn stash.

It is so fun to see her combination of colors and textures.

This weekend I will attach Karin's signed gift tags and then another Box-O-Scarves will be mailed.

Wednesday Read

 

Library Audiobook

 

Tuesday's Box

 

 

Colorful Monday

 

Shipping

 

 

Making

 

 

 

 

Sharing

 

 

Reshoot

The pics I posted yesterday of Into the Whirled April Fiber club did not show how beautiful "Choreography and Merriment" truly is. So here it is again.

 

 

 

 

Now I am happy.

 

Gray + Yellow

ITW April 2025 Club Colorway "Choreography & Merriment" Falkland. I love it.

 

 

Screenshot taken from ITW website ~

 

 

Warming Up

I came home to a Broody hen.

 

 

 

The easiest (and quickest) way for Kochi to break out of the cycle is a little R& R in the broody pen.

 

I have found that 72 hours is an effective stay with lots of quiet time and special treats.

This morning she went back to the coop.

 

 

Sage was hiding in the coop. Poor thing she didn't look too happy to see her bossy Coop-mate back.

 

A Gathering of Guilds: I Spin

I spin with a group of energized and energetic Spinners. The workshop instructor, Meagan Condon, is knowledgeable, patient, and very kind. I am glad I chose her class, "A Spinner's Exploration of Color and Texture".

 

Meagan Condon (pic)

 

I spin on a surprisingly comfortable and ergonomic couch. The chairs in the room did not fit me well so I lucked out with the couch.

 

 

I spin this beautiful braid of Targhee wool called Wooden Duck. Coincidence? I think not.

 

  

I spin a fiber color wheel and learned about optical blending.

 

 

 

I spin the Wooden Duck braid a few different ways. I am particularly excited about the third sample (#5 on the tag). It is a combo spin - a single of my fiber plus a single of Autumn's fiber plied together. Wow, so much more interest and depth.

 

I spin textured yarns.

Crepe yarn

 

 

A not-quite-Cable yarn (not enough ply twist)

 

 

A Cable yarn

 

 

A not-quite-Boucle yarn

 

 

Boucle yarn

 

 

 I spin and unspin thereby learning how to deconstruct a yarn and decipher it's structure.

 

Crepe yarn

 

I spin and learn and spin and learn and now I want to spin even more.

 

 

 Thank you Meagan Condon of Luthvarian Fiber Arts for a wonderful workshop.