Is it wrong to have SILK COCOONS spun onto EVERY spindle you own?
I think NOT!!! Just look at those yummy BON BON’s of BLISS!
How could any spinner resist?
I am always surprised when someone asks me how to
use a fiber and then actually does just that. The finished MASTERPIECE speaks for itself……Sublime!
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Burnished Reds, Burgundy, Deep Oranges, Tawny Browns, Rich Golds and a Smidgen of Sinister Green…….
I am so ready for the seasonal changes that bring these colors out in nature.
Building a batch of Spinnable FEAST for the upcoming Fiber Festivals in the Pacific Northwest….it is decidedly AUTUMN!
I hope to see some of you this weekend at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds for Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival.
The dyelots! booth in the 4-H building will be showing off the NEW Zephyr Turkish spindle and Pixy Mini-Noddy
Celebrating Sweater weather and all things FLUFF related!
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Introducing ZEPHYR and PIXY!
A Turkish spindle that truly goes and goes and goes some more…….for the center pull ball, so dainty and easy for plying! Comes with a nice bag and some fiber.
And for skein samples, 1/2 yards a mini-Niddy Noddy……when you need to take small amounts of yarn off the bobbin, to label..before you forget what it is!
Woodworking is relatively NEW to me, however I do remember watching my maternal Grandfather Mihaly Nemesh (Mike Nemes) from Hungary in his wood working studio in Paradise, California. The scent of the woods and sawdust were intriguing, with the whirring of the lathe in his capable hands. He built all manner of things and my Mother (Annabelle) says he worked on many a Movie Star’s Mansion on Mullholland Drive…back in the day! By the time I was a summer visitor, he was making standing clocks and small glass top tables to hold his and Tra-Tra Grama (Dorothy’s) rocks, shells, bones, exotic eggs and ODD found objects. She had a small teardrop trailer that we go camping in at the beach….hence the moniker Tra-Tra.
When Vance (my beloved) and I made these FINE little Hand Spinning Tools….It felt so good to be in the wood shop with those familiar smells and sounds, completely natural for me. Working with my hands, making stuff, cutting, sanding, staining, buffing…..sigh! P A R A D I S E ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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BRRRRR…with this cold snap, I have plenty of time in my home studio to prepare for upcoming Fiber Festivals. Winding skeins, dyeing yarn and fibers, packaging & labeling are not the most creative part of the process, but necessary for progress!
Buckets full of soaking wool, silk and various fibers fill the floor and fill the air with the heady scent of vinegar and wet critter fluff.
You have just read my very FIRST blog post ….. more to follow!
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Adventures in Fiber Arts - Janis Thompson 