Fiber Friends are First Rate!
So, I had been contemplating spinning long before I actually met Snow. However, Snow made it her personal duty to increase the ranks of spinners in our little corner of the world - especially spinners who enjoy getting together and talking obsessively about their projects on a regular basis 
Once she got Amanda and I to both cave and make the BIG purchase she didn’t view her job as over like many would. Instead, she dived into her personal fiber stash and put together some fiber samplers for us so that we can learn a bit about choosing wool for spinning for particular projects.
A group of SnB regulars gathered for Sushi on Friday night and she brough with her this…
Let’s take a closer look…
1 - A blend with angelina
2 - Targhee that is somewhat neppy
3 - Shetland
4 - Superwash Merino
5 - Confetti from Copper Moose
6 & 7 - Coopworth
Amanda is having very good success with the Targhee and a drop spindle. I know I definitely want to try it on my wheel, but I think I might pull out the drop spindle and give some of it a go on there as well…
On a side note, it’s not really a knit a long, but I put it there anyway and you’ve maybe noticed 
over there in the upper right already. I heard about the first swap at Wax and Feathers and Piddeloop
and was wishing I had gotten in on the exchange as both DH and I love being exposed to new music. So, when Piddleloop announced that she was hosting the 2nd round I signed up! Now, to choose the tracks I want to include on my CD and design the cover…
Lastely, since I had only one entrant in the last contest and the guess wasn’t right, I’ll be announcing a new contest late this week, so stay tuned and exercise your thinking caps, especially if they are of the pithy variety…
Wow! You are going to learn much very quickly because of great pals. Snow
is such an enabler!
Comment by margene — 6/28/2005 @ 11:34 am
Snow & I go through mutual enabling sessions… I coax her into fibers, she coaxes me etc… It’s quite fun really. Spinning is such a fun experience. I’m glad you are enjoying it Kristi!
Comment by Lizzy B — 6/28/2005 @ 2:16 pm
I do my best, I really do.
Now is this going to be contest for which I qualify, or is this open to only those who don’t already know many of your personal secrets?
Comment by Snow — 6/28/2005 @ 3:08 pm
hey, thanks for this, I went and signed up and can’t wait for lotsa new music!
Comment by jacey — 6/30/2005 @ 8:32 pm
[…] rly to cool off before SnB. While there I finally finished spindle spinning the ~1.5 oz of Coopworth wool from Snow. It’s been slow, but I hadn’t been diligent spinning it […]
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