Time

So school was officially over on the 17th. The plans to spin, weave, and knit were all in place. Sometimes life happens. I volunteered to help at a math institute in Quincy, WA. So every day, I was back up an my normal school day getting ready to team teach 2 groups of students moving into 1st grade. It was fun but challenging. On Thursday, we had to stay late because the institute had a math night for the migrant families. It was fun to meet the parents of our children. Many did not speak English but you could tell the love & pride they had in their kids. These are hard working families that are doing whatever it takes to help their children have a better life.

So between 3-6 p.m., I sat in my classroom with my partner teacher and worked with fiber. She is knitting a scarf for a foreign exchange student that is returning to France and I brought my spinning wheel. This was a 50 gram package of pencil roving. It was wonderful to spin (merino). I am getting better at having more consistent thickness. I ended up with about 106 yards. Not sure what I will do with it-give it away, knit a scarf...who knows. I do have one more package. Maybe do some mittens?

The loom room has been painted. My husband keeps moving anything fiber related into the room. My job this weekend will be putting away everything so that it makes sense to me (and still leaves room for my daughter to stay for the summer).

As I have been spinning on the Louet Hatbox for the last 2 weeks, I am still struggling with thick & thin but it's all good. After I have been setting the yarn, I have started a shawl. The actual color is red & orange (thank goodness for Kool Aid) but I love how he took this photo in black & white. He has framed it and put it up as my first piece of art in the room. I really do have the best husband.

The Beauty of Guilds

So at the last spinning/weaving guild, this cute Louett Hatbox spinning wheel was brought in. Since my wheel has been ordered (and hopefully shipped tomorrow), I asked to borrow this one from the guild. Luckily I have lots (did I say lots-should say lots & lots) of ready to spin fiber. Since my fiber is from some local German dairy sheep, I have done all the cleaning & carding. I am so afraid of overwashing the fleece, I end up having lots of lanolin in the fleece. I just finished my first bobbin and my hands feel wonderful. Now if I could only consistently spin.