Wonderful wonderful WOOL
Posted by Jessica in Non-wool fibers, Spinning, Travel, Wedding shawlI had a great time at WOOL this weekend! I went up with Sairy and Sharon and still can’t believe we fit all of our crap AND all of my fiber in Sharon’s car with room to spare! WOOT! I had a serious bout of camnesia during the weekend but I did manage to get a couple of pictures.
Sairy making friends with a local moose when we stopped for souvenirs.
The view down the lake just before we left
Besides all the fun and the spinning and hanging out with a fun crowd there was one other major highlight for me. Doing yoga outside the Lake House Saturday morning. I don’t think I’ve ever had the pleasure of doing yoga outside before and it was really something to look up to the sky and actually see SKY! Doing heart openers was not a problem during that practice I must say!
You really should just head over to Tina’s blogpost about the weekend for the real low down. And pictures of a great use for fun fur. Trust me. You won’t be disappointed. 
And many thanks again to Tina for everything she does to make this weekend possible for all of us!
I got a ton of spinning done during the weekend. I made some serious progress on the yarn for my wedding shawl.
I know it doesn’t look like much, but that’s many hours of work! And I’m still not through the first batt, but I’m close! Kim exclaimed at one point that it was so thin she couldn’t even see it. I also was moved away from more than once because of the breeze my wheel was creating while I was spinning. I guess the fast whorl and treadling like a mofo might have had something to do with it. And it was cold. Dang cold. Low 50s at night! No one needed any extra breeze!
When I couldn’t stand spinning white any more I picked up a braid of my own Superwash merino in Camo (similar to this braid) and spun that up in just a couple of hours. I plied it at home and it came out like this.
(Still in need of a bath.)
I have high hopes that it might become a Button Up Neckwarmer from the last issue of Spin Off. We’ll see.
I also bought some destashed merino from Kim that I spun in the evening and plied at home.
(Also needing a bath.)
Turned out to be about 150 yards of two ply. HWJF likes it so it may turn into another cowl or something for him.
The spinning needs a rest for now though. My knees need a break. And I’m busy knitting something with some other handspun….
Shhh!! If you know what it is, don’t say! It’s a surprise!
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Ooh, that camo handspun is AWESOME!!! Still have no real desire to learn to spin, but I’m glad you love it!
Maybe next year I’ll make it to WOOL!
I know I know!!
I’m so glad you had a good time, it was wonderful to see you again this year. Yoga not so much fun for the morbidly obese, but I can see the appeal otherwise. And yes, your wheel is death when it’s already cold, but I can see friends sidling up if it were hot. It’s all a matter of situation.
here moosey moosey
Those 2-ply yarns look positively bulky compared to the thread I usually see you making.
I agree about the great setting for yoga. The class we went to was wonderful- gentle enough that I barely had to open my eyes, and when I did I saw the lake out the window and heard the waves the whole time. And Tina: alot of the awesomeness of yoga is just breathing and being in -and aware of- your body. It’s not all about twisting like a pretzel! I enjoy it like I enjoy meditating. I wish I had more opportunities to practice.
How cool to be able to do yoga outside. WOOL always sounds like such a fabulous time — and so productive, too.
It looks like it was a log of fun! I love the color of your last project!
I saw you setting up your mat outside for yoga and thought, how peaceful! The destash roving looks so pretty as does all the rest of it. As always it was so so much fun! WOOL went by way too quickly.
I’m so glad you had a such wonderful time. I love that spinning!
Ooo, lots of nice stuff in this post. It was a fun time!
SO glad you guys could make it! It made it way funner ;op