So I mentioned that I'd been spending a lot of time lately at the Spinning Loft. I'm learning a lot about fiber--you know, aside from knowing that it's soft and fluffy and fuzzy and I want to snuffle it and roll around in it and make lots and lots of things out of it.
The first part of the Sheep Breeds Study was awesome (I'm already signed up for part 2--Longwools and Crossbred wools--in the fall) but since I don't have photos yet of all the beautiful fiber I got (like Merino, Cormo, Polworth, and my new favorite, Corriedale) and am currently spinning, I will tantalize you with a few photos of other things from around the shop.
Oh, by the way, if you like Spinning Spider Jenny (Jenny Bakriges), she's coming to teach workshops at the Loft in mid-November, and Patsy Zawistoski, the original Spinning Guru, will be there in mid-February. If you want to come, we'll have a sleepover!
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Happy hatching! Hope you have a 100% success rate.
Fibre is wonderful to get involved in...a wonderful sensation for the senses. That traditional spinning wheel was like the one I had but mine was dark wood...this was more than 30 years ago...oooh, the pain! Heheh!
I am fascinated with the fiber, although I was a bit dismayed to learn that the worms don't (in general) live to see life as a moth or whatever they turn into, as the cocoon is taken (at least for some forms of silk) before they hatch.
But the eggs! How many birds are you going for???? I'm impressed.
AcK! the cocoons are sooooo creppy.
creepy, even.
i know, jessie, that is the sad part. i guess most people would say "oh, well, they're just worms"--but still! i'm such a big mush.
but creepy? just think of those worms next time you're fondling some pricey silk garment, lol
as for our chicken population, i could definitely sell more eggs. i'm barely getting enough (averaging maybe a dozen a day in this heat and dry weather) to keep some in my cooler, and i do have regular egg customers now.
figuring that half our hatchlings will be roosters, and the older hens will start slacking on the laying soon enough, it'd be great to have maybe 40 layers (as opposed to the 24 we had this year). so we'll see.
we have a really good processing place, and the males get so noisy and aggressive so quickly (and make such good eating) that i don't mind in the least taking some to be butchered in the fall.
That mohair is sooooo shiny. Oooooh, pretty.
Did I pay you for those eggs? Can't remember.
Nice pictures of Beth's shop!
It's kind of weird to see pics of stuff I arranged a few days ago...if by "arranging" you mean throwing all the silk together in a pile and making sure all of the different kinds are visible. :)
Wonderful walkthrough of all the fibers! I agree the mohair looks beautifully shiny. Good luck all you little eggs!
I have just got my Ashford Traveller in the post! What did you finish yours with? I like seeing all the fibres.
worms in PODS.... okay, i'm just beyond befuddled, beyond confused, i think i need sugar! curse you hahahah
you're so cool you hurt
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