GREETINGS EVERYONE!
Spring is here for sure! We know this because some of us spent the day spinning on Saturday at Clare's farm, (Harmonious Homestead and Ewe) and watched little lambs bouncing all over the place. It was a delightful day. Many thanks, Clare, for the venue. There will be another spin-in at Clare's on May 9th. Please consider coming and joining us, even for a couple of hours.
PATIENCE PAYS OFF
I'm happy to inform you all that one of our missing bobbins has shown up. It was found in some wool that had not been looked since the last sheep to shawl (how many of us do that!) It's so easy to do. Sheep to Shawl, spin ins, or any other gathering where spinners congregate with their wheels are the perfect scenario for these sorts of things to get mixed up and go missing. I'd ask you all, again, to please look through your stash really, really carefully, particularly, in parts of it that you haven't looked at for a while. If we keep at this, we may find them all!
To prevent the loss of your own equipment, etc., this might be a good time to consider labelling all of your own equipment, as well, bobbins, carders, combs, lazy kates, spinning wheels (yes, even wheels), or anything else that we cart around with us to our gatherings.
KNITTING ANYONE?
Just a reminder that we're knitting at Gudie's house on Monday April 19th (that's tomorrow). Hope to see you there. I hope all of you are thinking about where we should be on KNITTING IN PUBLIC DAY in June.
SCOURING RAW FLEECE
I had offered to demonstrate to the Sheep To Shawl convenors how to wash their Perendale fleece for the competition. The situation has morphed a bit and others are asking if it's all right for them to come as well. Of course, it is.
I will now be putting on a small workshop (couple of hours long) on scouring all types of raw wool. The workshop will be held at my house. This will be an easy-peasy workshop, in that there is no preparation on your part, no homework, no notes, etc. All you need to do is bring yourself and your listening skills. I am suggesting everyone throw in a couple of dollars for the talk and all proceeds will go to the guild.
I would appreciate knowing who might be interested in coming to this. It's a component of our craft that has had very little attention paid to it in the last few years, and much of the information that is out there is very outdated and in some cases, incorrect. If you would like to update your skills on scouring wool, please feel free to attend. Let me know by email if you're interested. We'll settle on a date in the near future.
BELT THOSE SPINNING WHEELS IN!
Many of you by now have heard the tragic story in the news of the young woman in the Lower Mainland who was in a car accident and died. She had put her laptop in the back seat (unsecured, of course) and during the accident, the laptop flew through the air as a uncontrolled projectile, hit her in the head and killed her. We all need to think about unsecured objects in our cars as we travel to our spinning and weaving activities. We know the best place for our spinning wheels and other equipment is in the trunks of our cars, but sometimes this is not possible. If you need to carry your wheel in the passenger part of your car, please, please remember to secure it with a seatbelt. If you were ever hit by a spinning wheel (even those folded up Lendrums) during an accident, it would have disasterous and probably lethel consequences. Small equipment should be encased in something and controlled somehow as well. We love you all, so please keep yourself and friends safe.
Bye for now,
jg