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In the spin lab: big experiments

Remember a few weeks ago when I regaled you with tall tales of my highly scheduled studio time? Remember the bit about how I have two studio days a month filled with experimentation? Lately I’ve been...

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Spin Lab: Aura’s first spin

Look what little pretty showed up on my doorstep, all shiny and engraved. It’s the new Majacraft Aura. I know you’ve heard of this wheel. The Poads (Majacraftians) designed it with the Lexi Boeger...

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Spin Lab: Aura #2, thin

My first experience with my shiny new wheel was spinning thick, not as thick as possible (that’ll come soon) but thick, none the less. It seems only fitting that the second time I put food to treadle...

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Spin Lab: Moonwood Farm fiber and Aura #3

First impressions go a long way, folks. Packaging counts. As a buyer, I’ve always known this but as a settler, I’m not so sure. I definitely learned a little something from Roo Kline of Moonwood farm....

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Spin Lab: Luna Bay Fibers

I love fiber. You might have suspected this about me. I’ve done my best to hide it from the non-fibery people in my life, but the secret is starting to leak. These batts that recently made their way...

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Spin Lab – Gale’s Art

I met Gale a few months back at a workshop in Atlanta, GA. To be honest, before that day I’d never heard of her. I know, can you believe it? That bit of ignorance on my part was quickly amended when I...

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Little knits, two cowls and a no longer cold neck

I almost always have a cold neck. And cold hands. And a cold head. As a knitter this makes little sense, I know. The thing is, I knit big. I always have. Within two weeks of putting hands to needles to...

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I took an online class and I totally didn’t hate it!

Have you heard of Craftsy? To be honest, I’ve been so wrapped up in my own head lately that it totally took me by surprise. And as somebody who puts out spinning DVDs (and I’ve got a new one coming out...

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