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Posted by Allison on March 31, 2009, 9:55 am
onetexsun wrote:
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> True, John, one can never have too many interests. But one CAN have
> too little money. LOL. A return to spinning (and maybe weaving) will
> have to await the entrance of my Fairy Godmother.
>
> Sunny
A very low-tech (ie old-fashioned) way to do spinning is with a drop
spindle - someone in my guild showed us one she made from a dowel and a
couple of cd's. And there are some good how-to video's on youtube. I
think once you get the rhythm and learn how to draw out the fibers then
it goes quite quickly. But you probably have that part figured out
already.
Ah yes.... just one more thing that I don't have time to do but would
like to do more of :)
Allison
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Posted by onetexsun on March 31, 2009, 1:19 pm
Allison I have a gorgeous maple wood drop spindle. When life has hit
me a little hard I pull out a tine piece of my very small roving stash
(truly small, just one rove from long ago and it's dwindling) and spin
for a few minutes, savoring the feel of good lanolin rubbing into my
fingers as the fibers twist and become something whole rather than a
bunch of wild individuals.
Sunny
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Posted by Allison on March 31, 2009, 3:14 pm
What a lovely way to describe it.
I was also struck by the age of the technique.....to be able to do
something that women were doing thousands of years ago. Somehow very
satisfying.
Allison
onetexsun wrote:
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> Allison I have a gorgeous maple wood drop spindle. When life has hit
> me a little hard I pull out a tine piece of my very small roving stash
> (truly small, just one rove from long ago and it's dwindling) and spin
> for a few minutes, savoring the feel of good lanolin rubbing into my
> fingers as the fibers twist and become something whole rather than a
> bunch of wild individuals.
>
> Sunny
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Posted by on March 31, 2009, 4:33 pm
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> What a lovely way to describe it.
> I was also struck by the age of the technique.....to be able to do
> something that women were doing thousands of years ago. =A0Somehow very
> satisfying.
> Allison
It's a good thing I know what you're talking about. Someone could/
might easily think it's a whole lot of other things... 8^P
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Posted by Maureen Wozniak on April 1, 2009, 8:46 am
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:14:19 -0500, Allison wrote
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> What a lovely way to describe it.
>
> I was also struck by the age of the technique.....to be able to do
> something that women were doing thousands of years ago. Somehow very
> satisfying.
>
> Allison
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> on
I have a drop spindle (that I've never learned to use) for the same reason.
I also like quilting for the same reason--I feel connected, especially when
hand quilting, to women in the past. It's a nice feeling.
Maureen
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> too little money. LOL. A return to spinning (and maybe weaving) will
> have to await the entrance of my Fairy Godmother.
>
> Sunny