Tag Archives: Moosie

Saturday spinning update: straight from the sheep

This past Monday the Ottawa Knitting Guild had Pam & Elwood from Rare Breeds Canada as guest speakers. The talk, sheep pictures & questions were interesting. They also brought yarn. And smelly fleeces in feed bags. I managed to pinch … Continue reading

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Saturday spinning update: plying!

I’m sure you’re reading because you’re totally anxious to find out how the plying of last week’s purple singles. Of course I’m going to show you how it worked out. Here’s how it looked after I finished plying: And here’s … Continue reading

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Rhinebeck: only fools love sheep

I’m back home after a wonderful weekend away with Geneviève (Turtlepurl), the excellent indie dyer, Sarah (habsgirl), who works at my LYS and serves as a walking version of Yarndex and knower of all patterns and knitting drama, and Sarah … Continue reading

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