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One of five circles of spinners... 190 strong this year!!!! Fantastic!!!
Our annual Spin In for the Yaquina Fiber Arts guild was held in Newport
Oregon Feb 1. I remember 83 people attending, and then 103. This
year there were 190+. Obviously we have a great time!!! Many wonderful
vendors with fiber, roving, hand dyed yarn and fiber and much more.
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| another circle |
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| Diane and Mollie, my friends from Central Oregon |
Mollie's gorgeous scarf was hand dyed by her with cake dyes! then knit.
Diane's sweater was also hand spun and hand knit. What you can't see is
a large decoratively stitched circle on the back. Very pretty.
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| several different types of wheels |
I thought I would try and take pictures of different styles of
wheels this year. I saw about 7 Hanson electric wheels. They can spin very
fast or not... your choice. The bobbins are much larger and can hold 8 oz.
The reason most ladies purchase them is they are so easy to travel with..
Some have cases and use them as tables, others actually bring tables, as above.
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| close up of 2 more Hanson's |
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| My friend Ann and myself spinning on my double treadle Lendrum |
This is my Bohus sweater made with 17 colors in the yoke of hand spun,
hand dyed yarn from Wisconsin, not by me. But I knit it. I want to spin and
dye some yarn for this type of sweater. It is 40-50% angora mixed with wool.
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| The large spool on the hanson holds a lot! |
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| This wheel has a very nice built in Kate for bobbin storage and use |
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| Linda, my friend from the Newport group |
Marie Hurley from Querencia alpaca's gave me some great pointers
on dying fleece and yarn.
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http://www.openherd.com/farms/3044/querencia
She raises wonderful animals with the very best fleece. I learned so
much from this very special lady. I restrained myself very well but succumbed
and bought one skein of rose/ orange heather yarn from her. Soft mohair socks????
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| My orangy pink alpaca!!! soooo soft!!!! |
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| Hand dyed Alpaca from Marie Hurley |
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| Me... knitting at Mollie's beach house on the Alsea River |
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| Looking up river on the Alsea |
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| Seagulls love the new dock!!! |
Since I now live in Redmond in Central Oregon, it is a 4 1/2 hour drive
over the mountain passes, through the snow, and down to the coast.
Sweet Mollie drove Diane and I and put us up at her lovely beach cottage
for the weekend. Such fun to knit and spin with friends. Ate well, had a
little wine and great talk. It was a really wonderful relaxing weekend.
We made it back up over Santiam pass on the packed snow (stars out and
clear as a bell) just before dark. My guild here in Redmond is also the
same NWRSA guild as Newport so we have a great connection of spinners.
I had not seen my coast friends for about 9 months so it was a wonderful
reunion for me.
