We went to a local country fair this weekend ' The Tendring 100 show'. What a brilliant day out! We came home laden with free gifts, full bellies and great memories. The children tried pond dipping, american football, golf to name a few. They decorated biscuits and
made craft items.
The biggest marquees were full of groomed, brushed and clipped show animals. There were rabbits the size of a large babies, rats, chickens, cows, goats and dogs. My favourites were the sheep. This got me starting to think about wool. That and the crochet session last week! (I've had another few goes and am slowly getting it)
I don't really know that much about modern techniques for making wool. I've had a go at the traditional carding methods and seen people spinning on a wheel. I thought I'd blog about that but then I found this super serene video on Youtube about hand spinning. Not for fun or to 'craft' but to keep warm and I had to share. My first try at adding a video to the blog. Fingers crossed!
Don't fancy all that hard work?
Please click on the images below for a direct link to FOLKSY and ETSY shops that both make and sell these amazing yarns.
Winding the Skein
Sounds like a great day out! I love that selection of yarns...would love to be able to crochet and knit, but I've never been able to find someone to teach me with my left-handed ways, so for now I'll stick to felt :)
ReplyDeleteI'm learning crochet too and found YouTube tutorials very helpful. (A YouTube video series called "Art of Crochet" by Teresa has lefty crochet instructions.) I LOVED the spindle spinner video above! The fineness of her spinning was remarkable and it reminded me that Mongolian Cashmere fibre supposedly spins so fine that a garment can be made from a few hundred grams - so says WinghamWoolwork.co.uk, which sells the fibre. I must splurge and try it out! And thank you so much for including my yarn in your blog :-) - Gigi from FamilyHandspun on Folksy.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my blog today. It's nice to meet you. Funnily enough I am not far from Colchester. I'm over at the airfield near Needham Market and Stowmarket.
Take Care.
The problem with this social networking is I start finding things that look good. I have just made a little purchase from your Folksy shop. It is taking forever for the payment page to go through though so may have to try again later if it doesn't go through this time. :o)
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