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How To Start a Fibre Mill

Posted on April 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

What Do You Do When a Problem Needs fixed? Some of us lament over the problem’s existence. Some of us just get to work fixing the problem. This is a story about a couple that clearly fall into the later category. It All Started With a Tiara A few weeks ago I had the enormous … [Read more…]

Posted in: Our Fibreshed | Tagged: Alpaca, Fibre Arts, Fibre Mills, Fibreshed, Hand Spinning, Knitting, Local Fibre Producers, Sheep, Spinning Wheels, Sustainability

Woolen Handspinning and the Long Draw: Lessons of the Wheel

Posted on February 9, 2021 2 Comments

I don’t think I could feel any less “masterful” with my spinning these days. The last round of homework for the OHS Certificate was eight skeins of woolen spinning with a heavy emphasis on the long draw. Or as I like to call it “The Long F*&!ing Draw of Doom”. My Relationship With The Long … [Read more…]

Posted in: Masterful Spinning: Ontario Hand Spinners | Tagged: Fibre Arts, Hand Spinning, Lessons of the Wheel, Spinning Wheels

Becoming a Master(ful) Hand Spinner - OHS Year 1

Posted on October 30, 2021 2 Comments

Meet Darlene. She’s a spinning wheel. A Double-Tredle Lendrum to be exact. Made in Odessa, Ontario by a fellow named Gord Lendrum. She and I crossed paths this past August on the first day of Year 1 (of 6!) in my journey to become a Master Spinner (as in wool and not as in bicycles … [Read more…]

Posted in: Craftivism, Masterful Spinning: Ontario Hand Spinners | Tagged: Haliburton School of the Arts, Hand Spinning, Lessons of the Wheel, Ontario Hand Spinners and Weavers, Spinning Wheels, Wendy Bateman

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