Category Archives: Studio

Good Day To Spin

I’ve been spinning on and off this afternoon and went from 2.5 ounces to 3.0 ounces before taking a break… …and stopped at 5 pm with 3.5 ounces on the bobbin. This leaves me with half an ounce to finish this bobbin, put it beside the first bobbin on my lazy kate and start plyingContinue reading “Good Day To Spin”

Back In Gear

It’s mostly cloudy and windy today but the sun manages to peek out on occasion. I’m back in the studio getting a little spinning done and getting ready to begin photographing and inventory of my hand-spun yarns. I’m starting with the best stuff and will move onto the rest later. The empty space on theContinue reading “Back In Gear”

The Ice Is Gone

The sun is shining, no breeze to speak of and it’s 41° in our little corner of Texas. Nice to see the sun again. Brad is off to pick up a couple of pounds of chopped brisket, BBQ sauce and sides. We’ll have some for lunch and divide the rest of the brisket and freezeContinue reading “The Ice Is Gone”

It’s Warming Up!

I waited a little late to get an optimal photo of the ice on the Ash trees. It’s above freezing for the first time in days and the sound of melting ice and dripping water is all around outside. The gutters are trickling water nonstop. We got a little freezing drizzle during the night, henceContinue reading “It’s Warming Up!”

Fiber Inventory Is Finished

Stick a fork in me, turn me over, I’m done! My fiber stash consists of 135 lbs of wool, alpaca, bison, camel down, cashmere, silk, raime, flax and cotton. Most of the wool and wool blends are in the form of combed top. I have cotton sliver and cotton lint, line flax and tow flax,Continue reading “Fiber Inventory Is Finished”

It’s Adding Up

You are looking at another 48.56 pounds of spinning fiber. I weighed the contents of one basket, no problem. I weighed the other basket including the contents and then weighed the basket and subtracted the difference. Same with the plastic bin. A lot more there than it appeared to me at the outset. The lighterContinue reading “It’s Adding Up”

Goodbye, January

We are about to say goodbye to January but our chances for icy weather will be around for a bit yet. This photo was taken last February 24th, Brad’s birthday. I half expected to wake up to something similar this morning but we didn’t get the precip that was forecast and it seems to beContinue reading “Goodbye, January”

A Slight Miscalculation

The 10 lb estimate I gave for the Allons-Y! Fiber Arts fiber stash turned out to be 24 lbs. Next up is what you see in this photo. The bottom shelf is easy. Those are 1 lb bags of fiber, all seven of them. The two baskets and the plastic bin contain samples of fiberContinue reading “A Slight Miscalculation”

Inventory Has Begun

I have arranged my bagged fiber on the shelves by vendor and color, mostly. The bottom wooden shelf is nothing but fiber from Allons-Y! Fiber Arts and I have two more partially spun bags off to the right of this photo also from Bethanne. Most of her braids are at least five ounces and aContinue reading “Inventory Has Begun”