I had a wonderful weekend at Spinning Camp. A weekend in a quiet green valley outside town, with all meals laid on, and nothing to do except spin, knit, chat and relax. The weather even played nice for most of the time too. Here is what I did.
Moved into the (quite large) shared room. I am a pro, this mess only took five minutes to make.
Enjoyed the views of bush, mountains and sky
Spent a lot of time spinning in a light, airy room with many other spinners and knitting in the sun outside
Spun, and plied, the whole of the red treetops fibre I brought. Isn’t it lovely and chunky? These reds make me think of lipsticks.
Stocked up on things to spin at the camp shop (alpaca, polwarth + silk, wool + bamboo, and merino)
Put some things on the show and tell table (and played clotheshorse in the show and tell fashion parade), and marvelled at the skill and ingenuity showed in some of the pieces.
Learnt to Navajo-ply, and managed to do a whole bobbin without mistakes (plus some of the red above)
Wandered off into the bush to enjoy the view
Spied on the kangaroos
And swooned over the softness of my semi-solid indigo merino. It was like spinning butter. So lustrous and pretty.
All up, a very satisfying weekend, and a valuable resource for a novice spinner. I hope I can go back next year, this time with my own wheel.
October 26, 2009 at 8:43 pm |
you make me feel a little glow of adoration inside :)
April 11, 2010 at 7:40 pm |
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