Spinnin' on the Square

No picture for this -- we were having too much fun to take pictures! Maybe Shelly will shoot a pic of her lovely skein and send it to me.

Yesterday (3/20) I took the Rose (Majacraft) and the Traditional (Ashford) wheels up to Knitting on the Square in Chardon. Shelly wanted to learn spinning too! So there we sat, next to the very fine Debbie Bliss yarns and in front of the Kathmandu yarn (my last sweater), side by side, spinnin' fools extraordinaire. Customers came in and watched, asked lots of questions, and of course did a little shopping -- Shelly had to stop spinning (poor thing) -- but it was good for her to have a little break (no pun intended, there Shel).

Shelly did a fabulous job -- she was spinning pretty thin -- and had a few breaks here and there, and a few spots of "EXICTED" yarn -- but all in all a fabulous job -- picture coming soon!

Robin Swoboda & crew came by to interview Kate -- the shop looked fabulous, and Shelly and I were added ambiance (if I do say so my self) -- they filmed our little feet -- treadling away. Cool, now my feet are immortalized on film.

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Shelly said…
I had so much fun spinning my "designer slub" yarn!!! Thanks for plying it for me and making it look like "real" yarn. I will send a pic as soon as we get back from vacation. We WERE spinnin' fools!!!!

P.S. I hope our feet don't end up on the cutting room floor!
March 22, 2008 at 9:41 PM
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