A
little about me
I
started spinning on a drop spindle in 2009 then in December 2012 I got a
spinning wheel an Ashford Traditional. The wheel was a single drive wheel.
After a year of spinning on it I decided that I wanted a double drive wheel. I
now have the Kromski Minstrel double drive
I
dream about spinning and think that just about everything I see could be spun
into some kind of yarn. YES, I am a little obsessed with spinning. I love
spinning art yarn mostly. Lock spinning, coils, Navajo plies, thick and thin,
you name it. I have washed dyed and spun fleeces. I have had my own wonderful
Shetland sheep and have had quite a few fleeces given to me. I have minimal
experience dyeing, but I have had great success with the food and cake dyes that
I have tried. I am very happy with the results.
Equipment
to process fiber:
Spinning
wheel, hand cards, electric drum carder, large picker, combs, blending board
etc. Currently own one spinning wheel (Kromski Minstrel). I have two sizes of flyer
heads and bobbins and three sizes of whorls for it, so I can spin a lot of
types and weights of yarn. Did I mention I LOVE to spin art yarn of all kinds?
(beads, dodads, add-ins, crazy bulky chunky art yarn, and core spun yarn) Fibers
Accepted: All kinds (potentially)
(Please
Skirt Prior to Sending) ). If Fiber is sent un-skirted, I will do my best to
skirt it Vegetable Matter:
It
is preferred that the fleece be low in VM but I will do my best to pick it as
clean as I can.
Processing:
Spinning,
Carding, Combing, and Blending with add-ins supplied by you.
Also
batts, rolags (rologs), roving and, art batts.
The
Arizona Fiber Mill (http://www.arizonafibermill.com/) is only 15 miles from my
place I can take fiber
there
to be processed into just about anything you want.
Updates
on progress will be given regularly along with photos.
