Well, here we are again, I'm thinking about spinning natural coloured fleece that I have prepped myself on the Ashford 3, The World of wool dyed 50gm packs on the Louet Victoria, the dyed fibre from Petes Fibre Studio on the Argonaut and if I happen to need to take a spindle anywhere I will have some Shetland to hand.
I may reassess at some point but I have plenty of bobbins for the Argonaut and the Ashford so I will be able to swap around if needed.
quick update, builders turning up on Monday so replace kitchen ceiling so it looks like I won't be spinning in public quite as much as anticipated!
Also my senior !! bus pass has turned up, not sure if I have to wait until actual retirement date to use it but will try on the bus on Saturday, fingers crossed. Update... it works :-)
Day one
New T-shirts and empty bobbins, let the games commence.
I was awake early so I had a little practise and spun 100gm Texel quite thick but tested out new brake band etc.
My plan for today was to head into town, grab a coffee then catch a bus over to
Wollaton Hall and Deer park as they are holding an open weekend in the walled garden which isn't often open to the public.
Coffee done, off to the garden. I arrived a little early so wandered round with my camera for a few minutes.
There are a few old tree stumps scattered around, the decaying remains revealing interesting patterns.
Once inside the walls I explored the gardens and grabbed a few pics of the flowers before buying a cup of tea and getting my wheel out.
However, once my wheel was out on the table, I had a steady stream of people wanting to ask about it and the spinning, my brief tea break lasted for two hours !
As I made my way from the park I spotted a squirrel and he obviously saw me, ran up the tree and froze. Not a flicker until I passed by,
I'm home now, trying to decide whether to stitch or spin tonight, whichever it is will be revealed in the next post.
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