I could wax poetic about how I got started in all this fiber stuff because of spinning but that’s a story for another day. Let’s just say this…spinning is a kind of nirvana that only other spinners can understand. For the record, I’m not speaking of the Buddhist definition of nirvana but the western definition.
nirvana – any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Yep. That place. I find it often when sitting at my wheel. The crazy thing is that I know this and yet I ignored my wheel for over a year. I moved it to my craft room and there it sat, gathering dust.
No more though. She’s out in the living room and getting attention from me at least twice a week if not more often. As of yet I don’t know her name but I’m hoping to share some pictures of her tomorrow. Why tomorrow? Out Post Days at Murphy!
Now I’ve been telling people all week that my spinning group is going out there for the weekend, I’m just going Saturday, and they keep asking me what it is. The short answer is, I don’t know. But I hear there’s great pie. So I asked the internets and here’s what the mighty tubes had to say:
Pioneer skills and lost art demonstration, toad race, Soap making booths, horse hair braiding events, wall branding sessions, pine cone basket weaving, a pie shop, and Indian dancers are all featured at this two day event. All activities are free of charge.
So. That’s what Out Post Days at Murphy are. And I’ll be there. Spinning this.
This isn’t mine. It belongs to Diane. Here’s another attempt to show off the colors.
It is labeled as dyed halfbred with silk noils, raspberry. I’ve got 16 ounces of this beautiful fiber to play with. I think I’m going to go for something along the lines of a sport weight. One last picture? Okay…
There are so many colors in this beyond the main raspberry fiber. I can’t wait to see what it does on the wheel.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go oil my wheel and give her a bit of a rubdown with some Murphy’s Oil Soap. I think. I’ll have to make sure that’s what I should be using on her first.
With any luck, tomorrow I’ll have pictures of me spinning. Until then…
