I am becoming a spinner. I resisted spinning for years even though I bought a spinning wheel in 2010 to ply my tapestry singles on. I resisted because I was afraid I would get hooked and there is only so much time in a day. Tapestry is slow going and when would I have time to spin? Also, I didn't see the relationship between spinning and tapestry weaving.
Now I have to give myself a little dope slap when I remember that. I have learned so much about yarn characteristics in the last 6 months. And all of this is directly relevant to my art work which is made with, what?
Yarn.
Which comes from where?
Sheep.
Which is made into yarn how?
Spinning.
So imagine my joy upon seeing an email from Kate Larson in my inbox asking if I'd be okay with a blog post about my recent handspun tapestry project on the Interweave Spinning Daily blog.
Here it is! (Well, you have to click the link below to see it...)
http://www.spinningdaily.com/blogs/connection/archive/2015/09/23/handspun-for-tapestry-weaving.aspx
Now I have to give myself a little dope slap when I remember that. I have learned so much about yarn characteristics in the last 6 months. And all of this is directly relevant to my art work which is made with, what?
Yarn.
Which comes from where?
Sheep.
Which is made into yarn how?
Spinning.
So imagine my joy upon seeing an email from Kate Larson in my inbox asking if I'd be okay with a blog post about my recent handspun tapestry project on the Interweave Spinning Daily blog.
Here it is! (Well, you have to click the link below to see it...)
http://www.spinningdaily.com/blogs/connection/archive/2015/09/23/handspun-for-tapestry-weaving.aspx