And to the left. On the wheel is Merino/Tencil blend. 

View from my wheel. Nice to sit here and spin. 

Here's everything set up and ready to go. 

While I was getting set up to spin, someone tried to take over for me... I think he/she may have been attracted to the smell of the oil. 

Wonderful Wednesday - April 26, 2006

After working in my yard for awhile I decided I deserved a nice rest and some spinning. I moved my wheel, favorite spinning chair, a stool, a drink, and fibre outside. Here are a couple pictures for you.

Another hooked project is this toaster cover by Sharon of the Ponderosa Guild in Kelowna 

How's this for a hooked rug? Done by Elaine of the Ponderosa Guild in Kelowna 

This blanket is spun/woven from the hair of this gals own samoyed dogs 

Two beatiful blankets woven be Marcia 

Givonna spinning cotton on a charka she brought back with her from India 

Mona with some beautiful yarn. I wish I could remember all the details of how these ladies made the items they shared here 

Diane, from the Oliver Spinners and Weavers, is showing us little baskets she wove with paper from dress patterns

Rosalie sharing two pieces she wove then over dyed (at her request, her face has been blurred so no one can see it. I think it such a shame to hide a pretty face with a beautiful smile, but not my choice.)

Lynnette wove the fabric and covered this stool 

Barb shows her "painted warp" piece, some of it over stiched on the machine 

These gals from Shuswap Spinners and Weavers Guild highly honoured the Monashee Spinners and Weavers. They liked our Sheep to Shawl entry so much that they all made their own incredible versions of the L Shawl. 

More ladies at work, and more venders in the background 

Visiting hard and working hard, stuff for sale in the background 

Annual Spin-in

Saturday, 08 April 2006 was the annual spin-in held by The Kalamalka Spinners and Weavers Guild. This is always a very fun event to attend, one which attracts spinners and weavers from far and wide. I don't have the numbers of how many people attended this year, but there were a lot of us there. I met some ladies that I know from Canspin (a web based group) that I had never met before, and you can imagine my surprise and delight when one lady said I looked familiar, and was I the one with the blog. There are venders at this affair every year, so a good chance to purchase things, and the Kal Guild had 2 tables this year selling second hand tools and yarns. I got great deals on some yarns, 3 books, and a drop spindle which I purchased from the Kal Guild. I also got 200gr of Merino/Tencil roving which feels soooo nice and will be awesome to spin.

We were served a very nice lunch after which we had a Show and Tell where most of us showed off some of our spinning and/or weaving... there sure were a lot of beautiful and inspiring items to view. I met a lot of wonderful women, and I look forward to visiting the Ponderosa Guild in Kelowna and the Guild in Oliver when I can get to these places in future. There is no way I can share here all the pictures I took there as there are too many (67), but I will share lots of them. If you would like to see more than these you'll have to come join me in front of my computer.