We were excited to add to our inventory a wool picker last week. For those of you who are not up-and-up on the primitive techniques of wool preparation, a wool picker is used to "fluff" the wool after washing and before carding. It's a time consuming step when the wool is as dirty as the 20 lbs that we washed the other day was. Now, what we did in an hour we can now do in 15 min. Very good. We choose to go with the Lil Dynamo, a small family company with an innovative (and less scary) design for a wool picker. It works beyond what I could ask, is made sturdy, and is more affordable; you can't ask for much more then that. I highly recommend it.
Talk about a busy month ahead and I'm not sure I'm ready for it; not that it asked me.
We have been invited to do a demo at the IncrEDIBLE Food Show. I know. I'm sure your wondering what a weaver is doing at a food show. It is a big convention dedicated to Kentucky Proud Products and although it is more food oriented there is a area dedicated to the crafts of Kentucky...and there we will sit and work for 8 hours on Saturday and 6 on Sunday. It should be good though. We will be doing the same thing there that we would be doing at home (wink at a friend out there), so despite the thankful random interruptions, we will have an excuse to get a lot of work done.
Mid October brings another Beginning Weaving Class. The last one went exceptionally well and I can only hope that the next one goes just as well, if not better.
Then the end of October. My favorite time of year. The smells, the air, the sights, sounds, and Halloween. I love Halloween. We have a vacation planned; most of it will be with my other family and doing some PR in Virginia, but we have a little "us" time planned on the two most sacred nights of the year; the 30th and the 31st. A cabin in the mountains, a wood fire, and a Parcheesi board. Now, that is Halloween.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Welcome New Friends!
Welcome to the launch of SilverWheelYarn.com . Enjoy looking around, there are lots of great things to look at. CJ and I, Traci, am very happy to introduce our work to people from down the street and around the world. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list and be the first to know all the happenings.
What you are reading now is the blog. Here I will keep everyone up to date with the more personal side to what we do. I will post things we are working on, pictures of classes, or just vent about problems we are running into.
Be sure to not miss the galleries and the events pages. There are always new classes forming and demos where you can come and meet the faces behind the fiber.
I look forward to getting to know all our fans and working for you. Enjoy and let us know what you think!
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What you are reading now is the blog. Here I will keep everyone up to date with the more personal side to what we do. I will post things we are working on, pictures of classes, or just vent about problems we are running into.
Be sure to not miss the galleries and the events pages. There are always new classes forming and demos where you can come and meet the faces behind the fiber.
I look forward to getting to know all our fans and working for you. Enjoy and let us know what you think!
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Friday, September 4, 2009
LOTS to say.
Sunday we will have all our new photos taken with our brand new camera (eeeee, it's really nice.) In case you don't know what that means, it means it will be the official launch of our website. We should be sending out the welcome e-mail on Tuesday. I am very happy with how the website has turned out, CJ has proven himself to be most helpful time and time again.
Last weekend my whole family put forth lots of effort and washed 20 lbs of very dirty Cheviot wool. It was dirty, but not stained and the fiber is very consistent, so it was worth the work. It came out a dreamy white, fluffy, and not scratchy as this wool has a tendency of being under bad conditions. I did some lace spinning with it (its not made for this, but I like to put things through its paces when new) and I plied it ZSZ, making some artsy yarn. It looks nice but is still on the wheel, so we'll see if it stays this way. Looks like the wool will be good and soft as a medium weight which is just what we need for weaving. I'll have to switch flyers on my wheel; its been a long time since I have spun thicker; here's hoping I remember how. ;-)
You are now reading the blog of an official Kentucky Proud craftsman. Our paperwork pass through the system easily which means that we can have the backing of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, a formidable group. Now that we have the website and permission to use the Kentucky Proud logo we will start work on new business cards and brochures, maybe some actual advertising.
This week we had to kindly turn down an offer to do demos at the Kentucky Wool Festival in Falmouth Kentucky. We had already accepted a request to do demos at the IncrEDIBLE Event sponsored by Kentucky Proud. However, it looks like we might already be scheduled for the 2010 Wool Festival next year. Wow! Two events already for next year.
Which leads me to the second event for next year. The first annual Sheep and Wool Festival will be May of 2010 and has invited BOTH CJ and I to teach classes during the event. I will be teaching a Beginning Weaving Class while CJ will have a Dye Class. We are exceptionally honored and excited about this chance to work with the general public.
And I have two more weaving classes coming up, one in October and one in November.
If you have made it this far your a dedicated fan and I'm lucky to have you. Talk to everyone soon. Be good and be careful.
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Last weekend my whole family put forth lots of effort and washed 20 lbs of very dirty Cheviot wool. It was dirty, but not stained and the fiber is very consistent, so it was worth the work. It came out a dreamy white, fluffy, and not scratchy as this wool has a tendency of being under bad conditions. I did some lace spinning with it (its not made for this, but I like to put things through its paces when new) and I plied it ZSZ, making some artsy yarn. It looks nice but is still on the wheel, so we'll see if it stays this way. Looks like the wool will be good and soft as a medium weight which is just what we need for weaving. I'll have to switch flyers on my wheel; its been a long time since I have spun thicker; here's hoping I remember how. ;-)
You are now reading the blog of an official Kentucky Proud craftsman. Our paperwork pass through the system easily which means that we can have the backing of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, a formidable group. Now that we have the website and permission to use the Kentucky Proud logo we will start work on new business cards and brochures, maybe some actual advertising.
This week we had to kindly turn down an offer to do demos at the Kentucky Wool Festival in Falmouth Kentucky. We had already accepted a request to do demos at the IncrEDIBLE Event sponsored by Kentucky Proud. However, it looks like we might already be scheduled for the 2010 Wool Festival next year. Wow! Two events already for next year.
Which leads me to the second event for next year. The first annual Sheep and Wool Festival will be May of 2010 and has invited BOTH CJ and I to teach classes during the event. I will be teaching a Beginning Weaving Class while CJ will have a Dye Class. We are exceptionally honored and excited about this chance to work with the general public.
And I have two more weaving classes coming up, one in October and one in November.
If you have made it this far your a dedicated fan and I'm lucky to have you. Talk to everyone soon. Be good and be careful.
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