Was a great day at the club today. The exchange table worked well, our show and tell table had plenty on it to talk about and we were all happy to be spinning and creating. Marina brought along a spinning wheel she had got going. It had been made from a standard lamp and turned into an electric wheel. Someone had been inspired and very creative. Alexis brought along some lovely colours for us to choose from so that cheered us up and Jeanette had shared a big bag of alpaca fleece so that got us all talking about how we prepare, spin and dye alpaca fleece. Colour blending was featured very strongly today.
Show and tell
Sarina : has made a beautiful quilt and has brought it along to be raffled. Tickets are $5 and there are only 100. The money raised is going to the Hallet Cove Scout group.
Marina : was using a very unusual electric wheel today made from a standard lamp. Very attractive.
Sheila O : Three beanies : one multi stripe, one colourful spiral and one Fair Isle pattern.
Alexis: two Fair Isle beanies: one red and one turquoise.
John : a lovely warm woven scarf in pastel shades.
Cathy : a ball spun wool of tan plied with a multi colour strand. Bright beanie in multicolours and bright pompom.
Karin: a skein of green mix of wool and alpaca.
Jan E: two skeins of Kathy’s fibre plaits: one blue mix and one green mix.
Maxine: a long multi coloured jacket made from spinning her leftover tops.
Peter: a small frame loom of multi coloured stripes