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Ah! You thought this post was about joining a gym and getting all active on a spinning bicycle and listen to music and cycling like a horde of monsters is chasing me… nope! I am talking about how to make wool! Sorry!

I have been enjoying crochet, it’s a nice activity to do when I am not okay enough to use both hands fully, it keeps me busy, it keeps me entertained, focused and yarn is so full of colours! It is fascinating how easy it is to lose ourselves choosing yarn, even online, although being able to browse yarn really when all senses are involved it’s all another story.

I was browsing online stores that sells tools and all things related wool, and I found a great thing that made me laugh a lot, here it is! Isn’t it fun? And, in case you are wondering, as every respectable gadget, it comes as a pin, a mug, a t-shirt, a tote bag. Beside, being the kind of person that is amused by the little silly things, I find it funny also because of the many things that I am passionate about this is absolutely unexpected, even from me.

My momma lived her childhood in places where a little girl was expected to know how to do all the little things that, probably, today we will say “those women hobbies”. Despite her mixed feelings on how she was sometimes forced to the smallest embroidering work and mending, she is a great knitter. Something that I could really never pick up! I was attracted, yes, but other than knit and purl stitches, I was unable to really get into it… could also have been because I had so much to mess around with sand and glue and colours, or drawing on the walls… ya know, the perfect child, that’s me! With this journey through learning how the fuzzy cuddly part of a sheep becomes a ball of yarn, I plan on understanding the behind the scene, find alternatives such as why this method is better than that, and I hope to do so relatively fast, so that we can all enjoy the fun part, the spinning, and the seeing improvements.

I will be focusing first my observation on the following types of wool:

  • – Wensleydale fleece
  • – Bluefaced Leicester roving
  • – Masham Wool Top roving
  • – Mixed Mohair roving

It’s quite difficult to navigate this vast world of wool and knowledge finding where to start, which information to look for… there are an enormous amount of books both old and new, and tools, and quicker ways to learn, and online courses, and dvd+small book, or in person workshop and aaaaaaaaaarrrrgh!!!

Too much!! …and what if I don’t even like it? …so I decided to buy a spindle some wool and take it from there! Unusually… I decided to jump!

Thanks for joining me for the swim!

- C