Happy New Year! I hope that your holidays were happy and restful!
I had a good time over my holiday, thanks to a special gift that I treated myself to: a blending board. My spinning wheel had been sitting idle for some time due to a lack of fiber to spin with. I follow Paradise Fibers on Instagram, and after watching several of their blending board videos, I was smitten. It just looked like so much fun, I had to get one! Naturally, I also bought some fiber, a mix of undyed wool and silk.
I spent much of Christmas dyeing my new roving with Kool Aid and food coloring (oh, and drinking shots of Dr. McGillicuddy’s). I didn’t want to deal with non food safe chemicals, I just wanted to have fun. And I did!
After the roving dried, I had a blast learning how to use my new board. As with most everything in life, practice makes perfect, and there was plenty of roving to practice with! I rolled the first rolag too tight, which made for difficulty spinning, so I learned and adjusted from there. The board soon became my friend, an awesome canvas upon which I can paint with colored wool. I find the process to be really meditative, I’m so glad I bought it. No regrets!
I’ve been marveling at how beautiful rolags look, and I took a lot of pictures of the ones I made.
Here’s my work so far:
I’m looking forward to seeing how these spin up, and hoping I’ll have enough to make something with.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Sewcoordinated 