Monday

My First Single



Frabulous

You Never Know What You'll Get

The fiber colors are light greens, light blues, bright whites,  very yellow yellows and pink.  As I spun the singles the colors seemed to represent the pastel colors, but as you will see once two-ply the colors seem to represent more of a end of summer early fall color way.  I guess you just never know what you'll get until you've created the beautiful yarn.  




 

Silk Worm Cocoons

Because I have been curious about how the silk threads are taken from the cocoons so when I went to the Hamilton Fiber Festival I purchased about twenty of them.  I read on-line a few blogs about how to take the silk threads from the cocoons.  I dropped a couple of them in warm water and then gently rubbed one of the cocoons when very fine threads began to come off into my hands.  I wrapped the threads onto a bobbin and collected what threads I could from the cocoon.  The cocoon is created totally from the silk threads down to the very tiniest piece.  Its amazing.  Once the cocoon begins to dry, the threads do not loosen as easily as when it is wet.  It is laborious work.  The small amount of silk on my bobbin is from four cocoons.  The lifeless silk worm was inside the cocoon and disposing of it made me sad.   


 

Road Trip to the Capital of Kentucky

Frankfort, Kentucky is the home of The Woolery a fabulous resource for all of the pieces and parts for your spinning wheel.  They offer spinning wheels from different companies.  There are weaving supplies and niddy noddies in every size. The owners are personally in the store to help you find what you're looking for.  On-line they offer a nice catalog of all things fiber related.  The Woolery is located on a beautiful brick street behind the capital building.  Nearby there are cafes to enjoy a meal or a drink  and art galleries full of hand crafted items to buy.  And don't forget the Bourbon Balls at the Chocolate Cafe just around the corner.  


The Woolery store front