The First Snow

The scene this morning after last night's snowfall, the first of this year. May there be plenty more!

It's a Process

Things I have learned since Miss Ruth arrived: 1) I really, really want to be good at spinning on a wheel; 2) while I am a fair spindle spinner, I suck at wheel spinning, as in, I can't even keep the wheel going in the same %#&@% direction; 3) Corriedale is stickier than molasses and I don't like it any more on the wheel than I did on the spindle; 4) my wheel is the most beautiful thing on earth.

Happily, my friend K. came for a visit yesterday afternoon, played with - I mean, tested - the wheel, fiddled and adjusted, spun for a while, oiled the heck out of all the moving parts, and talked me through my own spinning. The result? Absolutely horrific yarn, but still... yarn. I can do this!