Spinning Day at Valerie's

We had planned a dyeing day at Valerie's today but the weather didn't play ball so we sat by the fire, spun, wove and chatted and chatted - it was a lovely morning

 

 

 

Barbara showed us her shrug and we were intrigued as to how it was put together. Barbara used a commercially produced NZ merino yarn

So she folded it differently and all became clear - clever

I love things that a nice and simple but look so effective

She also finished another sweater, she has been a busy girl!

This was in a beautiful heather colour. It was spun from two shades of grey alpaca from Southern Alpacas blended with red silk - so soft, gorgeous

And a close up of the lovely colours

 

Hilda made this little beanie to try it for size for her new little grandson - so cute

 

 Today had to be the day of the Sample It, several members have really taken to this little loom. Here Emily is in the process of weaving her first ever scarf - a houndstooth patterned scarf using a cotton/bamboo mix to make it really soft. It is a really effective colour combo.

Ann has woven a gorgeous autumnal scarf using the rest of Jessie's yarn - a self striping sock yarn, so Jessie will now have a scarf to match her socks!

 

Hilda made this lovely textured scarf using a self striping yarn in blues and greys

 

 

 This is another of Ann's scarves, this was made with a self striping sock yarn brought back from Scotland - I love these colours

  

And I have been making scarves too, the top one has some alpaca in it making it light and fluffy and the bottom two are cotton yarns.

The Sample It really is addictive!

Voila, Emily finished the scarf, another triumph and another Sample It addict in the making!

We wrapped up the day with our raffle being drawn by Val's neighbours - Thank you Jim and Dee

The raffle was a club fund raiser to keep our sub's down and was a great success enabling us to hopefully keep them down next year too

A big thank you to all of those that contributed to the prizes and those that supported us by buying tickets - The lucky winners

The toiletry hamper went to Louise Singh of Kirwee

and the craft hamper went to Emily Wright of Darfield

 

We then had a delicious shared lunch with plenty of food for the whole of Waddington!