Stress Buster Spinning

Artizan Evolving Colourways Hand dyed Wool

I am so glad I discovered spinning! It is a really wonderful stress-buster. The past weekend has been a mad rush to get a community grant application in for a project I am doing. This was on top of preparing for my classes ( where I teach art to beginners) and a host of other things. I was pooped!  Last night I found relief from it all by just sitting at my spinning wheel. I ended up spinning all the wool I had, save for a bag of unwashed fleece my daughter jokingly named "baa baa black sheep". I could not touch that as it really needed to be washed before anything could be done. 

Yarn spun with Windella Alpacas Wool

I spun up a beautiful blue-grey hand dyed wool top and some lovely alpaca. My spinning has improved considerably although I am still capable of making art yarn. I plied my lighter alpaca colours into an interesting 2 ply yarn which reminds me of chocolate wafer sticks I used to love as a child.  I felt wonderfully tranquil and satisfied at the end of the evening. Perhaps that is why spinners I have met so far are such a generous congenial lot - some of the nicest people I know.