Her club is going to a competition at the State Farm Show in January, so they have started their practice sessions. Since we have the loom here, they all come here to practice.
Everyone can help card, including Faith, the weaver. There are 2 spinning wheels going and one plyer spinning. (that's when they take two bobbins of spun yarn and spin those two together to make it thicker).
They have only 2 and 1/2 hours to card, spin, and weave a shawl. At this first session it took them 4 hours which is good considering there are 3 new members.
We should stay warm this winter with all the practice shawls we are accumulating!
The 4-H leader brought Faith a tabletop loom to try.
Faith carded a bunch of fleece that Lillia gave her and started spinning it. It's so soft!
PROVERBS 31:19
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
(a distaff is a stick that holds the carded fiber while the spinner pulls it to go through the spinning wheel)
Faith needs a distaff to hold all that
carded fleece instead of laying it in her lap!
It was so neat one day to see Karl drive by our house
in his feed truck!
Stay tuned! Up next: a road trip to Alabama and
NEW NEIGHBORS!
(and maybe a tour of their house)
(and maybe a tour of their house)
