Sewcrazy's Blog (3)

What fun we had! We drove down on the 10th ducking and dodging the tornados and nasty storms only to find clouds completely obscuring 129 just south of Blairsville. This is not a big deal you say...Well, this part of the road is more than a little curvy, up high in the mountains. Curvy being defined as 45 minutes or better of switchbacks and hairpin turns with the drop off the mountain a one way trip if you should go offroad. Our visibility was limited literally to about 10 ft ahead of the car w… Continue

As far as the list goes: Sewing: Multiple quilts in progress ( they live in sweater boxes until next stage) Next batch of cloth napkins, about 30 ( make those out of 300ct bed linen sheets; 1 sheet for the table cloth and 1 sheet for the napkins ) I hate those paper ones... wedding dress for a friend, just have the beading to finish 2 spring slipcovers for my daughters bedroom reading chairs 2 spring slipcovers for my reading chairs Weaving: A rake loom rug for Tabby 6 r… Continue

So, I called the local(45 miles away) LYS, got directions, and off Lu(DD) and I went in search of a spindle and some fluffy bits. One basic drop spindle, one bag of alpaca(prettiful), one bag of jacob wool(guard hairs explained), and one stringdoll(too cute) later and we were heading home again. The ladies were very helpful and explained the basics. I have researched, viewed every video and site (thanks Peggy!) suggested, and felt ready to finally try this spinning thing out. OH...My...Gosh! T… Continue