Your guild wants YOU!

It's that time of the year when we start eliciting volunteers to lead the spinning guild for the following year. It's like pulling teeth. I've already decided that I am NOT going to be president in 2027, but I'm willing to fill another role. A few people have spoken up, but we need more. Always more.

If YOU belong to a guild, please, please volunteer, to keep the guild alive and well.

The rigid heddle weaving study group is going well. There were five of us at the last meeting, and each of us worked on something different, all projects that are stretching our skills. Goal achieved.

Knitting: I swatched some super-bulky handspun to see if it is close to gauge for a super-bulky scrappy sweater - spot on! I also swatched a combo yarn - two strands held together - and again achieved something close to gauge. So I knit up a bit of the sweater, starting with the cuff... and decided the two colors of the combo yarn should be lightly plied together.

Weaving: My back is killing me from repeated attempts to start something (anything!) in doubleweave (a.k.a. double-width weave). Still not there. Too many opportunities to mess up.

As most fiber enthusiasts, I have a LOT of yarn. Most of my handspun is not in quantities that is useful for anything larger than a scarf, a hat, mittens, a cowl, etc. And then there are all those leftovers from knitting socks. What to do?

This book has many projects for all those bits and bobs. I checked it out of the local library, but I plan to purchase my own copy. Just the sock patterns make it worthwhile for me.