By The Fibreside: Recent Episodes
By The Fibreside
In which I reframe what finishing means to me, get some spinning done but not a lot because wedding, talk
In which I contemplate the progression of time, get caught up on spinning and writing and teaching, talk about spinning
In which I relate our close encounter with wildlife, let you know about an upcoming online spinning class I’ll be
In which I figure out how to deal with a very annoying sliver in my finger, talk about the spinning
In which I give myself a talking-to about being kind to myself, talk about the teaching I’m doing and what
In which I reflect on the pandemic that will affect us all, talk about some of the technical spinning and
In which I talk about my relationship with clothes over my life in anticipation of wedding dress shopping, talk about
In which I talk about how life sometimes tells you where you need to go, talk about some upcoming teaching
In which I try to break down knitting and life into easily completed steps, and apologize for the lateness and
In which I talk about my pseudo-resolutions for the new year, play with my new blending board and get ready
In which I work through a day’s worth of sadness, make some plans for spinning yarn, talk about how my
In which I talk about priorities and why they are important, embrace texture in yarn, go over acid dying for
In which I talk about cold in context, got my drum carder and taught a great felting class, talk homogeneous
In which I talk about lifelines in knitting and life, make some cool batts and decide to get my own
In which I talk about my successes at making fire, spin a little bit and prepare to experiment with a
In which I talk about the relaxing and meditative aspects of spinning, do some fibre preparation and sampling, go over
In which I go to Knit City Vancouver for two hours, spend a lot of time preparing things, talk about
In which a mistake in the Accolade leads me to contemplate change, begin getting myself a studio space and get
In which I go for a walk along the beach and learn about myself, spin some angora and love it,
In which I examine exactly how much knitting and spinning I bring on trips, figure something out about my Lendrum
In which I work through my hang-ups around entering my fibre arts in the local fall fair, do lots of
In which I talk about the problems with the term yarn snob, lament my lack of productivity due to a
In which I think about the path people take through their passions, give a Fibre Week after action report and
In which I recognize the messages the universe is trying to send me, finish my challenge yarn before Fibre Week,
In which I talk about the changes in my life, update you on where I am at with Master Spinner
In which I work through my present to make changes to my future, get over half-done the skeins for Level
In which I think about the responsibilities of being an adult, am 20 of 48 skeins done Level 5, go
In which I get a little something off my chest, get the bamboo done for Level 5, totally skip some
In which I try my hand at making knitted music, finish Level 4 and start Level 5, talk about specific
In which I talk about bespoke living in an off-the-rack world, wash and prep wool for Level 4, talk silk
In which I do a little bit of thinking about hygge, get a few skeins done for Level 4 but
In which I am remembering my dreams and compare the phenomenon to the Baby Surprise Jacket, get a bit more
In which I contemplate the last year and how things are the same and different each year, have one quarter
In which I choose happiness in this season, get through the shades of gray exercise for Level 4, block a
In which I think about friction and momentum in my life, get absolutely nothing done on Level 4 but hear
In which I try not to be disappointed in my lack of maturity fourteen years ago, finish one module for
In which I deal with the ramifications of being sick for a month, hand in Level 3 and get started
In which I begin to deal with the repercussions of some health news, get to the halfway mark time-wise on
In which I update you on The Big Move, actually manage to get some work done on my Level 3
In which I contemplate what makes a community, get down to nine (maybe eight) skeins and the final project for
In which I wonder why losing certain things affects me so much, spin up a couple of skeins for Level
In which I think about the things I can have instead of the things I can’t, have some problems with
In which I try not to melt in the heat, successfully spin cotton and weave a silk swatch for Level
In which I rethink my assumptions about those with no fixed address, spin some cotton that actually works and make
In which I contemplate how and why I invest myself in things, tell you all about Level 4 and my
In which I try to convince you that public speaking isn’t any scarier than knitting, get ready and excited about
In which I contemplate the narrative of my life, finish up the dying skeins for Level 4 and get two
In which I really wish we were moving in soon because LOOM, make a sample and get some spinning done
In which I am finally able to do all the things again for a little while, remind myself that I
In which I miss our houseplant George, make a couple of ten-yard skeins for Master Spinner Level 3, do sweater
In which I tread some well-worn paths, and want to find out what you’ve accomplished in the last two weeks.
In which I contemplate potential in yarn and other things, spin silk and wool and decide to apply for an
In which I hope to find a new routine that will give me more freedom, spin a little bit of
In which I find sources of light in dark days and already miss my two sheep friends, have a bit
In which I think about labels and how we should own them, have a very, very hard week on Master
In which I try to avoid commitment paralysis, spin three novelty yarns and half of a fourth, spin for knitting
In which I go in circles and knit to get out of them, have good Level 3 intentions, understand yarn
In which I reflect on a year’s worth of episodes, blame a virus for lack of progress, spin wool, alpaca,
In which I am unplugged but not disconnected, arrange dyed yarn in an attractive manner, expect the unexpected when blending
In which I take the year off from knitted Christmas presents (no, really, I mean it), try to not feel
In which I make an effort to remind myself of the good things about winter, try to spin 8 TPI
In which I reflect on how I learned to fail, relearn how to spin cotton and promptly not have time
In which I absolutely must do something with my hands all the time, forget way too much of what I
In which I remind myself why depriving one’s self can sometimes be a good thing, don’t do much for Level
In which I figure out exactly how long it takes me to knit a sock, get my Level 2 homework
In which I consider the arrival of fall, finish my month off of homework, make hats and flowers and plans,
In which I track all kinds of life information, spin cotton and Corriedale, have a whole bunch of knitting projects
In which I contemplate the passage of time, finish Level 2 and look forward to a month “off,” finish and
In which I try to decide if I’m a product or process fibre artist, discover that I’m not as done
In which I think about different skills and how we all have different ones, talk about my paltry progress on
In which I give a random review of Fibre Week events and experiences, talk about three Master Spinner levels in
In which I talk about give voice to the angel on the one shoulder and the devil on the other,
In which I talk about living positively, give an update on where I’m at in Level 2, finally bring you
In which I talk about not waiting for a little bit of free time to live your life, give a
In which I talk about how fibre arts connect us to the past, discuss the plethora of resources I’ve been
In which I talk about self-definition and change, cheer the finishing of the book reports and talk about my decision
In which I talk about family, make a whole bunch of excuses, talk about nature dying, list my very easy
In which I yearn for a tangle, talk about how satisfying flick carding is and how to spin flick carded
In which I shake my fist at Mother Nature, talk about woolen and worsted yarns in the context of Master
In which I contemplate decisions in knitting as metaphor for decisions in life, pat myself on the back for what
In which I extoll the virtues of fibre arts as stress management, berate myself for waiting so long to start
In which I reflect on self-confidence, talk about the sweater calculations from Level 2 and ergonomics and spinning wheel maintenance
The first episode! In which I talk about why I’m doing this, a bit about my Level 2 homework and