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Copyright 2014--All Rights Reserved--The Wheel & Distaff by Kimberly Burnette-Dean
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| My Country Craftsman Spinning Wheel with flax fiber on the distaff. It is easy to see why you might refer to someone as being "flaxen-haired!" |
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| St. Distaff's Day 2014 at the Vinton Branch Library |
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| St. Distaff's Day 2014 at the Vinton Branch Library |
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| St. Distaff's Day 2014 at the Vinton Branch Library |
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| Spinn Lady Handspun alpaca being knitted into a hat |
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| The finished hat! It was a little too large, so I felted it a bit. I sent this hat to my step-son to keep him warm since he works outdoors. |
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| Natural and dyed Lincoln with a touch of Angelina that I carded on my new drumcarder. I entered this into the swap at St. Distaff's Day. |
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| Alpaca/Wool blend that I spun |
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| Corriedale/Romney Cross blended with a touch of merino and firestar and . . . |
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| . . . The resulting yarn! I ended up spinning two skeins of this. |
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| Handspun Organic Polwarth fiber spun and then plied with Patons Sequin Lace Yarn (68% acrylic/14% poylester/9% mohair/9% wool) |
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| Handspun Merino wool plied with silver metallic thread |
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| Corriedale/Romney spun from "Truffles" |
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| Corriedale/Romney spun from "Truffles" |
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| Washing some Corriedale fleece |
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| Corriedale carded up! |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Roving Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Roving Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Roving Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Handspun Yarn Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Handspun Yarn Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| And still knitting away on my shawl! |
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