Spin, Span, Spun

In years past, I would have loved to hibernate this February.
Instead, I have been challenged by my best friends
to go to the gym every day and stick to my diet.
I have extra challenges than they do...but I am slowly succeeding!
I am so very proud of my K's.
They hold me together, lean on me, laugh at the strangest things,
take me along, follow me....we are great!
I fear that KS has become obsessed with the casino
and KB is venturing into yoga a bit too deeply!
HAHAHA! I'll keep my eyes and prayers on them.
They don't rag on my for my fiber!

So, I get up, go to the gym for a good sweat, come home and keep moving.
Charlie is learning very quickly...and yes, he is very cute!
I am teaching him to play dead when I shoot my finger at him and yell "BANG".
He is also learning to "hide" under the table cloth until I whisper his name.
Yup, I am proud.

I have been spinning all the fiber I can out of my store.
I need to ply some now, as I have run out of small bobbins.
I am enjoying this as much as when I began a year and a half ago.
I am hoping to use our year end bonus for a drum carder...
which will save my elbows and make my batts quickly.

I enjoy being an artist.
It is not something that I share with many people.
Terry is so very supportive of me.
I appreciate this more than I can tell him.

My goal is to spin as much as I can of what I already have,
so that this spring I can restock!
I am interested in new fibers that peak my interest.
Sparkle, CMV, Quivet, Icelandic, etc.

I am finding that I enjoy the feel of the fibers
sliding through my fingers onto the wheel.
Some have a bit more lanolin in them and are a bit resistant, but oh!
I love the softness of my hands. Nature's body butter!

Alpaca is not giving at all but so soft and delicate feeling.
So strong though! I love knitting with it!
Karen will be surprised! As she is losing weight and cold all the time.
She will be very warm with her alpaca sweater.

I am spinning some wool with llama.
Definitely for outer wear as the llama has the guard hairs
sticking out all over.
I will find another processor this spring before tackling any more llama.
Free is one thing...but mercy it makes a mess when spinning it!
My vet's nurse has 3 llamas and has offered to give me the fibers.
I will offer to help her shear as this last batch was just nasty
with hay and vegetable matter mixed in with dirt and second cuts.
Second cuts are when the shearer goes over an area twice so there are
tiny clumps of hair mixed in, which a spinner cannot use.
And llama hair is like human hair....very difficult to clean at home.

I am inspired tonight and this month.
Good things are happening!
Christ has been so good to me. He truly wants for me all that I desire.
I am so lucky that He loves me so.