The Seashelly Tales

It seems I've picked up the family "legacy" regarding knitting and crocheting. My grandmother taught me as a little girl, first how to crochet, then knit. I knitted hats, knitted mittens, crochets granny squares into afghans. Instead of candy for Valentines or Easter, I got yarn - in the colors I was using for the afghan I was crocheting. Later in life, I moved on to sweaters. Well, to be honest, I've only done - 7 (Seven) sweaters total. As time goes on, and you can't stop it, I lost my grandmother - who died very peacefully in her sleep. By I have her legacy in me - knowledge of how to knit and crochet. I also inherited her circular needles, and pattern books. OMG! I've got a large flat storage bin under my bed full of pattern books. Some must go back to the 50's and 60's. They are interesting to look at. As they say, fashions do come back into style. Take an old pattern with a fresh new yarn - presto! I also inherited one of her WIP's (that'...

A short (ahem) history in Spinning > Feel free to blame my cousins. Yep, (coughcoughtwentyfivecoughcough)years ago they got me involved in Revolutionary War Re-enactments shortly after the 200th anniversary of the war and America's freedom. While there I had opportunities to learn from others as well. Yup, that's me! Happily spinning away on a nice wheel. Oh those were the days. Drop Spindling just isn't the same after being on such a nice wheel. I wanted one of my own. Never materialized though. Kept getting put off and such. Then earlier this year - we had this lovely program nicknamed "Bush Bucks", that income tax refund on taxes paid on our tax returns? Well, I used mine and bought this: That's a Louet S51, Single treadle wheel you're looking at. Oh, so nice! The same weekend I picked this up, a friend of mine had managed to snag two very large trash bags full of nice Montedale ram & lamb fleece! The owner usually justs tosses all of it on the ...