I spent a bit of time with my aunt over the Thanksgiving holiday last year re-learning how to spin with a drop spindle. She had this lovely roving that looked just like an orange creamsicle, my mom's favorite. I spun every day for weeks when I got home, finishing off the creamsicle roving and then moving on to some other fibres and spindles I had packed up in a crate. And that's really when much of what my aunt was teaching me came together. I can totally spin on a drop spindle now....if it's the same fibre and spindle as the creamsicle experience. Otherwise, I'm a little screwed. I am currently on a brief pause so I can finish up some other projects. No, they totally are not really overdue Christmas presents....they are ...valentine's day presents, yeah, that's it!
