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YST Episode 164 Oct 2019 part 1

Yarnspinners Tales's Podcast

Release Date: 10/29/2019

YST Episode 189 Spinning cotton and picking wool show art YST Episode 189 Spinning cotton and picking wool

Yarnspinners Tales's Podcast

This podcast talks about why hand spinners have such a hard time spinning cotton, and ways to help that process.

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YST Episode 188 How old is that fiber show art YST Episode 188 How old is that fiber

Yarnspinners Tales's Podcast

I have collected fiber to spin over the years, and am just now getting around to some of the older purchases. This podcast talks about some of that spinning.

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YST Episode 187 The big wash up show art YST Episode 187 The big wash up

Yarnspinners Tales's Podcast

After I spin a skein of yarn, It needs to be washed. Sometimes, I put this off until I have many to wash. I also talk about using the flow chart for how fibers burn, to determine what fiber content you have to spin.

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YST Episode 186 show art YST Episode 186

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The week's summary for Sept 5-11th of my spinning projects as well as a few homestead projects.

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YST Episode 185 A Yin Yang fleece show art YST Episode 185 A Yin Yang fleece

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What? Black and white wool on one sheep?

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Creativity in the midst of a Pandemic show art Creativity in the midst of a Pandemic

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Back in January 2021, I was doing the New Year thing, thinking about podcasting again, and putting a discussion about the New Year in that podcast.  Somehow, the podcast never happened, and this bit of writing I did, was never published.  Is it still relevant?  I think so, but in a softer way, in that we are really not totally motionless anymore by the Pandemic.   I started the musing with the question 'why during 2020 and especially forced to stay at home, did I not burst into a shower of creative work?'  I had to look at what I have needed in the past to be...

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July 26 2021 An Open ended Absence show art July 26 2021 An Open ended Absence

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Just a brief note to fill those of you that haven't heard of my Mom's illness.  I have to stop the podcast for awhile, as I spend time with her.

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YST Episode 184 07/21/21 show art YST Episode 184 07/21/21

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A new to me spinning wheel, 3D printed, is the topic of this podcast. There's also a brief discussion of the different between Scotch and Double Drive on spinning wheels.

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YST Episode 183 07/19/21 show art YST Episode 183 07/19/21

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In a house full of fiber to spin, sometimes some shows up in the strangest of places.

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YST A Brief Hello show art YST A Brief Hello

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Podcasting for me is on the back burner at this time.  I plan to return with the Tour de Fleece in July 2021.

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More Episodes

So much happening on the spinning front for me this month, that I needed two podcasts to talk about it all.  So this is the first one, and Episode 165 will continue with more spinning goodness.

As promised, some links to people mentioned in the podcast:

A lovely squishy package arrived at my house one day full of Baby Doll South down fiber.  It was processed and mixed with lovely mohair and a tiny bit of nylon.  The ewe's name is Lily and was white.  The ram's name is Ray, and is a lovely silver gray.  

This fiber is from Teresa at SpinHistory.com

Wooly Knob Fiber Mill, is only on FaceBook, search for them there.

Fall Apart Farm, McArthur, Ohio has purebreed registered Icelandic sheep.  They also can be found on Face 

Dream Weaver Fiber Arts where I met Kathy at the Wool Gathering  and bought a lovely turkish spindle.

Alpaca Pines Fiber and Mill is the source of the beautiful alpaca I spun during Spin Together.  They are in Illinois.

The Spin Together Group on Facebook is now a good choice for replacing Spinzilla, spinning during the first week of Oct.  Check it out for next year's spinning.