Jananas

I’ve learned a lot of new things over the last year. The more new things I try, the easier the learning process becomes. I still get frustrated when I don’t pick things up as quickly as I’d like (which is immediately in case you were wondering), but I now recognize that there’s a learning curve. I’ve become more patient. Instead of giving up when my initial attempts aren’t very good, I’m proud that I even tried. And I’m even more proud when my second try is better.

Which leads me to the question – what did you learn this weekend?

Me, I took my first spinning class at Lettuce Knit. Denny is an awesome teacher. I was using the Louet Victoria spinning wheel. Its so tiny. Its strange to think that you can carry a spinning wheel in a (large-ish) backpack. Seriously!

Our first class was really just about learning to pre-draft, treadle, and then spin using the inch worm technique. I had trouble with adding too much twist, which is why the yarn looks so kinky. And when it gets too kinky, it doesn’t feed in well so I had to keep winding by hand. But, but, but I tried my hand at some other spinning last night and there was definitely an improvement. Yay!

I’m excited. I’ve been wanting to learn to spin for a while. I finally committed to it and am now making it happen. Now I have to practice so that I get better. Because of my love for fiber, this really isn’t that big of a deal.

What have you always wanted to learn? What’s stopping you?

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