I came to spinning through the back door!
It was 1972, Santa Barbara, CA and I was determined to learn how to weave through the local community college.
I'd heard that there was ONE open slot in the on-going class so I awoke at 5:00 am to be the first person in line to get my seat at the loom. When I got there, someone was standing in line ahead of me. No luck learning to weave that day!
So instead I signed up for a spinning class with Jenny Norris. What a fabulous teacher! I was hooked from the get-go!
There's a moment when you realize that you are "a spinner" and one that you will never forget! I was sitting outside her home under a Eucalyptus tree spinning on my
Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel when it all just clicked and I knew I could spin my own yarns for the rest of my life!
Now, some 40 years later I still love to spin. I love to spin cotton on my simple
brass-whorl Tahkli spindle. I can take it anywhere I go and feel like I'm getting something accomplished even when I'm waiting in the doctor's office; online at the grocery store (I get in the slowest lines); on long road trips (when someone else is driving) and even while on the phone listening to a friend pour out her broken heart!
Spinning is my passion! That's why I'm so excited about
SPINZILLA! If you haven't heard of it and don't know what it is, check out our Spinzilla
BLOG. It's shaping up to be the hottest event for National Spinning & Weaving Week: October 7-13!
I would love to have you join the
Cotton Clouds Team to spin the most yarn (cotton we hope) during this week-long event!! We've added lots of prizes and fun activities for our team members. It's easy to
SIGN UP to join the team.
Click HERE! We need you!
Whether you join our team or not, we're offering you
Free Shipping on all cotton fibers, cotton spinning kits, books, DVD's, wheels and more! But hurry, this offer ends September 23. That's the last day to join our team too!
Have fun spinning!
Irene & Jodi
