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t called david bann nice food portions were large and tasty but every time one of the waitresses passed my chair they knock it this is painful and unnecessary and for me completely spoilt what should have been an enjoyable evening thursday morning we did the tourist thingy and browsed the shops on the royal mile going down hill before catching the bus to our class on two handed colour work with carol feller finally i discovered what i had being doing wrong you scoop the stitch when you see it demonstrated it seems so simple that i can t understand why i didn t see it before anyway i managed several rounds of what will be a head band don t do hats friday was the first day of shopping as we had taken a class we were allowed in an hour early ahead of the general public it was really great to be able to shop without having to fight for space and of course there was no one to step back without looking and then blaming me for having the nerve to be there here we are waiting for the doors to open and here is some of my purchases well you can t go that far and fail to buy not bad saturday was a day for browsing and just a very little shop mainly we wanted to see our friend emily to do her podcast for nearly three hours we waited around and then at the last minute the event was cancelled it was too noisy well they knew that when they set up the venue we felt so sorry for emily and the other two who had been asked to do this she had put a lot of effort into preparing for this brought samples and set up just to be told sorry i feel quite miffed about this for had we known we could have spent time exploring edinburgh in the sun rather than sitting around in a stuffy noisy room that night we ate at ecco vino in cockburn street just a few yards from our hotel well what a difference to the previous restaurant the actual space was tiny open kitchen and just two front of house staff who ran the place with utmost efficiency not once did anyone kick my chair bliss and the food was yummy i had goat s cheese and sun dried blush tomato risotto divine julie had the spagbol and ann the tuscan beef stew and we shared a starter of olives pesto hummus and gorgeous bread a super little gem found purely by accident sunday we viewed the celts exhibition at the national museum of scotland fabulous as was the actual museum then just as we leaving rather peeved that the lewis chessmen were less impressive than we had imagined we saw this amazing tapestry woven using yarn from every breed of sheep in the united kingdom by victoria crowe of the dovecot tapestry studio then we headed for the airport and home very tired but happy late nights knitting chatting and drinking coffee and early mornings make for tired girls posted by the sassy spinner at 18 17 1 comment tuesday 23 february 2016 new loom i have been considering upgrading my loom for several months now i spent far too long on the internet searching and reading reviews on various looms i do not have the room for a floor loom even if i was able to use the treadles which i can t i wanted more shafts at least 16 so this meant a dobby loom this brought the number to consider down to two possible looms the avl little weaver and the louet magic dobby the avl is operated by computer only and is 16 inches wide so not perfect but the cost was exorbitant over 6000 including shipping and customs etc so i was left with the magic i got all sorts of reports regarding this loom all bad the shed is too small it is impossible to advance the weaving the treadle is useless the shafts are heavy and hard to lift and so on i really only got a good review from clare mintyweaver and from a couple of weavers in america on ravelry one owner who had offered me her electronic at an inflated price later admitted she hated it and blamed all her bad weaving on the inadequacies of this loom could it really be that bad it was obviously a marmite loom love it or hate it at the beginning of february i met up with louet magic dobby owner clare in shrewsbury where the local guild had generously agreed that we could set up the loom during their friendship day we arrived at 11am and for nearly three hours i explored the failings of the loom small shed well only if you are used to a floor loom it was almost identical to the shed on my ashford my glimakra shuttles slid through with ease so no problems with that the loom can be operated by either pulling down a lever or depressing the treadle one or the other not both we did not bother to attach the treadle and the lever work like a dream with no problems i could lift all 24 shafts which in the ordinary way of weaving would never happen in those three hours i had dispelled all my fears i had found my loom the only problem was that for me sat in my wheelchair the loom was too high by about 10cms or 4 inches possibly a diy job but before i committed an email to louet was called for please can you lower a loom for me yes said jan louet order placed posted by the sassy spinner at 11 07 no comments friday 15 january 2016 another bag and a new weaving project i must be a glutton how many colour gamp bags does a girl need well i now have two and a wallet it seemed a shame to waste all that fabric plus i wanted to see if i could make a necessary clutch wallet without buying the actual pattern very pleased with the results got lots of comments in john lewis yesterday too onwards to the next weaving project on the warped weavers forum there is a wal weave along involving the book next steps in weaving and rather than starting with chapter one i jumped to the chapter on summer and winter something i have wanted to try for a while but couldn t get my head around the process i didn t have the right weight of cotton so i am using a 5 2 cotton for the warp and tabby weft and it used double for the pattern weft perhaps not the best but i have finally worked out what i should be doing the tabby pick is woven between every pattern pick and hey presto you have a double sided fabric which is light on one side and darken the other summer and winter here is my progress so far posted by the sassy spinner at 08 29 2 comments labels colour gamp summer and winter weaving monday 4 january 2016 no new years resolutions i have really neglected this blog over the last few months but this is a sign that i have been incredibly busy spinning weaving dyeing and generally making things i will try to keep up but make no promises since the weaving workshop last may i have finally got to grips with my loom that had languished unloved for several years the workshop was intended to be a final fling a point of decision to keep or sell however the real change was the purchase of a dvd warping your loom with madelyn van der hoogt this was a light bulb moment and since then my weaving has gone from strength to strength what you cannot do is weave well if you can t get a warp on your loom twisted threads and uneven tension is a real no no and quite honestly makes the whole process not fun my intention with weaving always had been to make fabric that i could make things from and i have done it first i dyed a selection of sock yarn in six bright colours this was inspired by the lunatic fringe colour spectrum and warped up a colour gamp which is a sort of sampler of twills i made a three yard warp and got a finished length of 84 from this i made this success i have achieved my goal although it is still awaiting handles as i ran out of black thread and royal mail seems to have gone on a go slow although i ordered last monday and received a notification of dispatch on tuesday i am still black thread less a week later posted by the sassy spinner at 13 08 1 comment tuesday 13 october 2015 no apologies i have been very lax in the last few months about recording the happenings in chez sassy this is not because nothing has happened but more to do about the huge amount of crazy things we have been up to since the tour de france fleece mr s and i have been fully engaged in our various hobbies knitting spinning bag making and quilting just to name a few after the workshop in may i have rediscovered my weaving mojo the loom has been in use almost daily and mr s made me the most amazing winding station since then he has a commission for four more and that has kept him busy september saw us on our usual month long break and this year we began in london then spent 10 days in the peak district before a 12 day stay in the fantastically spectacular yorkshire dales there are loads and loads of photos on my instagram feed thesassyspinner will put a link in if i can work out how to on the ipad finishing off with a few days on our favourite cl in ruskington during this sojourn we painted crockery at emma bridgewater s factory visited yarndale and the masham sheep fair where mr s got roped into showing and winning with a border leicester ewe we returned home just in time to take part in spinzilla 2015 this was a week long spinning challenge and i was a member team handspinning news uk my total was a tad under six miles that is in spinzilla yards you get credit for each single spun and for plying so if you as i did make a 3 plied yarn and it comes in at 1000 yards you get credited with 4000 yards the three singles and the ply easy yes from the top two skeins of 3 plied fawn bond 2 skeins of shetland troubled water from scf deep orchid again a scf fibre the greens from after the rains bfl and a couple of smaller skeins a sample from into the whirle and one of black cormo which i spun while doing the weekly shop we are still waiting for the total yardage from the team but hopefully we will have beaten last years winning total of 17 000 yards will keep you posted posted by the sassy spinner at 10 24 no comments labels spinzilla2015 monday 20 july 2015 july is the tour de france fleece july tennis cycling tennis and more cycling yeah i love the beginning of july why well i get loads of time to spin with no chance of being moaned at mr s is an avid cycling fan which means we get to watch a lot of the tv coverage and believe me that is a lot most stages take at least four hours and more likely nearer to five that is a fair bit of spinning time also this year wimbledon started a week later so there are has been a bit of a conflict in chez sassy the one thing you can do with the tour is fast forward through some of the more boring bits well once you ve watch a load of cyclist ride along one road you ve seen a lot of the race mountain stages and sprinter s finishes are great fun but the bits between can be a tad tedious wimbledon on the other hand must be watched live point by point both provide ample opportunity to get out the fibre and wheel and get productive this year as been particularly productive so far and there is still five more stages first on the wheel was death from into the whirled a superwash merino and a really fast spin so fast that i forgot to take in progress piccies then dragon fruit and rosebud from southern cross fibre bond and mulberry silk a scrumptious blend the sharp eyed will notice some new bobbins have appeared these are from akerworks in the usa 3d printed and in magenta how could i not get some they arrived last monday and a week of testing has proven them to be excellent they are lighter than the ordinary schacht bobbins these are compatible with my woolee winder and i looooooove them next to face the wheel was octarine the last of my megasal fibre for this i spun two bobbins end to end and plied to keep the gradient then over this weekend when again there was a conflict between cycling and tennis this time the davis cup and we won for the first time in 30 years gb are into the semis which will be played in september here in the uk against australia that is going to be fantastic this is deju vu another southern cross fibre colourway hot of the wheel next well i must go stash diving but this weekend is fibre east currently just over 4 days to go and as usual mr s and i are volunteering so bright and early thursday morning will see us on the road to ampthill and then over to shillington for a bit of r and r with hopefully a trip to the handweaver s studio next tuesday mr s is a sucker for a train ride so hitchin to finsbury park and a short walk or bus is a real treat for us both posted by the sassy spinner at 16 28 no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom check out my website visit modelleroo9 my ravelry projects labels advent 1 alpe d huez 1 altdes 1 alum 1 avocado pitts 1 bargains 1 baskets 1 bfl 1 blackberry 1 blending 2 blending boards 1 bliss 3 bliss spinning wheel 3 blocking 1 blue 1 bobbins 1 bond 3 books 1 boreray 1 building 1 bullseye bumps 1 carding 2 cashmere 2 challenges 1 charity shops 1 charts 1 cheviot fleece 1 chocolate 1 coated sheep 1 coats 1 cobweb 1 colinette 1 colinettefibre 1 colinetteyarns 1 colour gamp 1 colours 2 copper modifier 1 coreopsis 1 corriedale 1 cotswold fleece 1 craft space 1 craft spinning shawls 2 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