Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 6

04-14-2023 Saturday

Tutorial for Camper Naming Contest Winner

When we bought our Class C, we thought it might be fun to hold a contest on Facebook and Instagram to name it with the prize being a two-hour private lesson. We received about 100 submissions and narrowed it down to ten finalists. The winning submission was “The Twisted Traveler” by Laurette Hoagland and she requested a drum carding lesson.

The Twisted Traveler


We spent that night at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning with the alpacas at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

Spinning with the alpacas at Sunrise Silhouettes Alpaca Farm

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 5

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04-14-2023 Friday

Yarn Fest

Morning Workshop - Introduction to Spindle Spinning

I had so much fun in the morning bringing new spinners into the world 😉 Unfortunately, that means that I didn’t get any photos to share!


Afternoon Workshop - C&C (Crepe & Cable) Yarns

In this workshop, we learned how to make crepe and cabled yarns.  These are novelty yarns that are characterized by plying plied yarns with either a single (crepe) or another plied yarn (cabled).  We also played with adding beads to some of our yarns.

The photos below show some of the many combinations made by the workshop participants.

Crepe Yarn

Crepe Yarn with Beads

Crepe Yarn with Beads

Cabled Yarn

Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 4

2023-04-13

Yarn Fest 2023 - Color Blending on Handcards

In this workshop, we combine the three primary colors (and black and white) to form all different color effects.

The photos below show some of the many combinations made by the workshop participants

Yarn Fest 2023 - What Every Spinner Needs to Know

In the afternoon workshop, we discussed all of those great tips and tricks that more experienced spinners shared with us when we were new to the craft. But since we were in information overload, we forgot many of them!

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 3

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2023-04-11 and 12

Yarnfest 2023 - Spinning for Lace Master Class

If this isn’t the face of a very happy spinner, I don’t know what is!!
Georgia is very proud of her laceweight yarn 😁

This is one of the punis that Elaine created in the second half of the class.

And here is the single spun from that puni. Trust me, this photo does not do the yarn justice!

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Colorado/Missouri Bound 2023 - Part 2

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2023-04-09

Shepherd’s Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue - Harvest Host

I didn’t get pictures but, rest assured, I did spin here!!

Shepherd’s Rest Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to the care goats, sheep, and other animals in need.

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Madison, Virginia 2023

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2023-03-03 through 12

Madison Vines Campground

We took our maiden voyage with The Twisted Traveler to visit a dear friend in Virginia. We wanted to get a “small” trip in before heading all the way out to Colorado and it’s a good thing that we did! We discovered a small leak in the camper’s bathroom that we were able to have fixed as soon as we got home.

We have arrived safe and sound!

Of course, I had to get in at least a little spinning!!

2023-02-26 SPA - Freeport, Maine

2023-02-23 to 26

Getting caught up on some of our travels over the past few months. I'm still a work in progress when it comes to blogging!!

Spinning at my first SPA! We were supposed to go in 2020 but Herman thought that it would be a good time to have a heart attack on the day that we were supposed to leave. Oh well, better late than never, right??

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Class C Naming Contest Winner

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2023-02-02

All I can say is WOW!! Thank you all for your very creative suggestions!

The complete list of suggestions is as follows:

  • Adventure Spins

  • Alpaca Your Bags

  • Betsy

  • C C Rider

  • Centurion

  • Cera

  • Charlotte

  • Cinderella

  • Class-C (Classy)

  • Empty Distaff

  • Fiber Mobile

  • Fiber Wanderer

  • Fiber Wheeler

  • Got Wool?

  • Herstaff, Hisstaff, Distaff

  • On the Road Again!

  • Rambler

  • Road Spinner

  • Rouet Vagabond

  • Roving Around

  • Roving Spinner

  • Roving through the Wheels

  • Rumpelstiltskin

  • Scout

  • Seeka

  • Seeker of Knowledge

  • Skein Seeker

  • Smedley

  • Spin Seeker

  • SpinAlong

  • Spinaret

  • Spinner on Wheels

  • Spinnin' Wheels

  • Spinning USA

  • Spinning Wheels

  • SpinRight

  • Spinseeker

  • Spun Seeker

  • Sun Spinner

  • Sunny

  • The Alpaca Whisperer

  • The Batt-Mobile

  • The Cocoon

  • The Dream Weaver

  • The Galloping Guerette Mobile

  • The Life on Wheels

  • The Spin Doctor

  • The Spinning Mobile

  • The Spinster

  • The Wheel Mobile

  • The Wool Spinner

  • Twisted Tale

  • Twisted Traveler

  • Twistin' 'Round the USA

  • Wheelin' in the USA

  • Wheeling Coast to Coast

  • Whorl-wind Tour Bus

  • Wool Patrol

  • Wooly Mammoth

  • Yarn Around

 

The top ten were:

  • Adventure Spins

  • Fiber Wanderer

  • Rumplelstilskin

  • Skein Seeker

  • SpinAlong

  • The Batt-Mobile

  • Twisted Traveler

  • Twistin' 'Round the USA

  • Whorl-wind Tour Bus

  • Wool Patrol

 

Now, I must say that it was very difficult to pick one. So we had to whittle the list down mostly by elimination. For example, we eliminated anything that specified “wheel” since I don’t only spin on wheels and also any that were fiber specific (i.e., wool or alpaca) since I spin all types of fiber. That being said, it ultimately came down to two suggestions … The Batt-Mobile and Twisted Traveler.

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And the winner is …

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Twisted Traveler!!!

I will contact the winner to schedule your private lessons. 😁

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Greetings from Las Vegas

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2023-01

OK, so we haven’t started traveling with our Class C (hmmm, maybe we should give her a name), but we are traveling nonetheless! We have been visiting with friends this past week and doing a few touristy things.

My spinning began with three very interested pups checking out my EEW 6.0 e-spinner (although I only got pictures of two of them).

Freya almost got her nose clipped by the flyer!

Winston was intrigued by the fiber I was spinning!

After spending the first few days relaxing, visiting, having lunch with another friend in the area, and getting caught up, we went to the Sunset Station Casino to play bingo. Our friend won one game that she had to split with a couple of other winners.

Next we went to the Orleans to see Avatar, The Way of Water

We spent one day visiting Goodsprings Mining District and Ethel M Chocolate Factory, where I had a “Knitters’ Handshake” with one of the employees there.

Goodsprings Mining District

“Lead me to the chocolate!!”

Another day was spent at Red Rock Canyon where it was 43°F. My fingers got so cold, I could hardly spin! My assistant (Hubby) and I need to work harder at remembering to take pictures of me spinning in all of these places!

Huddling together for warmth!!

Next, we went to the Suncoast Casino for a couple of afternoon sessions of bingo where I won one game (and play a couple of slot machines 😉 where I didn’t win but Hubby did … a little). We finally remembered to start taking spinning pictures!! LOL

On our last night, we went to an escape room at Escapology where we played the Scooby Doo scenario. Then back to Suncoast for a last session of bingo where I won one game (and play a slot machine 😉 where I won … a little) before heading home in the morning.

And now, we’re at the airport and it’s time to head home!

The Adventure Begins (redux)

2022-12-22

OK, I don’t know what happened to the original post, so here we go again!

Our new-to-us Class C was delivered on December 22nd! And (because he couldn’t wait any longer) we took it out for a ride today! It rides very smoothly and is very comfortable. We can definitely see ourselves traveling in style!

This indentation in the dash looks like the perfect place for the Nano e-spinner while we’re tootling along! there is also plenty of room to store spinning equipment, handouts for the classes that I teach, and fiber for both my students and me!

The next trip will to the store to stock the camper and then to an empty parking lot for me to practice driving the camper. Then a “Getting Acquainted” trip - destination to be determined.