Last night was a Spinning Guild meeting.  These meetings are always interesting and fun …. and busy!  There were about 32 members there – the guild president always seems surprised at how many people show up, but so far every meeting that I have been to has had a large turnout.  After a bit of spinning and chatting (with the ever lovely Webheads duo) and then some show & tell, we got to ‘investigate’ a Blue-Faced Leicester fleece.  It is clear that I need to either rent some combs and picks from the Guild (another wonderful thing about membership) or add them to my Christmas List.  As with just about every other hobby, once you get started you quickly find out how much more is involved — last night I learned that there are different methods of spinning based on how the fleece is prepared – ie. whether it is carded, flicked, combed etc.

But the very best thing about last night’s meeting is that I met a lady who gives spinning lessons! Yay!!  It should all work out nicely – she wants to keep her schedule free through the holidays (so do I) and she can give the lessons during the day.