Magically Ewe

04/22/2026

Hey everyone! Don't forget this Saturday April 25th from 10-2 at the Ridgway Public Library will be our next Yarn Arts Anonymous meeting. We will be in the second floor meeting room. Bring your current project, bring your tools and yarn but even if you don't have anything or are just starting out please feel free to come in and chat with us anyway. If you give me a day's notice I can bring in yarn and some tools for you too. All crafters 18+ are welcome and it's free to attend!

I hope everyone will enjoy the Rendezvous this week and go check out all the carvers here this year. We will see you all on Saturday!

04/10/2026

The last piece of my new spinning wheel has finally arrived today! Of course I needed to have a distaff for her 😆. After some sanding and fitting she's all set to start tomorrow at our first Saturday YAA meeting. I gave her some more oil and a new leader for the first bobbin along with making 4 oz of pre drafted fiber (Corriedale and Rombouillet). Some fiber was left so I made a necklace for Mokosh ( Slavic goddess of Spinning) who stands on my altar. I pray she blesses my wheel's maiden spin tomorrow. 😊

04/08/2026

Alrighty folks! Remember this Saturday, April 11th will be our first Yarn Arts Anonymous Saturday meeting from 10-2 at the Ridgway Public Library ! It looks like it will be 58-60 degrees outside ( sunny with a light breeze) so once we get there we can decide whether we'd like to be inside still or we can try the Arboretum.

Our group meetings are free and open to the public for anyone 18+. You don't have to bring any craft with you to be curious or watch some amazing crafters. If you want to craft but don't have supplies please just message me to let me know. I will gladly bring some yarn and easy beginner craft supplies for you to use at the meeting! Otherwise just bring your amazing self and a fiber craft you love to do. I hope to see you all crafting on Saturday at the Library!

04/07/2026

What have I been up to?

Well last month I worked hard on making decisions for my business going forward and planning the upcoming vendor season. I worked on finishing off some of my many needed projects and custom orders. You can see the photos for my comments on them. I ordered my Kromski Minstrel wheel as you may have seen last week. I had to get some things off my plate so I can start more projects 😆.

I also spent a great deal of time diving back into astrology last month. It's been a long time since I've had the time to do my charting but I find that I missed it and redid my whole family's charts! I had the pleasure of doing a few Tarot readings for others in the last week of March. I love deep diving into research into some subjects and recently I dove into how I want my wheel to look and her name process. So we'll see what happens with all that later 😉.

04/07/2026

What have I been up to?

Well last month I worked hard on making decisions for my business going forward and planning the upcoming vendor season. I worked on finishing off some of my many needed projects and custom orders. You can see the photos for my comments on them. I ordered my Kromski Minstrel wheel as you may have seen last week. I had to get some things off my plate so I can start more projects 😆.

I also spent a great deal of time diving back into astrology last month. It's been a long time since I've had the time to do my charting but I find that I missed it and redid my whole family's charts! I had the pleasure of doing a few Tarot readings for others in the last week of March. I love deep diving into research into some subjects and recently I dove into how I want my wheel to look and her name process. So we'll see what happens with all that later 😉.

04/05/2026

Thought this may be interesting for some of you. April 2014 was when my husband and I decided to move here to Ridgway. We arrived a month later (3 days before the record flood in May). Now my life holds other changes and challenges. It's amazing how life goes. 😊

04/03/2026

A dear friend and spinning student of mine created these beautiful scarves and wanted hats made to match them. I'm so happy she trusted me to make the hats she needed with her own hand spun yarn! I'm so happy you love them Pat!

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

Meet my 5th spinning wheel! She is however my first 'new to me' wooden spinning wheel. Her name is yet to be determined right now. She is a Kromski Minstrel from Poland that I ordered through The Woolery a few days ago. I can't wait to stain, paint and wood burn her exactly as I envision her to be. I think she'll make beautiful magical yarn for me!

04/03/2026

After months of research and debate, I finally went for it! Can you guess what arrived yesterday for me? My first 'new to me' wooden spinning wheel! She is a Kromski Minstrel and she is from Poland. I bought her from The Woolery and she arrived in just a few days.

She assembled easily and with a little adjustment of the drive I'm ready to test her out. She has a distaff coming on back order soon and you can see her protective bag (green and tan) in the background. Don't mind my fuzzy helper. My cat Flint loves to check everything I do when it comes to spinning. His brother Nephrite usually just watches from the couch.

This wheel is amazing and it's unfinished wood so I plan to stain, paint and wood burn her exactly as I want to. She will be my biggest magical equipment to produce magically blessed yarn for custom projects. I can't wait to see how she turns out in months to come! I hope you all stick around and watch as she gets finished and named.

If you have name suggestions I'd love to hear them. All of my spinning wheels receive names at some point.