So at the Amherst Celebrates the Arts demo I mentioned to Cori, who is wonderful in more ways than I can name, that I may be demonstrating drop-spinning for kids at a summer camp this year. Cori said something to the effect of: “Why don’t you demonstrate spinning on the wheel, too?” At my response of ‘because I don’t have one and don’t know how,’ she replied, “Why don’t you borrow one of my wheels so you can practice?”
And so at Brass Ring a week later she taught me the basics and lent me her Traveller, and it is currently resident in our guest room. Last night she stopped by and showed me how to oil it, and … this afternoon I spun most of a bobbin and am currently stopped to do more detailed research on the care and feeding of drive bands.
I think that counts for 13…
