Monday, June 15, 2009

SPINNING AROUND THE SPINDLE

Yesterday's Spindle Walk and 'Spin Around the Spindle' event was delightful! About a dozen women, mostly members of the Victoria Hand Weavers and Spinners, started out at the spindle at Laurel Point...

... and wandered along the sea-walk to visit the spindles on the causeway, at the old Hudson's Bay site (foot of Fort St. at Wharf) and City Hall ...

... before making their way to the Museum, where we were joined by others who didn't want to do the walk ...

... where we did 'Spinning Around the Spindle' all afternoon!



This is Claudia, demonstrating a nostepin, which she'll have for sale at the Saxe Point Market this coming weekend...

I never knit a stitch, but I did take some of my raw washed wool along, and got some picking/teasing accomplished -- it was a lovely afternoon!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like it was a wonderful event - congratulations!

-kate

Esther V. said...

It WAS a very nice afternoon...thanks for inviting me!
Met so many nice women...and learned ALOT about the spindles.
You're doing a great job Marilyn.

Monica said...

Looks like lots of fun is being had by a great many people.

Sarah said...

Thanks for the photos! It was a great day... couldn't have asked for better weather! (Well, spindling in the breeze on the walkway was a little tricky...)

Looking forward to next year already.

Sarah

Anonymous said...

What? No naked cyclists today. I linked to your blog yesterday to give my readers a smile!