Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

30 January 2011

Valerija – the Lithuanian Wheel

Meet Valerija (va-LAIR-ee-ya), my new-to-me Lithuanian wheel. She is named for the lady who lived next door to my sister , in Lituania ...

30 December 2010

Part of the next century

One of the wheel wrights on Ravelry said one day, “Have you ever thought that maybe you have added another century to the life of this wheel...

20 December 2010

Wheel Alignment

When spinning, one hand is 'forward' and one is 'back' - the forward one controls the twist, and the backward one holds the ...

05 December 2010

A one-bobbin solution for antique spinning wheels

I have no shortage of wheels (blush) but I wanted to come up with a solution to the 'one bobbin problem' that did not entail winding...

28 November 2010

Playing with colour

Did you know that you can use Wilton’s icing colouring to dye wool? Not acrylic yarn, or cotton, but real wool takes the colour beautifully....

27 November 2010

The Lithuanian-Canadian Wheel

The lovely Canadian Production Wheel has been working reasonably well with the original flyer, but as it was cracked and a bit wobbly, I was...

09 November 2010

The Anyway Project: another Sharon Astyk idea

The amazing author Sharon Astyk has started The Anyway Project. Here are the categories for the Anyway Project: Domestic Infrastructure ...

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