Not that I’m surprised, but there’s a reason she’s “Mother MacKenzie”. She’s brilliant, of course.

I had a wonderful time. Mostly, it was fine tuning what I knew, but there were a few earth moving lessons learned.

Firstly, how to change yarn diameter without changing anything but tension.

I never use tension. I always spin with as little tension as I can possibly get on my wheel. I had no idea it was a tool.

I learned how to blend mohair locks with silk and spin it laceweight incredibly easily.

I spun a yarn that I think would make great socks, for the first time ever, (the pink one), along with yak, yak and silk, yak and merino, bison, cashmere and silk…

revisited cabled yarns (the blue/green above), and then there was Judith’s “wolf” yarn.

Fascinating. Plus, her drum carder can card wool without being teased, and is reportedly (I haven’t heard an official price yet) less expensive than the Pat Green Supercard I’ve had my eye on.

I’m happy my first class with Judith was in such a small, intimate grouping of friends. I love my little spinning group.

SO, back to the real world. I haven’t cleaned up from Veronica’s Saturday birthday party yet.

Well, we’ve cleaned the table and done the dishes, but the art project is still set up in the living room and is an absolute mess.

I have lots to do. And tomorrow is an all day field trip/BBQ for the 3rd through 6th graders on a beach an hour or so north, and right now it’s a toasty 47 degrees and as dark and wet as you could imagine. And has been all week.

I think I’m going to look into bringing supplies for BBQ hot chocolate. I only have two dutch ovens, though, and there will be 50 kids (between A and O’s classes) plus their accompanying adults and young siblings. How is this going to work?