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My Brother's Spindles

8/4/2014

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Earlier this year I got a fairly distressed text message from my brother, Bob.  He was retiring, his last day of work was in two weeks, and then, he would have no value to the world!  I got it, retiring can be a really hard life transition, especially if you're managing other big changes at the same time.  I felt bad right along with him. But, I was secretly kinda happy.  Not schadenfreude, really.  It was that I wanted some of his spare time for my own interests.  See, my brother is a super woodworker.  He has a lathe.  I wanted things like drop spindles and yarn bowls to go along with my goaties' fabulous fibers.
Frankly, I started to nag.  I needed these things.  I sent him links to my favorite shopping spots, The Woolery, Etsy, Paradise Fibers.  I mailed my favorite spindle to him.  I mailed him pages torn from Spin Off magazine.  I even mailed him a bundle of fiber to spin.  He asked if I wanted him to start working on making his own sweater from scratch.  Not yet, first I want spindles.  And yarn bowls.
And finally, one day, he came for a visit.  He brought beautiful spindles!  

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    Lyn Crenshaw, goat farmer, yarn spinner.  Me and my goats, what d'you know?  Let me tell you.

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