Note...this is what I posted on the "Louet Lovers" message board on Ravelry. It was much easier to just copy/paste it over here.


Ok…..I’ve gotten my leg to slow down and my hands to speed up a little…..I’m starting to get the feel for this.

But even more than get the feel for this………there’s something totally different going on. (And maybe I’m a total dork for saying this……but, what the hell………I embrace my dorkdum!)

As I was spinning, my foot is rocking to a slow steady rhythm and my hands are follow their own rhythm as the pull small amounts of fibers out of this blob of fur. Each treadle and each pinch and pull takes a small number of fibers and straightens them right out and adds them to this ever-lengthening strand. I am pulling them out of chaos and slowly aligning them for a unified strength that will turn into something that I will actually clothe myself (or my husband) with. Fiber by fiber the chaos is left behind replaced by order and strength.
As I was pinching out each small amount of fibers I felt like I was pinching and pulling out all the worries and problems of the day and turning them into something orderly and structured. My brain was frazzled when I started and each fiber straightened in my hand was also a thought that was smoothed out and relaxed.
What a wonderful experience….what a wonderful way to clear my head and smooth over a very stressful day!!
(Hubby and I are just now deciding if we are going to open a yarn shop in Killeen (Central Texas) and we looked at properties today.) It’s giving me an ulcer, I swear. We don’t have any savings to put into this……..but for some reason, it’s all coming together at the right time. If it’s meant to be it will happen………if it’s not, it won’t. I know that……but worrying is still one of my main hobbies besides knitting………and now spinning!!! LOL