Carding and Spinning and Soaking Up Nature and Culture

This was the second day of our Spinning Trip. We were at Ramona La Mavalla's home and Jeanne Zinda was teaching carding the wool. This wool had been washed during our first day at the Hopi Cultural Center.

It is always amazing to  see this process done when you are a new spinner. I learned a few tricks from Jeanne as well.

The Tunis Wool was donated to the Church in Polacca by a woman in Tennessee. The donation was actually the start of this adventure into spinning.

The morning came to an end with plying the yarn which was spun both days, winding it on the PVC Niddy Noddy and then setting the twist.

Marla Cox's Yarn!

Here is Ramona's Yarn! Both of these skeins were then opened and washed to set the twist.

Jeanne and I were amazed at both of these skeins and how well spun they were. Imagine spinning like this after 1 1/2 days of instruction.

We were finished with the spinning so we went into Keems and visited a wonderful gallery. Jeanne's knowledge of the pottery was amazing. We made a few stops and took in as much nature and culture as possible in the little time we had left.

The trip was more than I expected. It is always amazing to see the introduction of a new spinner to the world of fibers!

It was wonderful traveling with Jeanne Zinda. The saying is -- She travels well.