Spinning Yarn
Spinning yarn sounds old-fashioned, but it is some of the best meditation I know. The feeling of fiber running through the fingers, the steady feel of the treadle under the feet, the hypnotic sight of the wheel turning round and round…
So many knitters have made their way to spinning after spending a few years with knitting—and after spending some time with spinning, made their way to weaving, too. Others add the sheep, the shearing, the farming—this web of life and cloth continues to draw people in, metaphorically and in life.
