A few months ago I had a phone call out of the blue from a man who said he'd heard that I could spin and asked if I would be willing to help him? Of course. It's not easy to give advice over the phone about such a practical subject, so eventually we had to meet. Jantjie lives 200 km from me and didn't want to come all this way, so we met in town on Wednesday at the habedashery shop. He had made an adaptation to his spinning wheel which made it good for spinning thick fibres but impossible to use to spin a fine thread. I think he'll take it off now, seeing as he wants to spin to weave table mats rather than floor mats. I showed him how to draft the fibres, which he was struggling with. Hopefully he'll be able to make progress now.
Is that a whole wall full of BUTTONS behind Jantjie? - wow. What a wonderful haberdashery store yu have in town! It's good that you were able to help him with his spinning.
ReplyDeleteI'm fascinated by spinning, but I live a little further away than Jantjie, so I guess I should look for someone a little closer. It would b great fun to meet with you, though!
ReplyDeleteI've established that I'm not much good at long range tuition, so yes, you'd better find someone closer! It would be great to meet though, you're right.
DeleteThat is another secret desire of my is to spin! You need to live closer! Have you always live so far from me? :)
ReplyDeleteI've always lived in the middle of Africa, pretty far from everyone!!
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