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I recently went through my book shelf and culled out a box full of books to take to the book exchange. I got to refill my box with $70 worth of books to bring home… these are the craft books I got

I’m impressed with the fashions in the knitting book (circa 1982), I would even wear some of the stuff in there… I might be able to knit something out of it!

I also got the spinning books I had reserved from the library. I’ve had a quick look through them, but I’m going to study them over the weekend so I’m ready for my spinning lesson on Monday.

I didn’t tell you how the lesson came about, did I? I was browsing on the net this afternoon, looking for general ‘how to’ info on spinning. I was thinking about making a drop spindle to try out.

I saw a demonstration a number of years ago from the Spinners and Handweavers Guild of Victoria, I decided to look up their website to see what info was there… nothing much but there was a contact number. So I spoke to the President Viviene and she gave me the number of the lady I’m having my lesson with on Monday… Pretty cool 🙂

Here is a picture of me knitting the huge scarf.

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