A Cold Wintry Wednesday & Another Heart Journal Entry & Spinning & Reflections on the Lake

  Good morning Wednesday,
    It is snowy with sleet this morning and frigid temps on the way for a few evenings before it warms back up again.
   Yesterday I did finish spinning up that yarn I showed you, and couldn't wait to see what the hand painted-dyed-roving would look like spun.  I am working on getting this spun finer that I have been.
  This is Polworth breed wool from Australia blended with silk. I was purchasing allot of different fibers from different breeds a few years ago just to see the differences-and to have fun spinning. This one says if you don't spin the fiber too tight it will loft back up and make your garment etc warmer. and my fiber did exactly that-I had gotten it pretty fine and then it puffed up-so soft.

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As I spin this-I "tear" off narrow pieces from top to bottom of the roving-so I will work on remembering to always start spinning the brown top first. When I tear off a piece I then draft out-pull gently on the fibers to make it even and finer-its the way I taught myself to spin. Experienced spinners would take this whole piece and spin off a fine yarn from it-not me 😀

   I am getting a sore neck from too many long hours of spinning-I know not to do this-but when having fun---so this morning I wanted to create another page for Elizabeth's Heart theme over on AJJ

  I have a small box of dried tea bags that I save mostly from the herb teas that give pretty colors and patterns to the bags-so I grabbed several and stamped one.

   On the journal page I grabbed a pink crayola marker and rubbed it around to cover the page-I was surprised how little ink was in this-when I realized it was running out I made sure all the edges were done first. When I ran out I grabbed a pearl pink crayola crayon to finish.
    I then grabbed a square fabric with hearts on it that Mia had sent me in fun mail last year and cut out a large heart and then tacked it down to the left on the page.
   I then glued down tea bags all over the page, the one I had stamped was too much for this page so will save that one for another page.
   I also repurposed the card that Mia had sent me and cut around it and if you look close you will see a few hearts. I grabbed the pearl pink crayon to soften the white background on the card.
   I grabbed the stamp and stamped on to the top of the tea bags, and also glued down a couple wooded hearts that was also in Mia's package

So I am dedicating this Hearts journal page to our friend Mia, who always shares happiness with her friends.

If you look closely you can see the hearts from the fabric showing through the tea bag

  A few hearts on the cut out from Mia's card

A stamped heart

this tea bag didn't make it on the page

   I am pleased with the results-didn't over do it, overlapped and layered and picked up the orange and pinks

Yesterday morning the reflections on the lake were so delightful to see

and I made gluten free brownies

Enjoy your day!