Hi everyone, again,

I haven't gotten around to doing much felting since we came back from
the Uk in October, as things were very busy in other directions.

As I have quite a stash of sliver, which is now getting older, that I
have difficulty laying up,due to my chronic back problem & a recent
unrelated operation, I decided to start spinning.
Thanks to Kerry, she sold me an old Roberta electric spinner.I played
with it for a few weeks, then took it to Ian (Ertoel) to upgrade &
service for me. He told me that it was one of the first made, probably
1978 vintage & will go for ever! I am very happy with it.

I'm a novice, & have been spinning merino, merino/ silk and alpaca. I
love the possibilities of the Roberta, as it is so versatile.

I have knitted up sample swatches, on large needles, mostly, which I
shall join up and then felt into a lightweight blanket.

I want to explore the possibilities of using my embellishing machine
to make cobweb type felt from the spun fibre, also.

As my felting is now going to have to be mainly confined to using
batts, with tops used for embellishing, as I have difficulty laying
up, I'm enjoying the new challenge.

Of course, I shall still be continuing with needle felting. That's
what I love about the whole process.

I'll keep you posted. :) Barb M