i am giving in.

i thought i never would,

but faced with two large skeins

of sappho 1 (1700 yds of lace weight)

the concept of hand winding, which i usually love,

is really just too much.

*

my mum remembers

winding skeins by hand

with my great grandmother.

my memories are of winding with mum

and lately helping my eldest hand wind her balls.

maybe someday soon i will watch her help her little sister

(or even her brother) wind fiber of their own for projects of their own.

these things make me smile.

*

to top it all off

i like the way it feels

to see the ball forming in my hands;

the sensation as it slides between my fingers…

still, tonight i will borrow w’s gear

and watch

(both hands off)

as the colors twist and twirl

into the beginnings of my next design

and i’m sure this will make me smile, too.

‘circle’ taken from 26:10 of job.