Josh Learns to Spin

I enjoyed Sunday at Wool Gathering with friends. Josh was there and picked upside roving and a free CD drop spindle. Laura gave him a five-minute drop spindle lesson. Five- minutes.
He spun on the way home.



He sent me a picture on Tuesday morning of his first two-ply yarn.



Tuesday! Sigh.
I have four drop spindles, a spinning wheel, and four (or eight) pounds of fiber in my stash and I've not come up with any yarn worth mentioning.

Did I mention he just started knitting in January 2011? He was already a skilled crocheter.
I think Josh is an amazing crafty person. He needs to start a blog to share his fiber adventures.

Our knitting group likes to show him off.

Josh Raptured

I surround myself with great people. This continues to be true as witnessed by the significant number of my fellow knitters have been caught in the rapture.

This week, Josh was caught in the rapture. Thanks the Knit Meredith's camera phone, we have photos.
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Josh appears to have left his first lace project behind. He was knitting the Hemlock Ring Blanket (Ravelry link) made popular by Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed fame. He's was using Fisherman's Wool in a natural gray and it was turning out beautifully.

I wonder if Josh will come back and knit with us again. I bet he'd have some great stories to tell.