On the 30th of June 2012 I posted on my Live Journal “I have a spinning blog!” An excerpt is below:
My journal is friends only, has been for a while. I post a lot of costuming stuff to the dress diaries community when I want to share it with the world because I know I appreciate reading other’s diaries as they have helped me in the past. Also it is just interesting and inspiring reading what other people are doing. My spinning progress is something I’d like to share with the world because I know I would have found it very helpful. Still world, actually, if I found someone else doing it. I’ve joined a few communities, mostly yahoo groups and I’ve joined ravelry because there are some spinning groups on there. I’m reading lots of interesting stuff but a lot of it is modern based or based on non-European peoples. So I’ve started a blog as my portal to share my progress with the world. I don’t expect it to get high traffic or a stack of hits, that’s not what I’m after, but I feel better knowing that I’m contributing my research to the re-enactment community at large and it’s out there for anyone to find and access…
When I started this blog it was really because I felt a duty to share my knowledge in a public place. I expected that a couple of people might look at it, as in, one or two people. I thought it would be wonderful if a handful of people saw it and found it useful.
Well, today I have past 35,000 views which is (to me) a lot. Like, tens of thousands more than I expected a lot.
When I started learning about these spinning techniques I knew no one that did them. In my early research I found a few old films showing it, but the first person I ever saw talking about it was Norman Kennedy. While there are still people out there who argue that this style of spinning ‘doesn’t exist’, I come across a lot of re-enactors who, like me, are trying to learn about the old European spinning traditions and how they might apply to their period of historic interest. Also, I have come across modern spinners who aren’t re-enactors spinning this way or learning about it. The Evangelical Church of Distaff Spinning Group on facebook has over 300 members and is growing.
There is so much to learn, and so much to figure out, but I feel both proud and privileged to have become a part of this little spinning movement.
So I‘d like to say thank you to my fans and supporters, but an even bigger thank you to everyone who is learning about these techniques and sharing your learnings online. Please keep posting, and if you need a platform to publish anything let me know, I’m more than happy to share your work on my blog- even if you are just begining your efforts are of interest to other spinners. If you’ve published something on a blog or website of your own and would like me to link to it- please let me know.
And finally, this is a lot of views for me, if this isn’t a lot of views for you, or your blog has a wider audience than mine, then PLEASE POST ABOUT DISTAFF SPINNING! Because that way even more people can see it! 🙂
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I so enjoy reading your blog, I have learned a lot and become interested in a lot as well…… Congratulations!
Because of Norman K and your blog and videos I received my first spindles earlier this month.
I love your research and history with spinning. Although I don’t spin in this manner, I have learned and when talking history of spinning with people, you provide the background I need for the period. Thanks for putting it out there and your achievement.
Love your blog and your wonderful videos on Youtube! You have inspired me to teach an advanced class on spinning wool from a distaff. It kinda freaked people out. Everyone here in the mid-west (SCA, Kingdom of Calontir) has always assumed that nothing but long wools and flax was spun using a distaff.
You rock, my dear! As a fellow reenactor, I salute you! Thank you for your dedication.