Vitality

In October I spun a lovely batt of wool, bamboo, and firestar into my first ever chain plied yarn, Stained Glass. It was the theme for the October Spindlers group challenge on Ravelry. The experience was ground breaking for me. I found myself looking at family relationships I had avoided because of the pain associated with losing my father. I was open to working through this. I listened to the messages that came while practicing the meditative act of spinning. I gained more than insight with this experience. I gained courage to renew my faith in close relationship. I gained courage to reach out and make friends with people I may never meet face to face. I also won the random drawing to pick the theme for January.

I spent almost a week thinking about the theme. I am a personal trainer and coach many people about their life force. I wanted the theme to be about life energy and how we express that. What I came up with was Vitality. We all possess a vital energy, a vital life force. After choosing the theme I didn't spin much. There were holiday gifts to knit.But now we are in January. I have to spin for my chosen theme.

So I spent some time looking at my stash of fiber. I thought about what it says about vitality. I went out into the cold and picked a friend up from the airport when I really wanted to be home where it was warm. I played on the internet looking at space weather. I slept on it.

This morning I looked at the fiber again. There is a lovely blue Cotswold Wool. There is a nice brown with red fleck Jacob Wool. And finally a white Mohair and soft wool blend.
I carded up some and tried it out. A smallish sample of about 2 yards. It is lovely. Beautiful sheen, nice halo from the combo of Cotswold and Mohair. But it did not speak to me of Vitality. I remembered I had another batt hidden away. It is the Tea Cup Yorkie that came with my newest Yorkieslave Artworks spindle! I pulled it out and realized it looks just like the videos of the sunspots I was watching last night. Talk about Vitality! Where would we be without the sun?

May the life force energy fill you and feed you as the New Year unfolds into it's perfection!