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A nice big gallon freezer bag of sawdust from approximately 4 or 5 spindles made of Argentine Lignum Vitae (Bulnesia sarmientoi).

I’m absolutely in love with Argentine Lignum Vitae. A client asked for it as a possible wood choice, so I ordered two blanks. While there were 20 or so other woods in this shipment, when the box was opened the aroma of that one particular wood infused the entire box with a warm, rosy scent.

I put it out to the universe that I need a bigger workshop in order to expand my spindle production.
The universe answered with a MAYBE (to be announced). I'm too excited to sleep so I bounced awake at 4am. I'm going to need a nap today for sure.

I haven’t seen the advertising personally, but Kelly (a friend in our Fantabulous Tuesday Daytime Knitting circle) mentioned that she’d seen an ad for the senior’s workshop that I’ll be hosting on April 16th @ the Greenwood Senior Community Center in her Phinney community newsletter. (reminder to self: hunt that down.)

I don't know what that means... but I think it means that if I put extra love and attention into figuring out sourcing, better shipping options, and responding to the needs of my clients, it will result in happier clients and a happier Lisa too!

I'm very happy with that cheap Skil band saw I bought last week. I won't be ripping a lot of boards or anything and it does exactly what I want. This means that I can source more wood and have it available much quicker for clients.

In awesome land, Dez from Lumberjocks is going to give me a hand-me-down (pay it forward) drill press. I could conquer the world! with a Dremel, japanese saw, band saw, lathe, chisel files, sandpaper, and drill press combination. I really could!

... and the back. And the throat!

I flew through minor throat surgery with flying colors. It kept me
out of the shop for 5 days. In that time, I managed to work up a pretty
decent backlog of orders. (I create and sell custom tools for hand
spinning yarn.)

Catching up has been a mixed bag. I’m feeling a little off my
sculpting game. So my first spindle, while functional and to the order
of my client, just didn’t please me. The weight was too much, the Cherry
bruised, the bead was off…

I received a nice ounce of cashmere in a swap and decided I wanted to see what a 2-ply 50/50 silk and cashmere yarn might look like.

Here's some silk on one of the Gripping Yarn supported spindles. (Bocote, Tulipwood, Walnut)

And here is the plying ball!

I've been experimenting with large supported spindles for fibers that are hairy and have a very long staple length.