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Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

It's a Rachel Harrison October for my #Bookspin and #Doublespin and I'm all in for it. @TheAromaOfBooks

wildwoodreads Ohh you‘re in for some fun! I love both of those! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is FOURTEEN! Our official #DoubleSpin number is SEVEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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GinaKButler I love my picks!! Thank you so much for hosting!

The Master and Margarita

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TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks @KellyHamHer @a_lunae @Kiwidragonnerd @Shanaqui @LeeRHarry @Offmybookshelf @RoyallyReading @Charityann @DrSabrinaMoldenReads 2mo

Lcsmcat It‘s time for

Stalking the Wild Asparagus

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Bookwormjillk Woo!! 🎉 2mo

MatchlessMarie My BookSpin is actually one I impulse bought off the library cart a week or so ago. 🕵🏻‍♀️

Murder in Mayberry: Greed, Death and Mayhem in a Small Town

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TheAromaofBooks @MatchlessMarie - I get nabbed by the library's “3 books for a dollar“ cart ALL. THE. TIME. 😂 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly I got Frankenstein (woohoo, #hashtagbrigade) and The Art of Embroidery Design! 2mo

PuddleJumper That's a challenge book and a TBR read for me. Very easy to do this month! 2mo

Eggs Thanks Sarah❣️ 2mo

AmyG Yay! For me

Soldier Sailor

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bookandbedandtea I love #BookSpin Day! I appreciate you, Sarah! 2mo

claudiuo Thank you so much! 2mo

Singout One Day and Crossings by Ben Goldfarb. I‘m a slowpoke but hopefully I‘ll get to one or two of these!

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

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Singout @Lcsmcat I still have the copy I stole from my parents shelf in the early 80s when I was a preteen. They were making me pull dandelions: I was making them drink roasted roots for coffee. 2mo

Bookbuyingaddict Whoop 🙌 whoop 🙌 thank you happy reading 🥰 2mo

MemoirsForMe Another memoir and a meditation book. Yay! 2mo

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bookishbitch

Spinning Wool | Anne Field

I finished my first chain plied yarn. I think it came out great! It is a blend of alpaca, wool, silk, and bamboo. @Catsandbooks #showandtelltuesday #litsycrafters

Eggbeater It's beautiful 3mo

StaceGhost Gorgeous! I love the color too 3mo

bookishbitch @Eggbeater and @StaceGhost Thank you! 3mo

Catsandbooks Beautiful! 🌟 3mo

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bookishbitch

The Whole Craft of Spinning from the Raw Material to the Finished Yarn | Carol Kroll

I'm currently spinning a blend of alpaca, silk and wool. I plan on chain plying it, making it a 3 ply yarn with finished. I'm not sure what I will make with it. It will depend on how many yards I get after plying. @Catsandbooks

julesG Gorgeous colour. 3mo

Eggbeater It's beautiful 3mo

Meshell1313 GORG! 😍 3mo

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bookishbitch @julesG @Eggbeater @Meshell1313 Thank you!! 3mo

Catsandbooks That color is spectacular! 💜🌟 3mo

bookishbitch @Catsandbooks It's what drew me to purchase it. I normally spin a lot of natural colors. 3mo

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The Whole Craft of Spinning from the Raw Material to the Finished Yarn | Carol Kroll

I finished spinning some laceweight vicuña yarn recently. It is an expensive fiber due to availability. This is .3 of an ounce and was a bucket list fiber for me. #showandtelltuesday #litsycrafters Hosted by @Catsandbooks

Eggbeater Wow! That's really impressive! 4mo

bookishbitch @Eggbeater Thank you! 4mo

julesG Beautiful!!! 4mo

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bookishbitch @julesG Thank you! 4mo

Catsandbooks Wow! Looks so soft! 🌟 4mo

bookishbitch @Catsandbooks It is one of the softest fibers in the world to spin! It feels amazing. 4mo

PaperbackPirate What are you going to make with it? 😍 4mo

bookishbitch @PaperbackPirate It will likely end up as an accent area in a project I have in mind for some qiviut yarn I also spun. Although I'm about to spin some cashmere too, so it might depend on how well the colors go together with either yarn. 4mo

tpixie Gorgeous 3mo

Lindy Lovely! I can imagine the softness. Did you make the bowl also? My current project, End Times by Amy Gunderson, is using up small balls of qiviut purchased at my guild‘s fibre auction. 3mo

bookishbitch @Lindy I did not make the bowl. It is from a company called scout and bean. I have several in various blues. Your project looks lovely! 3mo

Lindy @bookishbitch Thanks Marie. 3mo

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DGRachel

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

Finally have my list together for August‘s #bookspin. Not totally happy with it, but my brain is not braining and I had to throw a couple things on there when I realized that my original list duplicated titles. 🤦🏻‍♀️ There are five NetGalley titles that publish in August, a sequel I‘ve been dying to get my hands on for six months, #CampLitsy, and books I really want to read. We‘ll see how the month goes.

TheAromaofBooks

uncommonlycozies this is an incredible list of book 🙌 4mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo

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monalyisha

Unraveling: What I Learned about Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater | Peggy Orenstein

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Reread Unraveling for a traveling book club at my library. I hosted today‘s meeting at the NRT (Natural Resources Trust) Sheep Pasture. It was just as good as when I read it the first time — & the book club attendees agreed! How can you not love a book which begins, “Sheep don‘t look like they‘d be slippery.” It explores the process of making a sweater — from shearing the sheep, to spinning & carding the wool, to dyeing and (finally) knitting.👇🏻

monalyisha 1/1: It also explores the author‘s personal grief (her mother‘s recent death, her father‘s fast decline due to dementia, and her daughter‘s imminent departure for college), and her global grief during the pandemic as she yearns for community and climate justice. A+ research and writing. I especially enjoyed the section about natural dyes. Just fab. 🐑 6mo

monalyisha *Note: Book Club participants were treated to a live demo and a chance to get their hands on the tools of the trade: carding, spinning, and knitting (or crocheting). Here I am, working on my crone skills so I can fulfill my calling to live in an overgrown cottage on the edge of the forest. 🍃 6mo

Ruthiella I loved learning that the word “distaff” meaning “female” comes from this craft. 6mo

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Soubhiville Sounds like a really cool and informative day! 6mo

ravenlee I‘ve always wanted to try spinning. I have a spindle but it‘s not something I‘ve been able figure out on my own, and it doesn‘t have the same draw as a spinning wheel in my imagination. 6mo

monalyisha @ravenlee I found the drop spindle pretty challenging! 6mo

julesG The drop spindle is challenging. 6mo

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bookishbitch

Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool | Clara Parkes

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I'm shocked I haven't heard of this book until now. As a handspinner myself, I was pretty familiar with the subject matter. That said, I still learned a lot along the way. I enjoyed her writing and thoughts and reflections on the industry. And yes, this is just a fraction of my own wool stash. The grey in the middle is jacob wool that is slated to become a sweater. My daughter is going to knit it for me once I'm finished spinning it.

julesG ❤️❤️❤️ I'm admiring your stash. And now I want to find my drop spindle and buy some yarn. 9mo

julesG Fleece!!! My brain was already thinking of yarn and knitting 9mo

bookishbitch @JulesGreads I understand! My brain does that too. What kind of drop spindle do you use? 9mo

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Fiber stash! 😍 I‘ve been knitting more than spinning lately but now I too am itching to dig out one of my spindles and fleece. 😅 I also need to get my hands on this book. Stacked for sure! 9mo

bookishbitch @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm what kind of spindles do you use? I'm a high whorler. 9mo

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @bookishbitch I have a bottom whorl and a Navajo spindle. I‘m still getting the hang of the big Navajo one. 😅 9mo

bookishbitch @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I learned on a bottom whorl. I've not tried a Navajo yet. It looks challenging. 9mo

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm When I bought it, the shop owner was so excited, she said, “I‘ve never met anyone that knew how to use it.” I had to break it to her that I didn‘t, but I had watched some YouTube videos and figured; since I‘d already taught myself how to spin with a drop spindle; I could learn. I have yet to feel like I‘ve got the hang of it. It‘s a whole different animal. It‘s not something I can easily carry and pull out anywhere, so it‘s strictly a home hobby. 9mo

bookishbitch @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm YouTube is amazingly helpful! 9mo

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Airykah13

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

I‘m sticking with genres again for #BookSpin

This month #bookspin is 3 and #doublespin is 17, YA and True Crime

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I got you added to the tag list, too!! 10mo

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LitsyEvents

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

Repost for @TheAromaofBooks

2025 has OFFICIALLY arrived because here is your first #BookSpin of the year!! Just a reminder that I am using my new 2025 tag list, so if you don't get tagged today and would like to be added, please let me know (I may also have messed up your username).

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2824819

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Thank you for reposting!! 11mo

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