Heading out for a backpacking trip on the rugged Washington State coast I grabbed my lightest spindle to bring along. My husband and I hike in about 6 miles heading north from Rialto Beach near La Push. By nightfall we were isolated by the high tide and locked in to our camping spot. Our tent nestled up against the cliff on one side and was about 10 feet away from the lapping waves on the other side. I had brought some natural tan merino and some natural black-gray alpaca. My idea was to spin some "sand-colored" yarn. I spun in little flecks of black and gray, giving the tan wool an appearance of sand. Being that I was so tired from hiking over boulders and giant old-growth driftwood I didn't have much energy to spin. But at the same time I loved having a little down-time with my craft. I'm thrilled to combine my two favorite pastimes: fiber arts and hiking!
Camp site at low tide.
Spinning. Water rising.
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