Noah''s Intro to the Fiber Arts

My extremely talented girlfriend Emma who also carries the title of "very patient neighbour" lives in the townhouse bellow us. I asked her to watch my kids for an hour and she so kindly said yes. When I came to pick the boys up Noah was drop spining sheep's wool with a spindle. He loved it. She sent me home with a few you tube links, also 2 & 3 of Abby Franquemont teaching how to do drop spining, so I could help him. The videos were great and having watched Emma patiently teach Noah the how tos I was even able to learn this fun technique. Noah had learned to Finger knit last fall and this was warmly welcomed as a next step in knitting. Today when his brother napped we were reading The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare  the Attean was teaching Matt the white boy how to make a snare with the roots of trees striping them and then twisting two pieces together. As I continued to read I noticed Noah with his spindle and wool.  Noah had  remembered the wool tucked on the top of a shelf where it had been stored sometime earlier to keep it from being used as a weapon. We finished spinning the wool and Noah wanted another lesson from Emma on how to make it 2 ply as she had told him that was the next step. We called Emma and she found me this you tube video on plying yarn on a drop spindle - Adean Plying Tutorial. Due to the possibility of cutting off circulation to the middle finger I opted to do the first step but once we made the ball Noah took over the spining. Now he wants to know if we need to soak it and when we are going to the store to buy dye! I am glad I have an expert close at hand because I don't know the answer to either of those questions. Yay for Community.