Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde So I finished plying the Coopworth/silk roving on Sunday, washed it up and thwacked it to set the twist. It came out much thinner than the merino I spun last week, just like I wanted. For about 24 grams (slightly less than an ounce) [...]
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Gone to the dark side
Posted in Spinning on Jul 9th, 2009
Two posts in a row about spinning; does that mean I’ve gone over to the dark side? This is a coopworth/silk blend that I’ve been able to pre-draft and spin fine enough that it might actually qualify as lace weight even after plying, instead of swinging back and forth between fingering and lace weight. I [...]
The weekend that is. My sister Gail came into town for the weekend so we made a jaunt up to the Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival on Saturday to spend the day among “our people”: others who can’t keep their hands to themselves when it comes to yarn and fiber and soft, squishy animals. As [...]
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