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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) I ended [...]
It’s blueberry season here and we went picking last week. As much as I like strawberries, I like blueberries even more. I gladly gave away many of the strawberries we picked earlier this year but have been jealously hoarding the blues. It’s so bad that I actually bought raspberries and peaches for Jack’s breakfast so [...]
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 can spin [...]
Buzzzzzy spinnnnning
Posted in Spinning on Jul 6th, 2009
Specs:
Fiber: Merino Top, Baltic Color
Spun: Z twist for singles, S for plies.
Spindle: 1 oz. Golding Ring Spindle
Yardage: 55 yards give or take, 2 ply fingering weight
Weight: 25 grams
WPI: don’t know, haven’t measured it
Purchased at: Yarn Barn, Lawrence, KS
My first finished skein on Team Crankypants for the Tour de Fleece 2009. This is the first yarn [...]
This little girl (boy?) is a Navajo Churro lamb. I wanted her for a pet but ended up with some of her wool instead.
Where did I find her? At the Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival. One of my sisters and I spent the day wandering around there. We’re home now but too pooped to provide [...]
Fiber, fiber everywhere….
Posted in Spinning on Mar 29th, 2009
but not a drop spindle to buy.
As I alluded to in my earlier post, I’m in the grip of a new obsession. At Knitting in the Neighborhood Tuesday night Deb gave me a lesson in spinning with a drop spindle and I’ve been practicing with my Louet spindle ever since. I got this as part [...]
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