Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Spinning on Jul 18th, 2010
In Tour de Fleece news, I’m still madly spinning, just not posting my progress. This is the 2-ounce bump of cormo from Strawberry Moon Fibers that I bought at Shepherd’s Harvest in Lake Elmo, MN in early May.
The spinning is rustic at best, veering from fingering to worsted weight and the plying is beginner’s stuff. [...]
Posted in Spinning on Aug 6th, 2009
Here’s my reward for a month of spinning.
I won a Team Crankypants! prize for participating in the 2009 Tour de Fleece (you spin every day that the Tour de France riders race). This is hand dyed Finn wool roving from Moonlightbaker Jen. This “Scarlet” colorway looks made for me. I’ve been carrying it around and [...]
Posted in Spinning on Jul 26th, 2009
So yesterday’s spinning class was a blast. Eight of us, all with different wheels, all beginners and one poor teacher. She declared the class a success because nobody cried. It was pretty evenly divided between people who had never touched a wheel or a spindle before and others who had either had a class before [...]
Posted in Spinning, woodworking on Jul 13th, 2009
When last we visited, our intrepid woodworker was getting ready to glue up the end piece assembly on our porch rocker. The stiles, cross brace and arm rest were ready to be assembled and attached to the rocker base.
In the course of construction Jack decided to turn the tenons into wedge tenons. This involves making [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
