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machine_dove at 10:24pm on 21/09/2008
machine_dove at 10:24pm on 21/09/2008Ravelry is making me extraordinarily self-conscious. "Hi, this is my incredibly well-done first yarn, and this is the kickass project I made from it." While I have...a twisty brown mass of something that's more or less like yarn, but leans towards the yes. My first plied yarn is drying now - I'll take a picture of it for posterity's sake in the morning.
On the other hand, I spun the last quarter (half ounce?) of the brown Coopworth that came with my spindle, and it's much thinner, mostly even, and at this point (still on the spindle...), not half bad. Plan is to spin up a small length of the gray Coopworth I have and ply the two together...probably tomorrow night. In order to do this, I have to get the yarn that's on there now off the spindle. And it skeers me, because when I did it last night, my yarn decided it wanted to fall apart at several points. Current theory is that I decided to spin several lengths in the wrong direction. I managed to recover, and get it spun the right way, but....yea. Far more stressful than winding yarn into a ball should be.
Speaking of which, anyone know of any tips, tricks, or general instructions on winding yarn into a ball? Or something else to do with it while I spin another single to ply it with?
The Heritage Arts festival (and Civil War reenactment?) was small but fairly entertaining for a free event. Gray liked the animals, and didn't mind the artillery. I think he wanted to try to wrestle a pair of geese they had, but the would have eaten him alive. Probably literally. I bought lavender stuff, and badgered a spinner there into letting me watch her draft. She laughed when she heard how long I'd been spinning - "You've been spinning for a week and you're criticizing what you're making?" And apparently when I bought my spindle I Done Good - I pulled it out, and every lady in the booth let out a gasp and came to look at it. *I* liked it, too.
(Note: Spinning = crack. I got distracted by my pretty spindle, wound that yarn into a ball, and started in on the gray wool before realizing that I hadn't actually posted this yet. Oy.)
On the other hand, I spun the last quarter (half ounce?) of the brown Coopworth that came with my spindle, and it's much thinner, mostly even, and at this point (still on the spindle...), not half bad. Plan is to spin up a small length of the gray Coopworth I have and ply the two together...probably tomorrow night. In order to do this, I have to get the yarn that's on there now off the spindle. And it skeers me, because when I did it last night, my yarn decided it wanted to fall apart at several points. Current theory is that I decided to spin several lengths in the wrong direction. I managed to recover, and get it spun the right way, but....yea. Far more stressful than winding yarn into a ball should be.
Speaking of which, anyone know of any tips, tricks, or general instructions on winding yarn into a ball? Or something else to do with it while I spin another single to ply it with?
The Heritage Arts festival (and Civil War reenactment?) was small but fairly entertaining for a free event. Gray liked the animals, and didn't mind the artillery. I think he wanted to try to wrestle a pair of geese they had, but the would have eaten him alive. Probably literally. I bought lavender stuff, and badgered a spinner there into letting me watch her draft. She laughed when she heard how long I'd been spinning - "You've been spinning for a week and you're criticizing what you're making?" And apparently when I bought my spindle I Done Good - I pulled it out, and every lady in the booth let out a gasp and came to look at it. *I* liked it, too.
(Note: Spinning = crack. I got distracted by my pretty spindle, wound that yarn into a ball, and started in on the gray wool before realizing that I hadn't actually posted this yet. Oy.)
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