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April 12, 2006
Picture heavy...
I will keep them small. So this weekend I did more than interpretive dance with yarn and kitchen chairs. I also did alot of SPINNING!
You get in a groove ya know? I don't know if I have voiced this, because I can do what ever I want for project spectrum, but I thought it would be cool to spin for my projects. This month as you all know is Orange and Yellow. Lucky for me I have both to spin! Here is the orange:
Isn't it yummy? It was yummy to spin too. It is Louet Corriedale Top. About 5 oz. I split it in half and spun up the half:
I was so excited when spinning because I was even and all that, but when I plyed it sorta came untwisted and would pull apart. It really had a lot of twist in it so I am not sure what my problem is. I still like it though.
Okay on to the yellow:
This is from the same place I got my pink/red roving. Of course I can't remember what the place was. I got it at the Hemlock Fiber Festival back in September. Spinning Hill??? I dunno. This is GREAT! It looks like baby poo, breast fed baby poo. Here it is spun up.
This is gonna be nice huh? Oh yeah!
Moving along....... I finally finished up my blue roving that Audrey sent to me ages ago as a secret pal gift. Here is is all spun up:
I had good and bad times with this. As shown. Who will see it all knitted up anyhow?
Here is a picture of my pink and blue disaster. I had some blue left over so I thought I would ply the blue. I shoudn't have mixed the colors. I would have liked them separate. DARN!
Finally, I did not give up the ship! I decided to untangle the mess of pink and keep going. Here is my progress:
Wish me luck.....
Posted by beth at April 12, 2006 12:43 PM
Comments
Wow, you've been a busy girl. The colors look great. Can't wait to see what you'll make out of it all. Something yummy I bet.
Posted by: Julia at April 12, 2006 01:20 PM
wow! what a busy bee you were this weekend! i love that orange yarn.. what will knit up with it?
Posted by: gleek at April 12, 2006 01:31 PM
Holy smokes that's a lot of spinning!
Hooray for pink!
Posted by: katie at April 12, 2006 03:15 PM
Those colors are great and your spinning is wonderful! Do you have any projects in mind for them yet?
Posted by: Angela at April 12, 2006 04:52 PM
That orange is positively delectable! It looks so beautiful! Love it, Beth!
I was bummed to hear you won't be able to make it to the Festival, but I totally understand. I hope we can meet up one day! ;)
Posted by: Lolly at April 13, 2006 08:52 AM
That pink tangle is exactly what I ended up with when I did some kool-aid dying. It took a while, but it all came loose. Your orange is absolutely gorgeous!
Posted by: Susan at April 13, 2006 10:13 AM
The orange is so luscious looking... just wonderful!
Posted by: Sara at April 14, 2006 11:24 AM
Wow, that's gorgeous stuff!! I love how you've spun the orange yarn.
I have decided, I must take up spinning, DB seems as thrilled with the idea as I am, he even asked if I taught him once I got the hang of it (can't for the life of me talk him into learning to knit though!)...
xxx
Posted by: Annarella at April 14, 2006 11:54 AM
