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September 02, 2008
Yarn Yarn Yarn!
How was your weekend? Mine? Yarny! I was hoping to get more done on my sweater, but I just didn't feel the love this weekend. I did however feel the spinning love.
Saturday I hooked up with a Ravelry group here in town. We meet a coffee shop that is right smack in the middle of town. Well one of the girls was so excited because she got a spinning wheel on Craigslist for cheap! She was bringing it along. I have the same wheel (but an older model) so I took a look at it for her. She only needed a dowel to connect to the foot thingy and the wheel. She got it going and got me inspired to dust off my wheel. I was thinking of selling it and getting a new one. I tinkered with the brake band and now I have this baby spinning like butter. So thats all I wanted to do this weekend. Make yarn.
I won these batts about a year ago from Lisa. I thought why not?
I love showing the progression from batt to yarn. What about the purple you say? Well I took a picture of that too. I also threw in there that dark purple yarn I was having a hard time photographing. This shot is exactly the color it is:
Can you tell that was really bugging me? I like to show the true color when I can...
Well that didn't stop me. Remember those pretty purple locks I dyed last month? Well I had to card them.
I didn't stop there. I had to card the bronze green as well
I am currently spinning the green. I didn't take any bobbin shots. You will just have to wait.
And lastly, I got a lovely surprise in my mailbox on Friday:
Sock yarn scraps from Laurie
They are for my crochet granny square blanket! I am so excited! There is some Socks that Rock in there! Thanks Laurie! You are the best!
Oh! I did work on that this weekend end! So I did some actual stitching didn't I?
Posted by beth at September 2, 2008 12:31 PM
Comments
Wow! You have been very busy fibering! I can't wait to see how all the lovely locks spun up - what fun! I've spun up my bronze green and I'm working on the purple now too.
What a nice package! It looks like some of those skeins are still big enough to knit a pair of socks! A nice selection for the blanket.
Posted by: Salt City Spinner at September 2, 2008 01:00 PM
Looks like a good weekend for you!
Posted by: Christie at September 2, 2008 04:14 PM
I completely forgot to tell you what they are! 2 are STR, the black/grey is Lorna's, the smaller ones are Cherry Tree Hill and the others are...I don't remember! There! How's that? :-)
Love your spinning, as usual. Great dark purple. Getting colors correct is a pet peeve of mine, too.
Posted by: Laurie at September 2, 2008 05:53 PM
Now that is one very yarny weekend! Those are the best kind, I think. Enjoy!
Posted by: Sheepish Annie at September 2, 2008 07:55 PM
Lovely!!! And I really like the colors of the wool you dyed...
Posted by: lisa at September 2, 2008 07:59 PM
well weren't you busy...i agree...looks like you could whip up a few pair of socks with the yarn scraps...i'm working on a baby blanket right now, not crazy for the pattern but love the colors in the yarn...maybe i'll take a picture and send to you...
Posted by: lemon at September 3, 2008 02:26 PM
hello pretty spinning lady! i had a dream about you! you came to visit and we were driving in a huge red car. i was driving and it was going really badly so i had to go sit in the back ...
have a good weekend!
Posted by: kris at September 5, 2008 04:24 PM
Lots of purple and green there, the Joker would be pleased! Aren't you glad you FINALLY went to see that with me?
Posted by: Carol at September 8, 2008 01:38 PM
