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New Joys and Old Frustrations
I’ve been so busy this week that I haven’t had much of a chance to catch up, so here is the scoop:
Lillith2 (hereto known as L2) arrived on Monday. I had purchased her from Julie at Black Lamb in Port Hope when she was at the Knitter’s Frolic. I got some extra bobbins because, well I have the attention span of a 2 year old and can’t commit to spinning something for too long.
| From Spin |
| From Spin |
| From Spin |
I’ve obviously got to work on the tensioning a bit more….this one is much more sensitive than L1.
Before I switched over to L2, I finished spinning some lovely roving that I got from Abby.
Lock up the Credit Cards
Well today was the Knitter’s Frolic. And Wow did I Frolic! There was a ton of wool but I was there strictly for spinning stuff. I can get wool anytime…and now spin my own!
My friend Kathleen and her delightful daughter Mara joined me as we Frolicked our little butts around the festival. I saw may old friends and made a few new ones. Pirkko, Rochelle and Laura were all there as well as blogless Terry (who made Lillith’s bag).
Oh and there is the little matter of the Majacraft Gem that I somehow ended up buying.
A is for Alpaca
I have a new love in my life….Alpaca
I fell in love with it while knitting the Einstein coat. I didn’t particularly enjoy that project (felt like I was knitting 90 lbs of wool all at once), but I loved the wool I bought from Knitpicks. I have had several chances to wear my sweater and it keeps me toasty down to 5C.
I went to the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival yesterday and because roving doesn’t count to the Knit Your Stash challenge (which I freely admit I’m failing miserably), I stopped by the Green Acres Alpaca Farm booth.
Corriedale Dreadlocks
I did some kettle dyeing last night using this method, but instead of painting, I just dumped it into a big pot. I used about 1.5 lbs of Corriedale and some Jacquard dyes. My method is totally unscientific (very unlike me), instead I went by the glug method.
Goin’ Mobile
The purpose of having a traveling wheel is …well…to travel with it.
I like to take my wheel to guild meetings and S’n’B’s, and up to this date I’d been wrapping her in garbage bags. Which was quite a hit to both of our dignities.
My friend Terry came to the rescue. A budding spinner herself, Terry is a gifted seamstress and knitter and crocheter.