I've been doing a lot lately, but I haven't been blogging about much of it. However, I'm too lazy and it's too late to be writing a big long post, so I'm going to do a picpost.
This is all the stuff I've been spinning in the last while. The biggest picture has a bit of a story to it. So I've been spinning up a whole bunch of yarn just because I've been stressed and it's a good way to decompress, and I've managed to spin up the last of my fiber on Thursday.
So I was rather dissapointed about it, but I thought it was a good thing because I DO have quite a bit of work to do. Anyway, I'm participating in FatCatKnits fiberclub, and I was disappointed how my last yarn spun up (not the fault of the dying, which was beautiful, but because I didn't think out how I was going to approach the yarn, and just dove right in)... not the way I imagined. Anyway, someone suggests that the next time I encounter a dye lot like that I navajo ply it.
I say, isn't that the same as making three ply yarn?
As I discovered, it is not. I watch a few videos on youtube, the most notable being This one:
Anyway, I'm DYING to try it... but I don't have any fiber!
Until, I remember that FatCatKnits (bless her heart) sends out little "treats" along with the main roving, and I pull that out of my button box (have I mentioned that I've been buying a lot of metal buttons lately? It's for one of my sculptures, but I'll talk about that later.) and I got at it. The Result was what is in the big picture... my first Navajo Ply.
It's amazing, I'm in love.
(ironically, uploading all the photos took about as much time as creating a real entry would have)
Addendum: Heads up, if you like any of the handspun, head over to my Etsy shop, where you can buy it. I'm still getting all the yarn up there. If you mention in the comments that you came to my Etsy Store through my blog, I'll throw in an extra surprise!
2 comments:
What beautiful handspun! Kudos to you!
I totally hear you on the bummer feeling of running out of stuff when you are in a mode, although my modes are knitting only.
I know that I'm going to have a problem after Christmas. You see, I have a large list of Christmas knitting to do and not much time, so I've been kniting like a mad woman. I now that I will hit a depression right after when I don't have that huge deadline looming over me. My only hope is that I will get good yarn for Christmas so that I can be excited about starting another project. After all that, I think I'll deserve to knit something for me!
very nice spun yarn you have done so far!
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