Yesterday’s Washing
Monthly archives: June 2008
Lovely!
Most of my skeins were dry this morning so I twisted ’em up and sat back to admire them. I do love the white/pink/purple singles, they look pretty much as I had envisaged them, only far skinnier than I had hoped – and far whiter. Snowy white. Fluffy snow white. A bit gorgeous, I think. …
Done!
There are eight skeins hanging up in the kitchen: two dark red/grey merino/mohair; two blue/green home-dyed; two of the Deep Fried Vegis; and two of the erratic singles. And in my craft room, pinned out on the floor (rather poorly, it must be said), are: my grey lace scarf; two swatches for Mr L’s “Lanark …
Inflamed ambition
Remember this? The Inferno roving from Copperpot. This is what I am currently spinning. I am not entirely sure that I know what I am doing, but I have split the colours out as best I can and I am spinning the red and the orange alternately. The purple I have put aside. The red/orange …
Bathtime
The new yarn is sitting in a tub of hot fairy liquid suds. If there is time when this yarn has been cleaned, I’ll get the Eucalan out and get all my washing and blocking done. But it’s getting late now, so there may not be time. I now have the Inferno roving sitting by …
More string
I completed spinning the carded fleece from Stromness this morning. I managed two complete bobbins from it. The second is not as good as the first. There was a lot of coarse weak fibre in there – from the little that I know I’d have to guess that it was back hair – and also …