The basket of cone ends, all finished off. Merino/Silk/Cashmere in a 70/20/10 blend; 2/28NM laceweight. An array of neutral shades, collected with red tones and an apricot shade. A real treasure trove. There are two 300g collections here and each cost circa £11. The yarn will go a very long way, even if knitted double …
Absent
I opened up my Indigo dye kit, raring to go - and discovered a total absence of Spectralite, without which I may not proceed. Darn it. Also, the silk paper making kit lacks details on how to mix up the CMC granules. Anybody here know how? I'd be grateful for some help. I've emailed Fibrecrafts …
Moving on
After winding all that 2/28 yarn I disappeared into a deep hot bath with a long drink and a spouse. Then knitted on 'is sock in bed for a while. I am about to begin the toe shaping. It makes progress but does not enthral me. This however, does. Isn't it gorgeous? Woken by Nell …
Ouch
Ok. I got on with my plying. It's not finished. It's taking ages. I had not realised just how fine I had been spinning. There's miles of this stuff and it took forever to 2 ply a bobbin full. I now understand the attraction of the double treadle. There's no leaving off plying in a …
It’s a wind-up
DONE! 🙂 I have "winder's elbow" I am sure
Change of pace
18 balls wound, and I was about to declare an amnesty and go spin, because that's what I feel like doing. Then a knock at the door heralded a parcel delivery. A Great Big Parcel. I imagine that is from Fibrecrafts. So I'll be needing to investigate that rather than begin spinning 🙂 7 balls …