I've been getting in little bits of spindle time.
Bright blue corriedale wool from The Flying Ewe and spun on my Viking Santa spindle. It was plied with a shiny bright green thread (that doesn't photograph well) on my Greensleeves Barebones. I like the plying with thread trick, lets you wring out as many yards as possible and still have a 2-ply (my singles are still far from being usable as is). This skein ended up around 70 yards.
Another recent thrifting find that I am so happy with, vintage rick rack. I have a serious thing for rick rack, absolutlyloveit. I have several projects in mind that will be using it so finding this entire spectrum was kismet.
And Aejaz, because his mirrored Diet Coke obsession like his mommy amuses me (though in his case it's more container specific). He's also overjoyed to get to dismantle the can boxes, as seen in this little animated sequence when he was 4 months. It's exactly the same thing now, he even begs for the bottles and boxes.
DFW Fiberfest fashion show tonight. If you're going too, stop and say Hi!
My dogs loooooove cardboard boxes! (and tearing things up in general!) I always let them open my presents because they are so good at ripping the paper off!
Tucker is actually allergic to those plastic soda/water bottles - his face swells up and he looks like a shar pei!
Spinning is coming right along - the thread idea is neat - kind of keeps the single together without adding the bulk of another ply....
I seriously have to hand it to you....70 yards on a hand spindle. I got to maybe, errr...10(?) before I wanted to stab myself in the eye.
I concur— green thread ply = greatness.
Your handspun is amazing, and that's such a great idea to ply with thread!!
Luvly handspun!! Love the green with blue, smart!
Our dog loves trying to chew the caps off empty water bottles...she makes the funniest growly sounds while doing it. :-)
OK, what in the world is the rick rack going to be used for? Enquiring minds need to know! =)
As for the plying with thread, I have to show my mom this post. She's getting really good at spinning (check out my birthday present on my blog) and I think she should try this.
vintage brick brack rules and i can't wait to see what you do with it
Hehe, that's so cute. Our dog loves to play with then tear up water bottles. Weird.