Finally, some spinning done!
This was some fiber I dyed while at Yarn School a year ago. It's just a simple 2-ply. I tried Navajo-plying one bobbin's left overs and crap is that hard! Talk about sad butt-ugly yarn, I see where I need some heavy practice. Any tips from Navajo-plying aficionados?
Some yummy cables for a new design, hoping to finish soon.
And a meme, tagged by She Flies with Her Own Wings
1. I'm a bare foot person. I would go bare foot all the time if I could (and it was warm, I'm a cold wuss). We're also a no shoes inside household. I feel continuously weird wearing them in other homes.
2. I really dislike loud clicky shoes and generally move quite silently. I don't even think about it usually much to the chagrin of those in close quarters with me. My mother calls me a Cat and Mr. PieKnits swears I'm always trying to sneak up on him. Although sometimes I am, hehe.
3. I'm clueless on how to use curlers or a curling iron. My curl-styling amounts to going to bed with damp hair and chancing it dries decently. I've had better luck with this now that it's shorter.
4. I miss my sister, she is still back home in Iowa. (You need to come visit Jessica!)
5. When talking on the phone, I have a hard time filtering out background noise. I think that's part of the reason I don't like doing it.
6. I love making lists. Especially packing lists, when I was a kid I use to count down the days until it was close enough to a trip to start making lists. It's really kinda sad. Then again I was always the one person in the family that had all my crap together.
7. I don't read books that often even though I love them. Actually that's the problem, I cannot. stop. reading. once I start. To the exclusion of sleep and eating- it's really bad.
Ok, and since I'm a rule-breaker I'm not tagging. Feel free to join in if you'd like.
This was some fiber I dyed while at Yarn School a year ago. It's just a simple 2-ply. I tried Navajo-plying one bobbin's left overs and crap is that hard! Talk about sad butt-ugly yarn, I see where I need some heavy practice. Any tips from Navajo-plying aficionados?
Some yummy cables for a new design, hoping to finish soon.
And a meme, tagged by She Flies with Her Own Wings
1. I'm a bare foot person. I would go bare foot all the time if I could (and it was warm, I'm a cold wuss). We're also a no shoes inside household. I feel continuously weird wearing them in other homes.
2. I really dislike loud clicky shoes and generally move quite silently. I don't even think about it usually much to the chagrin of those in close quarters with me. My mother calls me a Cat and Mr. PieKnits swears I'm always trying to sneak up on him. Although sometimes I am, hehe.
3. I'm clueless on how to use curlers or a curling iron. My curl-styling amounts to going to bed with damp hair and chancing it dries decently. I've had better luck with this now that it's shorter.
4. I miss my sister, she is still back home in Iowa. (You need to come visit Jessica!)
5. When talking on the phone, I have a hard time filtering out background noise. I think that's part of the reason I don't like doing it.
6. I love making lists. Especially packing lists, when I was a kid I use to count down the days until it was close enough to a trip to start making lists. It's really kinda sad. Then again I was always the one person in the family that had all my crap together.
7. I don't read books that often even though I love them. Actually that's the problem, I cannot. stop. reading. once I start. To the exclusion of sleep and eating- it's really bad.
Ok, and since I'm a rule-breaker I'm not tagging. Feel free to join in if you'd like.
Navajo plying takes some practice. You can find a nice video on it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOVXCHzDRKM
And I'll try the meme! :D I need some content for my blog anyway. . .
SylverX
I love those cables!
The trick with n-pying is to let your singles rest a bit before plying. You want them to relax a little to avoid kinking/curling. I'm a horrible overspinner so what I do is transfer the single to a new bobbin and let it sit over night. That seems to let everything settle in a bit so the plying goes smoothly. I spin on a drop spindle though annd have yet to try n-plying on a wheel. You could also wash your single first so you are plying a pre-set single. That would make it super eaasy!
Oh, I'm liking the look of those cables!! Can't wait to see the final design.
Those are yummy cables-- looking forward to seeing the new design.
Re the meme: Ohmygawd, we have so much in common! We don't wear shoes in our house either, and I am exactly the same when it comes to books-- if I'm caught up in a book I find myself getting short-tempered with the kids if they interrupt me, and staying up into the wee hours because I can't put the book down...terrible. I had 1000 Splendid Suns sitting on my nightstand for 8 months before I finally broke down and opened it-- bad idea.
You know what's amazing? I totally knew all of those things about you :) and could probably list some more that I'm sure are still true!
Lovely cables and spinning!
I love making lists too. Now, if I could only keep up with half the things I put on my to do lists, I'd be in pretty good shape.