Loomy Thoughts

Sunday, April 18, 2010

WHEW!

I finally finished plying the Lapis!


The singles went faster than most of my spinning projects, mainly because this fiber was such a pleasure to spin on the Polonaise and I made time to spin it, but I spent all day yesterday plying it on the Pedal Pusher (I spun the singles on the Polonaise), plus part of this morning, and it's only just over 4 ounces of fiber!  I couldn't believe it took so long, but it is finer than my usual stuff.  I'm going to let it 'age' on the bobbin for a few days before winding it onto the skeinwinder; I won't have time to wash it until next weekend anyway.

I also finally tried out my Kromski upright lazy kate:


It worked really really well.  I had expected it to be a bit tippy, but it seemed quite stable.  I'll have to use it more often. :-) 

I also bought more fiber from Corgi Hill Farm with my birthday money. :-D
Celadon (merino/silk) 









Lady Slipper (BFL/silk)

 Tigereye (merino/alpaca/silk/Firestar)




Aren't they awesome?!  I'm trying to decide which one to start first - Celadon or Tigereye?


In Hound news, someone got a haircut:

This is what he thinks of it:
(Actually I agree with him!)


But at least his sister will still play with him!


 In blog news, I had to turn on moderation on older blog posts. :-(  I've been getting hit with a lot of sp*m comments, and this was the least annoying thing I could do.  Apparently I need to sign into the blog to see if comments are awaiting moderation, so please be patient if you don't hear from me right away.

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