Time flies so quickly part deux...

Oops - I forgot to post this!  And it's been almost a month!  ACK!  I need to get back into the habit of posting a bit more often - maybe I'll get more crafty stuff done as well.

I continued spinning the spindle TdF project, which is CHF silk on my tibetan:

And I finished the first half of the TDF wheel project, on the Finn (a CHF gradient) and wound it off the one bobbin, but apparently I forgot to take a picture.  Since one of the dogs bumped the wheel causing the flyer to fall out - of course landing on the weak end of the flyer shaft - I had to wait til DH re-straightened the shaft.  I've added a bit of brass tubing to protect the thin part as well, and it seems like it will work.  I plan to start the second half if I ever finish the project on the Penguin.

First though, I wanted to finish the CHF Blue Mountain Coffee on the smaller Reeves, and the e-plyer got it's first real test:

As you can see, it worked, but it could use some fine-tuning.  The motor isn't really variable so it goes awfully fast for the carpet warp I was using as a drive band.  Also there was some slippage, but I found a rubberband to put on the motor shaft to remedy that.  I still need to wind that into a skein.

My September and October spindle project has been A Dyeing Wish's Enterprise spin-along on my baatara spindles:

That spindle holds a lot of fiber!

And I started another project on the Penguin.  This is an arty batt from A Dyeing Wish in her Monet series:

It's going to be very slubby!

I've also bought her first supported spindle!

The color is a little off in this photo - the stone and fiber are much bluer.  She's just got a lathe and is working on Russian spindles, so keep your eyes peeled on her Etsy shop!


I've not been in the woodshop much, but have made this mini-phang in jatoba wood for a friend:

That's one of those M&M candies tubes.  I've since made a second that's even better, but haven't taken a photo yet.

And I've started another knitting project, a Wisp scarf from the never-ending cone of Forsell Velvateen.  I love how this stuff looks and drapes when it's finished, but it's a royal PITA to work with.  But look - pretty, no?

(It would look even better if this hadn't been a night picture.)

In the sad news department, we lost Boss Dog in August. :-(  We all miss her terribly.