July 24
4.5 hours spinning
3 hours clearing bobbins and preparing for plying
10 hours lack of internet and phone!
This is all the yarn I had spun up to Day 22 all waiting to be plied with the exception of the cotton that I plied yesterday.
So I've never used a nostepinne before today. My guild's Fearless Leader, Alison, showed us a few weeks ago at guild social and with Youtube I somehow got caught up in it. Do I own one - no. But I was sitting there winding balls by hand when I knew I really wanted a center pull ball. I have a ball winder but on the day Lance fell three times it went south on me.
So I was sitting there looking at a beautiful Tudor family made beeswax candle and I thought, "Hmmm, I bet that will work." Sure enough it did. Thanks Alison for showing us. So that took a while and I guess it was what I needed to learn at the moment. What I also know is that I know how to fix my ball winder when it acts up. I've spent considerable time on the phone with the maker, Otto, a few years ago since I have an earlier version of the Strauch Jumbo ball winder. Otto has been great - he has sent me parts to upgrade it when necessary and has walked me through all the tweaks. I love tinkering and fixing things. But today, I wanted a new skill. I'm inspired by Galia (TDF teammate) and her homemade solutions. Sure enough on Youtube there are several videos. The second one I found was using a wooden spoon. I like the candle very much and it may just end up in my fiber tool box.
Yesterday, I plied the thin spindle spun Spincerely dyed llama against some bulky natural colored llama and I love how it came out. Very fun. I had extra of the spindle spun so I andean plied the remainder.
Then I started to Navajo ply the Natchwoolie Blue Hawaii. I would have finished but my husband's birthday is today and well I don't eat most cake. He had several friends over yesterday so I got a brain storm to run out and buy him an icecream cake that he could share and it was such a hot day.
Saturday's progress
In the evening when watching the end of the second season of *True Blood* I did some cotton spinning on my Tahkli. I don't normally ply and do anything else so I can focus on my counting and not get distracted. Plus I normally let my singles relax for months if not years (see future posts soon as I have boxes of singles to ply . . . ) so I knew that it would need my full attention.
Then, hmph, no internet to post.
Go Team Phat!
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