IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!
TGIF for real. Its the beginning of the semester at the school where I work, and folks are crazy!!! The wackness was coming out of the woodwork, and I was seriously thinking that it was time to just lay me head down on my desk and cry.
I did what all people should do in such a situation...I took off at lunch and went and bought myself a giant honking slice of strawberry pie! I took it and ate in the sunshine of the parking lot, away from my little desk in the basement an d the ringing phone and non-stop emails.
Its true. Pie does have magical properties. If you don't believe me, go getcha a slice and see if I'm foolin'.
(does anyone really need an excuse to go have some pie? If you do, I just gave you one...Go get some pie. I'll be here when you get back..... Isn't that much better? )
In 1 hours and 46 minutes or so, the long weekend will officially commence. I can't wait! Boygenius and I are going to work on finishing up the very last of the unpacking and decorating of the apartment-yup, its only taken us about a month, but for a while there we thought we might be relocating yet again, so it didn't make too much sense to unpack to repack. Now that we are settled in for sure, with no chance of relo, its time to get down to business!
This might have to mean a Saturday trip to IKEA. (mmmm...IKEA!).
That boygenius of mine lurves some IKEA, and he's all about getting us organized and beautified. This is a very good thing-I'm a lucky girl. I'm hoping to find something nifty to contain all of the woolly, fluffy overflow that surrounds the area when I have been spinning, and to keep it pretty and out of the way. He is hoping to find a drop leaf table that we can put in the kitchen for use as a drawing table and kitchen prep station. I'm looking forward to the hour and a half's worth of car knittin' that's bound to happen each way.
Whatever the outcome, I'll just be happy to blow this Popsicle stand for a while and tread on some new ground for a minute.
In stash addition news, I got 8oz of the prettiest oatmeal colored BFL from Tracy at Copperpot Woolies on Etsy. Its absolutely divine. I can't wait to dive on into it. I'm thinking about doing a barber pole spin of it with some natural BFL that I bought from her a while back. It could make for a lovely shawl.
I've also been spinning the Fire Island merino that I bought from her this week, and I'm loving the way its spinning. I'm going to go with a three ply, and its my first merino, and first color spinning so I'm really interested to see what it will look like when its all and skeined up. I'm hoping to get the camera up and working after we get back from IKEA tomorrow so I can show you what it looks like-Talking about spinning is good, but it isn't nearly as cool without pictures of the F.O!
While you are waiting why don't you have a slice of pie?
Showing posts with label copperpot woolies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label copperpot woolies. Show all posts
Friday, August 29, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Spinnin' again!
So I just got back from spinning class number 2, and I really do love it. Spinning on a wheel is amazing! It is a million times more exciting to me than working on a drop spindle, the rhythm and flow of it is indescribable.
I worked on two different ashford wheels, the traditional and a traveler. I spun a bobbin's worth of Wensleydale on each. The traveler had a bit of a wobble to it, so I don't think that it got a totally fair shake, but it did give me the opportunity to try to trouble shoot a problem with a wheel, which is pretty helpful info to have.
The traditional was the first wheel that I got a chance to spin on, with the largest, slowest whorl, and it really was a pleasure. I love spinning. It was steady on the floor and I really liked the fit of my feet on the treadles. The scale of the wheel was in good proportion to my size, and I just had an overall good impression of the wheel. (I do wonder if part of the positivity comes from the fact that it was my first taste of the wheel based fibercrack, but I still can't deny the lure of it. )
The wobble of the traveler was annoying and whorl was smaller, so I was having a bit more trouble with feeding the fiber into the orifice without allowing it to get over spun. I think I need to try another traveler with the same size whorl in order to give it a truly fair shake.
I'm looking forward to going to the Hoosier Hills fiber fest at the first of June so I can possibly give a few more wheels a go. Its coming up pretty quickly.
anywhooo...
Got my fiber from Copperpot Woolies when I got home from the lesson, and boy howdy was it pretty! I can't wait to get spinning on it. I'm very satisfied with the quality and general fuzzy woolly pretty factor of the wool. It showed up hella fast too. I'll probably order again.
have a good Memorial Day weekend kiddies!
I worked on two different ashford wheels, the traditional and a traveler. I spun a bobbin's worth of Wensleydale on each. The traveler had a bit of a wobble to it, so I don't think that it got a totally fair shake, but it did give me the opportunity to try to trouble shoot a problem with a wheel, which is pretty helpful info to have.
The traditional was the first wheel that I got a chance to spin on, with the largest, slowest whorl, and it really was a pleasure. I love spinning. It was steady on the floor and I really liked the fit of my feet on the treadles. The scale of the wheel was in good proportion to my size, and I just had an overall good impression of the wheel. (I do wonder if part of the positivity comes from the fact that it was my first taste of the wheel based fibercrack, but I still can't deny the lure of it. )
The wobble of the traveler was annoying and whorl was smaller, so I was having a bit more trouble with feeding the fiber into the orifice without allowing it to get over spun. I think I need to try another traveler with the same size whorl in order to give it a truly fair shake.
I'm looking forward to going to the Hoosier Hills fiber fest at the first of June so I can possibly give a few more wheels a go. Its coming up pretty quickly.
anywhooo...
Got my fiber from Copperpot Woolies when I got home from the lesson, and boy howdy was it pretty! I can't wait to get spinning on it. I'm very satisfied with the quality and general fuzzy woolly pretty factor of the wool. It showed up hella fast too. I'll probably order again.
have a good Memorial Day weekend kiddies!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Emergency Room Knitting
Been a while since my last post, but its been an exciting few days...but only halfway in a good way. For a good portion of the last week the boy genius has been all hive covered and 'swole up like a puffer fish due to a little ole mystery allergy problem picked up on his trip to sunny California.
(Yay! for portable sock knitting in the emergency waiting room! It pays to keep a project in your purse. )
A few massive doses of steroids and some benadryl later, he is getting back to his normal, handsome self, and I can tell he's feeling better because he's making jokes about taking advantage of the steroids so he can "work on his guns".
The spinning is coming along slowly, I think I realized that I was sitting in the wrong kind of chair, and it was throwing off my Mojo (um, yeah...it HAS to be the chair, not my extreme lack of experience or anything of the sort.) But I'm really looking forward to my next spinning class this Friday when I get to actually try spinning on a wheel and not just the drop spindle. My hands are itchy just thinking about it!
I need to do a bit more research into different drafting styles, I think it would be terribly helpful to aid in my spinning consistency.
I ordered some roving from Copperpot Woolies off Etsy this afternoon. I figured that I had best start bulking up the spinning stash before the Kromski shows up at the house. And 'cause the wool is just soooo preeeeeety. I wanted it to live at my house.
(Yay! for portable sock knitting in the emergency waiting room! It pays to keep a project in your purse. )
A few massive doses of steroids and some benadryl later, he is getting back to his normal, handsome self, and I can tell he's feeling better because he's making jokes about taking advantage of the steroids so he can "work on his guns".
The spinning is coming along slowly, I think I realized that I was sitting in the wrong kind of chair, and it was throwing off my Mojo (um, yeah...it HAS to be the chair, not my extreme lack of experience or anything of the sort.) But I'm really looking forward to my next spinning class this Friday when I get to actually try spinning on a wheel and not just the drop spindle. My hands are itchy just thinking about it!
I need to do a bit more research into different drafting styles, I think it would be terribly helpful to aid in my spinning consistency.
I ordered some roving from Copperpot Woolies off Etsy this afternoon. I figured that I had best start bulking up the spinning stash before the Kromski shows up at the house. And 'cause the wool is just soooo preeeeeety. I wanted it to live at my house.
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