Spent last night working on my "OK, not so ugly ugly supersocke socks" sock #1 in hopes of getting it wrapped up so I can get rocking on knitting sock #2. I have to get this pair finished up so I can get to knitting my my hand spun! My fingers are itching just thinking about it.
Once I started spinning, the knitting started to take a back seat. But the desire to knit more is coming on strong. This whole fiber love thing is turning into a frothy, bodice ripping, bare chested romance novel style love triangle, complete with a foxy polish gentleman (the symphony) vying for my attentions over my handsome, tried and trusty needles. Whatever is a girl to do? Torn between 2 loves!
God help me if I ever start dying fiber. OK...God help me when I start dying fiber...
Its a darned good thing that boygenius is willing to share me with inanimate objects.
Showing posts with label kromski symphony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kromski symphony. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
I'm in love.
Friday afternoon my nifty new Symphony showed up at work a cruel 50 minutes before the end of the day. Talk about time moving backwards! I think that last hour must have been one of the longest of my life to date-I was just so pumped about the prospect of playing with my beautiful new toy!
Once I carted her home, and unboxed her, I started in on the assembly. Boy howdy it was a bit more confusing than I expected due to the conflict between the dvd that came along with her, and the page of written assembly instructions. They were out of sorts, with different assembly processes happening in different sequences. Finally I just picked one and started to go with it-choosing to work off the written instructions as they seemed more up to date.
I was about 20 minutes into the assembly process when boygenius called me from the post office to tell me that he had locked his keys in the truck. After about 20 minutes of muttering under my breath and searching for his keys in the depths of the moving boxes that are still sprinkled throughout the apartment, I found the spare key and ran off to rescue him.
I would say that it took me from 4:30 in the afternoon to around 10:30 or 11 to fully assemble the wheel (considering the automotive rescue ate a decent chunk of time out of the middle of that, and being a terribly green newb it took me nearly 40 minutes to get the drive band on properly-god bless ya kind folks on Ravelry for being patient and helping me out!) and I got right to spinning my first lumpy, funky bobbin full of joy.
2 of the bobbins that came with the wheel were wonky, so I contacted New Voyager and they are going to send me replacements. They were as kind as can be. Thumbs up to the customer service. Now, I wait patiently for more bobbins so I can ply my brains out.
As for the wheel herself (yeah, its totally a she...not yet named though), shes just so pretty, and a dream to spin on... badly...with enthusiasm. I just keep pinching myself to make sure that its real. I've wanted to spin so badly for a while now, and now I can go home and give it a go anytime I want. That's a darn good feeling.
The big question now is what do you do with all the wonky beginner yarn that you spin?
Any suggestions? I'm thinking felted is better due to the uneven nature of what I'm spinning...felted slippers maybe?
Once I carted her home, and unboxed her, I started in on the assembly. Boy howdy it was a bit more confusing than I expected due to the conflict between the dvd that came along with her, and the page of written assembly instructions. They were out of sorts, with different assembly processes happening in different sequences. Finally I just picked one and started to go with it-choosing to work off the written instructions as they seemed more up to date.
I was about 20 minutes into the assembly process when boygenius called me from the post office to tell me that he had locked his keys in the truck. After about 20 minutes of muttering under my breath and searching for his keys in the depths of the moving boxes that are still sprinkled throughout the apartment, I found the spare key and ran off to rescue him.
I would say that it took me from 4:30 in the afternoon to around 10:30 or 11 to fully assemble the wheel (considering the automotive rescue ate a decent chunk of time out of the middle of that, and being a terribly green newb it took me nearly 40 minutes to get the drive band on properly-god bless ya kind folks on Ravelry for being patient and helping me out!) and I got right to spinning my first lumpy, funky bobbin full of joy.
2 of the bobbins that came with the wheel were wonky, so I contacted New Voyager and they are going to send me replacements. They were as kind as can be. Thumbs up to the customer service. Now, I wait patiently for more bobbins so I can ply my brains out.
As for the wheel herself (yeah, its totally a she...not yet named though), shes just so pretty, and a dream to spin on... badly...with enthusiasm. I just keep pinching myself to make sure that its real. I've wanted to spin so badly for a while now, and now I can go home and give it a go anytime I want. That's a darn good feeling.
The big question now is what do you do with all the wonky beginner yarn that you spin?
Any suggestions? I'm thinking felted is better due to the uneven nature of what I'm spinning...felted slippers maybe?
Monday, August 4, 2008
yay! yay! yay! a million times yay!
Well y'all I've finally done it. There is a brand-spankin' new Kromski Symphony (in the foxy-fine mahogany finish) ordered and hopefully headed on its way to the new homestead!!!!
I don't think I've been this excited bout something since I was a little kid. I actually bawled like a baby when I found out that it was going to be mine...20 minutes of straight uncontrollable weepy sniffling (seriously impressive when you consider that I'm not much of a crier). I never realized just how much I truly wanted until I knew it was going to happen... (yeah, it's a total Oprah moment-for real).
Now all I need to do is unpack some of the millions of boxes in our new apartment so I can carve out the perfect spinning spot!
As for the move, I am grateful to have the worst behind us. We are now fully moved into the new place, and even while it is still stuffed with boxes and piles of random stuff waiting to find permanent landing spots, the apartment itself is already more like home than the last few places we have lived. Now I can get back to the good stuff- knittin' and soon to be spinning!!!!!
Its really hard to type when you are so excited that you are jumping up and down.
I don't think I've been this excited bout something since I was a little kid. I actually bawled like a baby when I found out that it was going to be mine...20 minutes of straight uncontrollable weepy sniffling (seriously impressive when you consider that I'm not much of a crier). I never realized just how much I truly wanted until I knew it was going to happen... (yeah, it's a total Oprah moment-for real).
Now all I need to do is unpack some of the millions of boxes in our new apartment so I can carve out the perfect spinning spot!
As for the move, I am grateful to have the worst behind us. We are now fully moved into the new place, and even while it is still stuffed with boxes and piles of random stuff waiting to find permanent landing spots, the apartment itself is already more like home than the last few places we have lived. Now I can get back to the good stuff- knittin' and soon to be spinning!!!!!
Its really hard to type when you are so excited that you are jumping up and down.
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