July 19, 2009
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Whole lotta cardin goin on…….
Spent some time spinning and carding today. Here is a not so good pic of the blending going on with adding the white into the various colours. Can you see how it tones down the bright colours. It’s not that I don’t like the colours I just want more variety and a softer transition between the colours when they are spun up. Also, thought it would be fun to cross some of the colours giving even more blending and variation to the mix. I really like how the orange and the peach tone look mixed together (make mental note to self to do more of those colours and give em a mix). So there will be more carding to do and this gives you an idea of what is going on.
Also, started to try and tackle some of the yarns that were in progress before I moved and everything went into storage and put it all to a complete hault. So started digging out bags of fiber and partial filled bobbins to match, LOL. Here is a blended batch of bamboo, suri alpaca and glitz. It is an interesting fiber and none of these show up as nice in a photo as they do in person. The suri alpaca was an intense blue so I blended it all in different amounts with the white bamboo and added in the glitz along the way. Here it is on the bobbin of the mini Babe wheel…..
I love this Babe mini wheel. It wants to walk when I’m spinning on it and I have to put a rock or two at its base to keep it in place but its a great little wheel. I’m spinning this rather thin. There is still a good bit to go thru so far there are almost two bobbins full so there will likely be 3 bobbins full. I’ll probably ply it and not sure how yet, Hmmmmmm.
Ha, thought I’d throw this pic in for fun. It’s my favorite spinning/lounging garb. I got these crocks for Christmas and love them. It’s the first time I’ve ever worn them and I like wearing them when I’m doing yard work, spinning, lounging. I have a striped tank top that looks AWSOME with this get up.
It wasn’t available for the photo shoot since it was off hangin out with the rest of the gang in the hamper. Where’s the What Not To Where Crew 
TTFN
Comments (1)
LOL That get up is a little Pippi Longstocking-ish, ya know. I can just see you washing floors with scrub brushes tied to your feet.
Love the spinning! I am up to my eyeballs in knitting right now, or I’d probably be spinning right along with you! I’m thinking about just keeping a couple of lumps of fiber on my desk and spinning a good bit on the hand spindle before bed each night though. Just to get back in practice.
So have you decided what all that beautiful wool is going to make yet?