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September 09, 2008
One thing I forgot...
...but it merits its own post: Franklin's Guys with Yarn: The 2009 Calender. Needless to say, I must have one. Or two. One for home, one for work.
And to pimp myself just a bit, my fair knitting got a mention in issue 30 of This Week in Ravelry!
Two posts in one day... the world as you know it may be ending.
Posted by Holly at 10:56 AM | Comments (16)
Spinning Sundays
Yeah, I know it's Tuesday, and I'm posting about Sunday, but it's only two days late, for me, I'm being prompt. Shut up. Leave me alone! Now that Labor Day has come and gone, Grinny Possum is open again on Sundays and Ann has made them Spinning Sundays. We had a nice time. Andrea and I showed up with our wheels, Sonya had her knitting, and Ann spun on the Mach 1.
The morning before I went, I'd finished plying my second yarn from some of Creatively Dyed's roving. This time it was 60% merino/20% seasilk/20% milk protien/100% YUM! I don't have a creative name for the roving yet, but wow, it's just delicious. I ended up with about 260 yards/ just under 4 oz. I should have pre drafted better for a finer yarn, but it'll still make squishy warm socks. I don't have a cool name for the colorway at this point, but oh well, it's beautiful.
I spun up over a third of the BFL I dyed and named Brooding. I posted a pic of it a few months ago about 3 posts ago.
I was going to post more pictures of us all spinning and knitting, I need to make the bed and straighten around my apartment before work. I've made myself a deal. If I keep my apartment clean for 3 months (I'm past the 1 month mark! W00T!) then I get to buy a new spinning wheel. I'm going to get the Lendrum Original, double treadle, with carrying bag, fast flyer and very fast flyer (plus a few extra very fast bobbins). I'm looking at about $750.00 for everything I want, but I'll have a bonus coming in around that time. Plus... it'll make me feel better about my upcoming 30th birthday.
Posted by Holly at 09:53 AM | Comments (0)