Cormo and Silk

Cormo and Silk Twins

Not too much to say tonight. I'm working on one of those projects that relates to my future. Funny how I can go 180 degrees on some issues. Funny, how hard it can be sometimes to turn on my brain and think through a problem. Good thing I have a husband who doesn't let me get away with turning my brain off. A quote from last night "I'm hearing a lot of 'so and so thinks this' and 'so and so thinks that' what do you actually think?" At the time it felt like I'd been smacked upside the head with a two-by-four. This, my friends is how you know you've found yourself a good life partner -- someone who isn't afraid to be honest with you when it counts, even though he knows it's going to lead to an evening with an uncommmunicative and ornery person. But when I woke up this morning, it was clear that he was completely right. So I've been thinking for myself, and a number of things are taking shape in my brain.

One of my big problems or big assets, depending on how you look at it, is that I am inherently an action oriented person. If I'm not doing something I'm generally unhappy. I am still learning patience, to learning to withstand the pressure of watching things I can't control play out so that I actually can have enough information to make a good decision. I think realistically, I'm probably never going to get all that patient, but I can get better at finding things for myself to do that help me get through those times when I need to wait things out. Hence my personal thinking exercise today.

Okay, 'nuff said about cryptic personal things. Onto something of much greater general interest: Hand-dyed Cormo wool blended with silk. The dark blue and green top is Cormo and Tussah, the reddish stuff is Cormo and Bombyx. One spins up like the most incredible dream, the other makes you fight a bit more. When I was at the Fold in Marengo, I learned that even commercial mills don't like Bombyx silk -- it has a tendency to gum things up a bit because of it's nature. Tussah, on the other hand, behaves itself much better. And that is the exact experience I am having. My tussah/Cormo singles are quite even and un-slubby and very fine. My Bombyx/Cormo singles have a lot more texture and are rather less fine than the tussah/Cormo singles. I'd almost say they are a little loftier as well. It will be interesting to ply the Cormo/Tussah singles and compare the the two different Cormo silk blends when plied.