Handspun Yarn: April 2008 Archives
Limeola sock yarn, anyone?
This is the final result of my Bonkers Superwash Merino in "Limeola" spinning project. Two plies of tightly spun singles happily twisted together and enjoying a little time in the sun after a bath and a rest. Now they are soft, squishy and delicious! I've got just about 4 ounces and just about 400 yards. Just perfect for a pair of socks.
This is the final result of my Bonkers Superwash Merino in "Limeola" spinning project. Two plies of tightly spun singles happily twisted together and enjoying a little time in the sun after a bath and a rest. Now they are soft, squishy and delicious! I've got just about 4 ounces and just about 400 yards. Just perfect for a pair of socks.
There will be much stripeyness in this yarn, which is exactly what I wanted. As I plied, it was clear that there would be relatively long sections of stripeyness, which is the way I like my stripes!
A happy Limeola rainbow, or perhaps water fall. This shot made me think of water flowing over mossy rocks, and captures well the true colors in the skein.
Finishing up this yarn makes me really feel bad about how little use my wheel is getting right now. I love to spin, but time is short, and the time it takes to complete even a small project would take me several days worth of nap times. I should have done more spinning when a certain small person was less mobile! Ah well. I have no doubt that my wheel will wait patiently until I can eke out a bit more spinning time.
A happy Limeola rainbow, or perhaps water fall. This shot made me think of water flowing over mossy rocks, and captures well the true colors in the skein.Finishing up this yarn makes me really feel bad about how little use my wheel is getting right now. I love to spin, but time is short, and the time it takes to complete even a small project would take me several days worth of nap times. I should have done more spinning when a certain small person was less mobile! Ah well. I have no doubt that my wheel will wait patiently until I can eke out a bit more spinning time.
This picture, taken after dark, courtesy of my daughter who didn't do anything predictably today. Some days, being a mom is a blast. Other days, I know it's a good thing, but it just wears me down. And on those days, not only do I feel worn down, but I then make myself feel guilty about not giving the baby the happy attentive mom she should have and I worry that my inability to smile at her through my funk is scarring her for life. We're scaling back the nursing (read: I've gotten to the point where I can no longer take all the crazy baby behavior in this arena and I would like to have my body back) and I think that's wreaking a little bit of havoc with my hormones. And that, when combined with the grey weather, makes me a not so upbeat mommy.
Anyway, when she finally settled in for an afternoon nap, the sun was out and it was warm enough to sit out on my balcony. I had been thinking about knitting, but then I noticed these two lonely bobbins sitting on my bookcase -- I finished those up in September with the idea that the plied product would be a gift for a friend. I haven't had a chance to use my wheel since! Remembering how centered spinning always makes me feel, I grabbed my wheel and my lazy kate and those two bobbins and sat out in the sunshine for an hour and a half and plied those singles into a real live 2 ply sock yarn.
I know there is good luck and something special about this sock yarn because when I finished plying, the singles ran out at the exact same time -- that's never happened to me before, in spite of all the weighing out of fiber that I do. I'm looking forward to hanking it up on my niddy-noddy and giving it a good bath so that it can relax and I can feel the real final product -- both the colors (there's a lot of great green hiding a layer under) and the hand. Since these singles have been sitting for so long, the twist was completely dormant. It made for easy plying, but it also means that the final yarn is going to be different than what I see on my bobbin.
Working with my wheel was excellent therapy for the afternoon. It didn't chase all the weird energy away, but it did help me get a little of my mommy equillibrium back.
Anyway, when she finally settled in for an afternoon nap, the sun was out and it was warm enough to sit out on my balcony. I had been thinking about knitting, but then I noticed these two lonely bobbins sitting on my bookcase -- I finished those up in September with the idea that the plied product would be a gift for a friend. I haven't had a chance to use my wheel since! Remembering how centered spinning always makes me feel, I grabbed my wheel and my lazy kate and those two bobbins and sat out in the sunshine for an hour and a half and plied those singles into a real live 2 ply sock yarn.
I know there is good luck and something special about this sock yarn because when I finished plying, the singles ran out at the exact same time -- that's never happened to me before, in spite of all the weighing out of fiber that I do. I'm looking forward to hanking it up on my niddy-noddy and giving it a good bath so that it can relax and I can feel the real final product -- both the colors (there's a lot of great green hiding a layer under) and the hand. Since these singles have been sitting for so long, the twist was completely dormant. It made for easy plying, but it also means that the final yarn is going to be different than what I see on my bobbin. Working with my wheel was excellent therapy for the afternoon. It didn't chase all the weird energy away, but it did help me get a little of my mommy equillibrium back.
