Happy New year
Happy New Year to you and yours. Here's to hoping it includes alpacas, fiber, yarn and warmth!
I spun more this morning. I've been having a horrible time filling that first bobbin of Pinero's yarn. This morning, I weighed the bobbin and I weighed an empty bobbin. The reason it's taking me so long to fill the bobbin is I have over five and a half ounces of yarn on the bobbin. I was thinking I had maybe two ounces on the bobbin -- three at the outside. I estimate I spin an ounce an hour when I'm doing singles for medium weight yarn. I couldn't understand why I was still on the first bobbin after six or seven hours of spinning. Now I understand. This yarn is a little slower because it is so fine. I don't know about other handspinners, but my production per hour decreases as the yarn gets finer. I'm actually making pretty good progress on this stuff and I've only got about a pound and a half to go.
At any rate, I have the first bobbin full of Pinero's singles filled up and I've got a good start on the second bobbin. Now that I know how much weight I'm putting on a bobbin, I won't stress so much to fill the second bobbin so quickly. Yesterday I suggested I'd be plying today or tomorrow. Now I say if I start plying by Wednesday, I'll be doing well.
The other thing I did today is I finally got around to baking Christmas cookies. Yes, I know it's New Years Day. I mixed up the dough on Christmas Eve and left it in the fridge to chill. I've baked a couple small batches over the holidays, but I finally did my serious baking today. For some reason, I have to be in the proper frame of mind to bake Christmas cookies and it just hasn't happened this season. Pam won't bake them, either. She says if I want to eat them, I have to make them -- fair enough I guess. Anyhow, I had this dough sitting in the fridge and I either had to use it or throw it away, so I spent the afternoon making cookies rather than spinning.
Fence: No progress
On the spinning wheel: Pinero
On the knitting needles: The same old practice piece I'm avoiding
On the crochet hooks: nothing
On the skirting board: Puppies in the Wool Room Blend.
On Deck: The same gray huacaya / black suri blend that has been on deck for a while.
Kim
I spun more this morning. I've been having a horrible time filling that first bobbin of Pinero's yarn. This morning, I weighed the bobbin and I weighed an empty bobbin. The reason it's taking me so long to fill the bobbin is I have over five and a half ounces of yarn on the bobbin. I was thinking I had maybe two ounces on the bobbin -- three at the outside. I estimate I spin an ounce an hour when I'm doing singles for medium weight yarn. I couldn't understand why I was still on the first bobbin after six or seven hours of spinning. Now I understand. This yarn is a little slower because it is so fine. I don't know about other handspinners, but my production per hour decreases as the yarn gets finer. I'm actually making pretty good progress on this stuff and I've only got about a pound and a half to go.
At any rate, I have the first bobbin full of Pinero's singles filled up and I've got a good start on the second bobbin. Now that I know how much weight I'm putting on a bobbin, I won't stress so much to fill the second bobbin so quickly. Yesterday I suggested I'd be plying today or tomorrow. Now I say if I start plying by Wednesday, I'll be doing well.
The other thing I did today is I finally got around to baking Christmas cookies. Yes, I know it's New Years Day. I mixed up the dough on Christmas Eve and left it in the fridge to chill. I've baked a couple small batches over the holidays, but I finally did my serious baking today. For some reason, I have to be in the proper frame of mind to bake Christmas cookies and it just hasn't happened this season. Pam won't bake them, either. She says if I want to eat them, I have to make them -- fair enough I guess. Anyhow, I had this dough sitting in the fridge and I either had to use it or throw it away, so I spent the afternoon making cookies rather than spinning.
Fence: No progress
On the spinning wheel: Pinero
On the knitting needles: The same old practice piece I'm avoiding
On the crochet hooks: nothing
On the skirting board: Puppies in the Wool Room Blend.
On Deck: The same gray huacaya / black suri blend that has been on deck for a while.
Kim
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