Carding

I got some carding done today. I know it doesn't seem like much, but at least I got to play with some fiber. Actually, I worked with fiber last night as well. I washed the last of my fawn suri last night and carded it today. Some of the carded fiber is already in the dye pot with another one of the Easter egg dye kit tablets. I'm dyeing washed and carded fiber to see if the dye takes more evenly.

I don't know that I necessarily want the dye to take more evenly. I enjoy working with the uneven look. It's just that I want to be able to achieve the even look when I want it. I'm basically playing with fiber to learn. I'll see what happens when I take this fiber out.

It was bright and sunny this morning and I started out carding the undyed fiber thinking I would get all my carding done. No such luck. For various reasons I won't detail here, I didn't get my carding done before it started to rain. I can't card when it's wet or raining because I card outside. The only spinning plans I have in my head involve the dyed suri, so naturally I don't have any fiber to spin.

Actually, that's not true. I could be spinning sock yarn from the same third quality fiber I used in my knitted felt experiment. Heck, I could even be spinning yarn to be used in future knitted felt experiments.

It's back to work tomorrow. It never ceases to amaze me how I have to work 50-60 hours per week to get paid for 40. Actually, I only work 40 hours at my job. The rest of the time is spent getting ready for work, driving to work, taking lunch, driving home from work, and recovering from a long, hard day at work.