Sunday, February 10, 2008

70 deg Saturdays are nice!

Friday night I went to the bi-weekly men's knitting group at Alamitos Bay Yarn shop (in the annex). We had a new knitter this week and we hope he returns in a couple weeks. I brought Lorelai because one of the guys was very interested in seeing my wheel when I finally received her. I was trying to get one of the guys to take my wheel for a little test spin but I think he was a little uneasy but he wanted all the info because he was implying he wanted to purchase one too.

I filled the bobbin with the yellow Corriedale fiber and will probably ply it Sunday. I've had some roving in my stash for a long long time. I looked back into the history of this blog and found out I bought this roving January 28, 2007. Hand dyed by Lori Lawson of Capistrano Fiber Arts.
This is Merino that looks much nicer than I thought when I first bought it.

It's still a little over spun but that will straighten out when it's plied. The colors are more purple than I expected but I love purple so no problem here. My singles are getting better each time I spin but I'm seeing the plying as being the 'blocking" of spinning. I put it off even though it's not hard and it will free up some bobbins. You other spinners out there, do you prefer spinning dyed roving over spinning undyed roving?

I still haven't cast on for my sweater even though my gage swatch was ok. I should have swatched in the round.... Maybe tomorrow? :)

We have a friend who just received a wheel last week and through a few e-mails found out she is joining a spinning guild and made contacts with a few spinners who offered to help her get started. I can't wait to see when she has her first hank of hand spun.

Hard to tell it was Winter this weekend. We had sunny mid 70's today with a slight breeze and Sunday is looking just as nice. Maybe we'll go towards the shore tomorrow. Hope all of you in the snow country are safe and warm.

5 comments:

  1. Jerry, your spinning is coming right along. I'm proud of you. Now . . . get over that plying mental block. Plying is the funnest part, especially when you ply two colorways together. Every time I finish two bobbins, I just have to start plying (even if it's late at night) so I can at least see how it's going to look. Keep up the excellent work.

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  2. Looks great so far! I can tell you did a lot of reading and research before starting to spin - how else could a beginner get such lovely singles :) Congrats again.

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  3. I don't remember ever spinning from a dyed roving. I did buy one or two small Alden Amos batts, but mostly I couldn't afford goodies like that. [That was back when my food budget for seven people was $125 a month.]

    However, my future is not only looking bright, but polychromatic. Woohoo!

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  4. Thanks for your comment on my blog. Do you suppose that engineering-types like thee and me are quick studies with spinning because we love math and precision and order?

    [Even if it doesn't necessarily crop up in *my* personal life?]

    There is a half-formed pun bubbling around in my pre-breakfast brain about being unlucky at cards as well as love, which is why I prefer roving...

    Will go chew on that idea for awhile, as well as a bagel and some cream cheese.

    Give Mrs. Twisted a happy-Monday hug from Texas.

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  5. Your spinning looks great. The color of that roving is beautiful. I have been thinking a lot about dying the roving versus dying the yarn. Each has its merits.

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