Last night I stayed up late to finish plying my never-ending bobbins of targhee together. I wound it onto the niddy noddy, counted the strands, took a few pictures, and then placed it in a hot water bath with some soak wash. About 30 seconds later, I realized I was incredibly tired, and went about getting ready for bed: I straightened up the kitchen, took Boh out, put on my pajamas, etc. And then I went to brush my teeth, only to look down and realize that there was yarn in the sink. (I may have used a colorful word or two.) I stayed awake for another ten or fifteen minutes in order to give the yarn the bath it deserved, and then rolled it in a towel, snapped/thwacked a few times, and finally hung it to dry.
Here it is, pre-bath, nestled on one of my favorite (store bought) sweaters. This stuff is soooo soft, and it is almost dry. (I keep petting it whenever I am in the kitchen.)
Here’s what was leftover on one of the bobbins. This is one of my most consistent spins to date, so this massive imbalance on the bobbins indicates to me that it might be time to acquire a kitchen scale so that I can split my fiber more evenly, particularly as I start thinking about bigger spinning projects.
Lastly, this came in the mail yesterday: 2 bumps of superwash merino from FLUFF fibers in the Beach Day and Jungle Flowers colorways. Yay!
Your spinning is so inspiring! Makes me want to leave work, go home and spin – right now. I only wish… lol
The FLUFF looks really nice, looking forward to seeing that spun up on your bobbins.
I have a question for you ~ how many bobbins to you find you use/need with all your spinning projects? My wheel came with 4, but I’m thinking I could use maybe a couple more.
Ohh, I wonder what the yarn will look like made from your new fiber? Speckel-dy?? (See Jennifer invent new words….) And I am completely inspired by your orange! Must find a good semi-solid orange…. :-) Have a good Thursday!
Lovely! At least it was * pretty * yarn hogging the sink.
I think I need a kitchen scale too. Slowly acquiring all the tools. The targhee looks amazing! That Fluff fiber is lovely. I’m looking forward to seeing it spun.
Yay for fiber in the mail! I got some yesterday, too.
That Targhee is really pretty.
I’m loving that shade of orange. Can’t wait to see what it turns into!