Wednesday, July 07, 2004
they say it's your birthday.
it's my birthday too. Happy.. 7th?
This year was quite nice, as my birthday (um- not the 7th.. the 5th!) was a federal holiday, *and* there were fireworks in my neighborhood! Woo-hoo! Plus, I got a whole bunch of spinny things, and actually some incredibly awesome buttony goodness which I'll save for later. Here they are: 8 oz. of superwash merino, a pound of wool, and a turkish spindle. Oh, and some more Kool-Aid.
I've been playing around with the turkish spindle and some BFL, and it went horrible.. I think the spindle is meant more for spinning heavier singles, and I find it hard to make anything thick. After the wool coming apart a million times (and not joining back together happily like the merino or alpaca) I gave up, and plied the above. (It was great for the plying, at least.)
Other than that, not so much accomplished this past weekend! I need to finish Anouk by next week, as well as a felted wine bag. Ugh. Knitting! :) But before that- some experimentation with food coloring. I like that I can get darker colors here!
This year was quite nice, as my birthday (um- not the 7th.. the 5th!) was a federal holiday, *and* there were fireworks in my neighborhood! Woo-hoo! Plus, I got a whole bunch of spinny things, and actually some incredibly awesome buttony goodness which I'll save for later. Here they are: 8 oz. of superwash merino, a pound of wool, and a turkish spindle. Oh, and some more Kool-Aid.
I've been playing around with the turkish spindle and some BFL, and it went horrible.. I think the spindle is meant more for spinning heavier singles, and I find it hard to make anything thick. After the wool coming apart a million times (and not joining back together happily like the merino or alpaca) I gave up, and plied the above. (It was great for the plying, at least.)
Other than that, not so much accomplished this past weekend! I need to finish Anouk by next week, as well as a felted wine bag. Ugh. Knitting! :) But before that- some experimentation with food coloring. I like that I can get darker colors here!
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every time I go to check your blog, I type woolaring, because my typing memory tells me that 'g' follows 'in'. It's very frustrating.
The food coloring colors look good! I hope that they don't all bleed/fade out when you wash the wool (I'm not sure why, but food coloring makes me nervous in that respect).
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The food coloring colors look good! I hope that they don't all bleed/fade out when you wash the wool (I'm not sure why, but food coloring makes me nervous in that respect).
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