Humans of earth, the kitties return
I can’t quite call the bits ‘dismembered’ because they have not been previously membered, but here’s the first batch of kitty parts. The pattern is simplified, instead of four pieces for the front and back body– it’s now two, the limbs are all the same length, and the ears have been enlarged. I cut and [...]
Procrastination bites me in the rear
365 days a year there’s a particular store that carries white worsted weight cotton yarn with green and red dyed bits, on the cone, for just under $7 a pound. I’m not terribly fond of it, I don’t ever consider buying it until I need something that is Christmas themed, and then when I do [...]
My hair
Opal wanted to see a picture of my current hair color. Do not attempt to adjust your monitor, this is my actual hair color. For the moment, sometimes to shake things up I dye it other colors not normally found in nature but oranges are my favorites. My camera can’t seem to comprehend the real [...]
After picture
Just to refresh your memory, this is the before picture of the cotton that took forever and an hour to spin. It’s 3 ply green organic cotton. And to develop the green color it needs to be in an alkaline solution with some heat. Ready? This is the after picture of the same yarn. I [...]
Before picture
I have soaked, simmered and developed the cotton, still waiting for it to dry. After all my work, all that time sitting and treadling until I thought I’d go insane, seeing the yarn skeined off was rather satisfying. For once I had enough foresight to take a before picture. It’s hard to see yarn that [...]
O RLY?
One more step. Develop the color by boiling in alkaline solution, rinse and dry. That’s it. And I’ll have two lovely skeins of cotton litmus test green yarn. I have to wait until after dinner for that final step. I think I feel a little post-project-depression coming on. I’ve been working with this cotton so [...]
yarn! yarn, do you hear me? yarn!
I finished the third bobbin of cotton singles. I now have a much smaller pile of unspun cotton, small enough to shove all of it in a sandwich bag and put it back in the stash. Three plies on three bobbins. Three glorious bobbins. And I’m plying the yarn now. Yay! Yay for me! It’s [...]
Why spin yarn?
Since I am spinning the endless cotton I have had lots of time to contemplate this question. At first it was because I knew I could purchase raw and processed fiber cheaper than finished yarn, and because I knew that I could spin yarn. Having more time than money, it seemed like a good idea. [...]
what? still spinning cotton
Yes. Cotton. Cotton and more cotton. Spinning it. I have steeled myself, decided that I want these fibers out of my way for a little while and the best way of doing that is to spin it all up, ply it, put it in skeins and hang it with my other yarns. Not all my [...]
I am restless and I own Modge Podge
One of the great traditions in our home is the tooth fairy box. That’s right. No pillows to find in darkened rooms, the convenient tooth fairy box hangs oh-so-nicely on the bedroom door because, oddly enough, the tooth fairy hands out extra bling if she doesn’t risk exposure or steps on tiny extremely painful Lego [...]
