yarniness!
The other day, my mom randomly found a drop spindle!* I had some random wool roving (a merino/mohair blend and some Cherry Tree Hill puffs http://www.cherryyarn.com/powderpuff.html) so I've been using those, mostly. These are what I've made so far:
From left to right:
1. This is the first yarn I made. Yarn is kind of an exaggeration, it's more like a blobby and randomly twisted piece of roving. I plied it with some white Lamb's Pride to make it look a little more convincingly yarny. I think it could be passed off as an art yarn... Incidentally, the mohair/merino roving is an excellent demonstration of color theory -- it looks brown, but is actually all different colors mixed together -- I don't even think there's actually any brown in it! It's really cool because every now and then one of the colors will show up dramatically.
2. This is a demonstration of my insanity. I am incapable of getting rid of things (I am going to be one of those old ladies found dead in a filthy house beneath a giant heap of newspapers that toppled over on me, partially nibbled by my 80 cats)** and I save the little scraps of yarn from all my projects. Well, I knew they'd eventually be good for something, I tied them all end to end and twisted them together, then plied them with a novelty yarn. It looks really fun and fringey and colorful -- I like how it turned out!
3. This is my masterpiece so far! It's made mostly out of the merino/mohair, but has little bits of the puffs joined in randomly. It's not perfectly even, by a long shot, but it's starting to look like real yarn!
I have no idea what I'm going to do with these things now. Any suggestions?
Also: I ordered some batts from MissHawklet (http://misshawklet.livejournal.com/) 3 days ago, and they already arrived!
It is unbelievable how pretty they are. I don't even want to use them, I just want to display them in a bowl on the table (probably not a great idea when you have cats in the house). I'm actually intimidated to use it, I don't want to mess it up! She also stuck in some lavendar from her mother's garden, so it smells awesome too! And she included a postcard that claims to be from an advertising archive but looks more like gay porn. I also bought this awesome plaque from her: http://www.misshawklet.com/shop/raccoon.php All in all, it was a really great experience, and you should go order something from her now.
*This was the latest example of my random and sporadic ability to manifest things: I mentioned to her that I wanted to try using one, and a few days later she found one in her basement. I haven't been able to come up with anything as useful as, say, a million dollars, but I've been able to determine that I want really wierd and specific things, like, say, a teacup with dragons on it, and then come across them soon afterwards. So far the biggest item i've bben able to generate was a cashmere sweater. I'm sure I sound like a raving fruitcake, but really, it happens, I swear!
**Probably I should keep these things to myself
From left to right:
1. This is the first yarn I made. Yarn is kind of an exaggeration, it's more like a blobby and randomly twisted piece of roving. I plied it with some white Lamb's Pride to make it look a little more convincingly yarny. I think it could be passed off as an art yarn... Incidentally, the mohair/merino roving is an excellent demonstration of color theory -- it looks brown, but is actually all different colors mixed together -- I don't even think there's actually any brown in it! It's really cool because every now and then one of the colors will show up dramatically.
2. This is a demonstration of my insanity. I am incapable of getting rid of things (I am going to be one of those old ladies found dead in a filthy house beneath a giant heap of newspapers that toppled over on me, partially nibbled by my 80 cats)** and I save the little scraps of yarn from all my projects. Well, I knew they'd eventually be good for something, I tied them all end to end and twisted them together, then plied them with a novelty yarn. It looks really fun and fringey and colorful -- I like how it turned out!
3. This is my masterpiece so far! It's made mostly out of the merino/mohair, but has little bits of the puffs joined in randomly. It's not perfectly even, by a long shot, but it's starting to look like real yarn!
I have no idea what I'm going to do with these things now. Any suggestions?
Also: I ordered some batts from MissHawklet (http://misshawklet.livejournal.com/) 3 days ago, and they already arrived!
It is unbelievable how pretty they are. I don't even want to use them, I just want to display them in a bowl on the table (probably not a great idea when you have cats in the house). I'm actually intimidated to use it, I don't want to mess it up! She also stuck in some lavendar from her mother's garden, so it smells awesome too! And she included a postcard that claims to be from an advertising archive but looks more like gay porn. I also bought this awesome plaque from her: http://www.misshawklet.com/shop/raccoon.php All in all, it was a really great experience, and you should go order something from her now.
*This was the latest example of my random and sporadic ability to manifest things: I mentioned to her that I wanted to try using one, and a few days later she found one in her basement. I haven't been able to come up with anything as useful as, say, a million dollars, but I've been able to determine that I want really wierd and specific things, like, say, a teacup with dragons on it, and then come across them soon afterwards. So far the biggest item i've bben able to generate was a cashmere sweater. I'm sure I sound like a raving fruitcake, but really, it happens, I swear!
**Probably I should keep these things to myself