sockpr0n
finding it hard to spin to spec of previous, beautiful skein (handcombed corriedale top, 10-11 wpi singles) keeps going thinner, as usual
| @mobarger what?! hope everything's okay with him!! |
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| @stlrachelknits what's the idea? (and, 'mutant bfl' makes me think of the 3 boobied girl from total recall. just so you know ;)) |
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| time to open blinds and let the air in |
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| dinner done, wool packed up for scouring tomorrow. to spin or to comb? |
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| @karrie i picked up 8 oz of yak fiber down from yarnplace.com at lambtown (so now i have 24oz; am sending washed wool with it to be blended) |
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| @stlrachelknits that's weird, so thin. in teal's "hand woolcombing" he refers to a bunch of slivers together, not just 2. going to keep it? |
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| sun shining on wool left out for sorting on floor... i can smell the lanolin warming. love. |
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| @karrie I'm worried the yak'll be super, super warm (like unwearably for our climate) in a 50-50 blend w/ merino, sweater qty |
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| trying to decide btw yak and alpaca for blending |
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| ...but I've never seen it commercially packaged/sold like that. (this was to @stlrachelknits :)) |
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| "sliver" is the single long rope I pull off my combs; traditional terminology says a stacked coil of slivers are "top"... |
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| @karrie i'm looking at her mill cos she has a free pindrafting deal right now, stumbled onto her spinning svs on accident. |
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| @karrie http://fibers4ewe.net staples must be < 3.5", lb/price from already carded fiber. i always thought millspun would be much more $$ |
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| considering sending out merino/cormo/cria alpaca to be blended into pin drafted roving. OR (crazy?!) millspun. only $13/lb for spinning!! |
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| @e_to_the_m that's what i get trying to tweet from be when i just woke up :) |
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| looking for an old picture of me, failing. my kid will grow up thinking I sprung fully formed for throwing all adolescent photos of me away |
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| @vhanna26 are those the ones on the cover of vk fall? LOVE. looking fwd to all the fall issues this time. |
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| @mobarger congrats! |
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| @mobatger m |
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