Smatterings

  • in a fog

    Yesterday afternoon and evening, we got the back side of the Nor’easter that has been moving up the coast.  That gave me time to spend inside spinning. (And I got to go to sleep to the song of the peepers against the howling wind, lovely!!) After playing with the swatch I decided to spin it up finer, giving me the ability to ply it either with itself or maybe some other yarn.  Just a thought there, I played briefly with a grey strand plied with it, certainly is interesting.  I’ll try a brown too.  I knew the color of the swatch I downloaded yesterady wasn’t showing up right by all the comments posted regarding the reds.  To my eyes, it was subdued, with an overall brown tone.  Here’s a picture taken in the morning light. 

    Dsc_0271  See what I mean?  It’s got shades of everything, pinks, reds, oranges,greens, but the overall effect is the brownish tone. 
    Morning light.. morning fog, pea soup thick..

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    The cats have been having a blast.  Bu went downto the pond to check out the geese that are passing through.  They were very interested in her.  They are more than twice her size.  No one seems concerned, just interested.

    Dsc_0275  Look closely, that little black spot is Bu.

    6 responses to “in a fog”

    1. Love the yarn color – that subtle play in the different lights. And the fog.

    2. Bu, the silent fog cat, is entranced by the geese who approach unknowingly. What a delightful scene!

    3. The Bu blog.
      I can’t believe how cold it looks there. Your spinning brings light in anyway…it’s beautiful!

    4. Doesn’t matter – ditto for yesterday’s comment. Substitute warm browns for reds. It reminds me of mahogany that has aged a long time.
      Bu, the mighty huntress. Don’t be surprised if you have a goose on the back porch to step over some morning. 😉

    5. Today’s picture is a huge difference (on my monitor) from the last one.
      I love fog.

    6. The yarn looks lovely–great colors!!

  • curious

    As I sat there next to my spinning wheel with yesterday morning’s coffee (that being yesterday.. I don’t drink day old coffee), I just happened to notice this: (the roving)

    0526052  Either I truly am a creature of habit or I am slowly losing my mind without noticing.  Maybe both? So, I did what any curious spinner would do,  I swatched it. My singles and the roving were looking an awful lot like this:

    Dsc_0268 the sleeves for the Ribby, using Noro Silk Garden in #84,  a close up of the swatch..  Is it only me that sees the similarity, maybe the camera doesn’t get the colors right?

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    Back to yarn stuff.. Anne had asked a while back about balancing my singles.  With the merino / silk it’s easy.. I don’t even need to hang it weighted.  With this stuff, mostly mohair, I soaked, hang dried the sample weighted and the semi blocked the swatch.  As you can plainly see, it is askew.  The yarn has way to much energy twist.  I had not intended it to be a single, but when I saw the Noro next to it, had to play around a bit.  I’ll try some both ways, spun finer and plied, and some with less twist.  Has anyone found that more heat sets the twist better? 

    7 responses to “curious”

    1. Can’t help with your question but I love the color.

    2. I’m wondering the same thing about setting twist. There was a post a while back on the spin list about basically beating up your yarn, but I haven’t gone back to search for it.
      As for the colors, I totally see it. I find that I go on “kicks” with colors. Maybe you’re just in a rich reds kind of a space right now. Can’t blame you–they’re beautiful.

    3. Yes, I heard that if you wind it up on a niddy noddy, then steam it then let it dry, it should set the twist better. I don’t have a niddy noddy yet and tried finishing a skein of singles over the weekend — it ended up being a nasty, awful pile of twisty and curly singles that I then spent ALL of Monday untangling. The niddy noddy is on it’s way!

    4. Yes, it’s very Noro-esque.

    5. I like the color. It looks like the Noro, only melted.

    6. I haven’t found that it particularly does, one way or the other, but I rarely work with singles. I’d be interested to hear if you experiment tho.
      What great reds!

    7. I noticed it before I even read it. It’s beautiful!

  • from my email

    These two emails were on my computer when I checked it. They (obviously) refer to
    sometime yesterday. What would you be doin’??
    Me too!
     

    • ATTENTION! the most beautiful baby lamb was delivered by
      stork approximately 20 minutes ago.  Unfortunately, she’s/he’s not a
      jacob…she’s/he’s a jacob x icelandic x romney, but we are in love with
      her/him already!!!

    • hold the presses! there is not one, but TWO babies!!! #2
      arrived 1 hr. and 15 mins. after #1-both girls, i think. both pure white (oh,
      where did i go wrong?)and toooo cute for words.

    pics will follow

    2 responses to “from my email”

    1. TAMARA

      Awwwwwww!!!

    2. Congratulations !! TWO babies! I’ll check back for pictures. What fun.
      Helen (NETA shepherd)

Our lives are dyed the colors of our imagination.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

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