Tuesday, 18 Jul 2006
Sorry I’ve been a bad blogger - it’s been too hot to think, let alone post. The heat has reached 100 degrees here in Chicago, and I haven’t touched a stitch of knitting since. But there’s been something much more exciting afoot here at Kitchener Bitch headquarters - namely, a spinning wheel!
I bought myself an Ashford Traveller, and it arrived yesterday - or rather, what seemed like a tree trunk, a whittling knife, and 10,000,000 screws arrived yesterday. Here are the cats, surveying the daunting task on my behalf:
I won’t get into the details, except to say that three hours, much swearing, and a bottle of wine later, Mr. KB and I had it up and running - the second time WITHOUT the treadles backwards:
W00t! I have already spun one bobbin’s worth of yarn and it’s a lovely thing - although it’s about as thick as BurlySpun, it’s amazingly even (compared to my drop spindling, which looks crazy and Rastafarian.) I’m astonished by how smoothly the yarn spins on the wheel as compared to my crappy drop spindling. Even in my untrained, skill-less hands, the yarn comes out much more even and consistent.
I promise I will knit again. In fact, here’s a current project which I swear is not a voodoo doll:
I’ll just leave the explanation for that to your imagination for now, and sign off with the promise of more actual content tomorrow!
July 18th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY for wheelage!! And you’ve already spun up a bobbin full. Congrats!!! I’m sooooooo jealous!
July 18th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
YAAAAAAAY New wheel! Congrats!
July 18th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Yay for new wheelage!! :)
(And for the comment you’d left about sharing a leaf lace pattern for my morale builders… I’d LOVE that when the weather cools down for you and you have the time, I’m *itching* to get them started, I’ve been waiting for the dye for forever but want them done within my lifetime!) :)
Hope it cools down for you!
July 18th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Whoo hoo! Nothing as exciting as a new wheel! Say good-bye to knitting for a while. Nice of the cats to help you put it together, too!
July 19th, 2006 at 3:00 am
Your knitting project has a nice figure.
July 19th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
The doll looks so cute, even without a head! Is it Betty Boop? No, her dress was strapless. Hmmm…
July 20th, 2006 at 1:33 am
It seems like everyone and their sister is spinning - I want more than ever to get a wheel - you must post lots of pretty yarn pictures so that I can live vicariously though you!
July 22nd, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Congrats!! Thats my wheel!!! Let me know if you need any help!!