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May 18, 2006
Mad Spinning
Last night I finished plying the Corriedale lamb roving I purchased at Tall Grass Farm and I am so proud of it. I am inordinately proud of it. I think because I bought the roving directly from the farmer. The colors are completely natural and I was able to achieve the sport/fingering weight I prefer.
For the first time I felt like I could really clothe my family if I had to. I felt like donning colonial garb and starting a fire and working by candle light. Of course I didn’t. My trusty OttLite does too good a job keeping crone posture at bay. That and my new yarn ball winder arrived. I finally broke down and ordered one from JoAnn’s online. With the discount and shipping I paid $10 less than I would have at a shop. Mind you, I love my nostepinde, but I had only one bobbin of the Corriedale and I wanted to ply it without wasting an inch. I couldn’t think of any other way to accomplish this than by winding the Corriedale and using both ends to ply.
I was so excited. A little too excited. I mean I know it’s just a yarn ball winder. But somehow, when it comes to fiber, the happy versus thing itself ratio is phenomenal.
P.S. That's my beautiful Deva in her favorite chair. Fiber gets her excited too, although for different reasons.