Liz | September 7, 2014
So. I had a lovely bobbin of merino. It was a lovely single Once again it spat in my face. It resisted plying and the active twist meant it tangled again. I ended up turning it into Navajo ply but that didn’t go as smoothly as I’d have liked I hereby swear Andean plying can […]
Liz | September 7, 2014
So. This was done with otim fibres. Otim is a treated merino that’s even softer.
Liz | August 30, 2014
Bob and I set off in paxo the car after a out 15 minutes naming the sat nav as a worthless sack of ….. Because it decided the road I wanted wasn’t in the town I’m assured it’s in. And resisted a postcode entry. Don’t worry it took me via every blasted roundabout it could. […]
Liz | August 29, 2014
Filled two small bobbins and plied to the jumbo for extra room
Liz | August 20, 2014
My new wheel arrived. He’s perfect. I had considered some names. But I can’t decide on a name. He comes from Seth Golding. He is hand made. He is indeed a thing of joy. A box of goodness. Unboxed and only a couple of steps took him to ready for action So. I grabbed my […]
Liz | August 19, 2014
Well. I wound it onto two bobbins. Plyed it up. Niddynoddy Ready to wash Washed and drying. Will say one thing woollen dries much faster than worsted
Liz | August 17, 2014
So. Took ages winding it off bobbin round my hand but it hates me. Didn’t even get to really plying this time. A bit about 10″ long was all that would escape from the start and then it broke. Luckily I could squeeze my hand out so tomorrow when in less annoyance with it I […]
Liz | August 15, 2014
So. The technique for spinning a woollen yarn is known as long draw. To the rest of the world it’s more like an act of god. Why? Worsted spinning you grab a handful of fluff and like inch it out one treddle at a time. This is short draw. Long draw you basically set your […]
Liz | August 1, 2014
FYI world of wool have a bonus on their sales over 50 pounds!
Liz | July 27, 2014
So, my yarn, all 210g, just over 7oz measures about 366.5m and comes proudly in at…. 14 wraps per inch, so is therefore a fingering weight yarn!! Go me!
