In Other News
So, other than the Suggest-a-Contest Contest, what’s new, you ask?
Well, I finished plying my apple-green singles last night. I don’t think I did a fabulous job, though; I don’t think they’re particularly balanced. Even with counting treadles and all the rest, this is going to be energized yarn . . . but I don’t care. One, it’s my first yarn off my Lendrum. Two, it’s my first yarn of any kind in months. Three, it’s pretty anyway!
I’ll admit to being less than meticulous in trying to get that balanced yarn . . . I really got quite a workout from this. Lots of treadling, and today, my back is stiff from the 45 minutes’ hard “exercise” while perched on my ottoman. But I was determined to get it done–for two reasons. Because, well, I wanted it to be done, and because I was anxious to see if it was going to work out. I just barely squeezed the plied yarn onto one bobbin, and I think I did a pretty good job judging the half-way point in the roving, too, because look how few singles I have left on my other bobbin!
Okay–a question for all of you. I have a friend who’s still fairly new to knitting who is going to be an Aunt in July and who has very little time to knit, but who wants to make something for her niece/nephew-to-be. (She doesn’t know the gender yet.)
Any suggestions for a quick, easy, but still cute pattern for a layette set of some kind that she could make? (Something online, with a link I could e-mail her?) She had planned on making an afghan, but time is running too quickly, and I think that boat has sailed.
Edited to Add:
Okay, I wound my yarn onto my niddy-noddy tonight. 144 times around, but what that makes the actual yardage, I’m really not sure (grin). I am, however, pleasantly surprised at how balanced it turned out to be! Lousy color in the picture, but you CAN at least see that it’s hanging straight with no twist. So, how’s that for a nice surprise? (And before you ask, no, my bedroom window is not, in fact, crooked. It’s just the way I was holding the camera, okay?
And here, I took a close-up of the yarn, too.
Now, I have one problem–I was going to use [finally] my Lendrum plying head for the purple singles I’ve had sitting in my basket for months now. But . . . how do you change the drive bands? I don’t see a way to get the current one off and the plying-one one without having to unscrew the wheel or something. (The mother-of-all is easy–it’s the drive band that’s the mystery!) I’m going to go surf the net and see if I can find something . . .
No, wait! I found a site! http://www.lendrum.ca/drvbnd/drvbnd.html. Isn’t the internet wonderful? The tip about keeping the spare driveband attached the back is a good one, too and one I’ll definitely be using. (And see? I haven’t used them yet for beading, but those needlenose pliers are already coming in handy.)
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That yarn is beautiful-and you claim it’s a bad picture!
looks great!
much more even than anything i’m spinning lately. I love it!
on the lendrum: look at the center of the wheel. there’s a C shaped clip on the place where the the treadle attaches to the wheel. if you slip that off (push in the opposite direction of the notch in the C), you can then pull the treadle connector thing (I love my terminology here) off of the little dowel it is on, which gives you space to take off the drive band. it’s really very quick and easy once you do it. email me if you want better description, heh!
Beautiful yarn Deb! I can’t wait to see it knit into something lovely!
You did a great job, don’t sell yourself short chica!
Well your link beat me to the punch – I had the same problem trying to get that figured out the first time I plyed on my Lendrum. The yarn looks lovely and very balanced – good job!
Your yarn looks awesome. I have been watching your progess because I am really really new at spinning and I have a Lendrum too! You have been doing really well with yours.