Would you believe that this is a complete sentence?

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”

Honest. Would Wikipedia lie? It took me some time to wrap my brain around this one, but . . . kind of cool, really. (Simple pleasures, right?)

Now, let’s see . . . I still have no interesting knitting photos for you. My bag is about 4″ tall, but doesn’t really look any different than the last photo I showed you. My peacock stole is up to row #117, just starting the next charg, but I’m not even at the halfway point for this half. In other words, the whole thing is about 3/4 of the way done . . . but still, again, it doesn’t look THAT different. It’s just kind of there.

In spinning . . . I don’t have any pictures for you there, either, but I do have a story. Well, anecdote. See, last night I finished plying the singles I showed you on Friday. Then I wound them off onto my niddy-noddy, but still . . . I wasn’t happy with the way the yarn looked. It looked underplied. But by then, I was tired, so I left it on the niddy noddy and went to bed.

Today, I slid it off the niddy noddy and . . . um, no. Even allowing for the pre-wash stage, it was way too twisty. Unbelievably twisty, in fact. And compared to the “live” sample I’d made while spinning the singles, it just didn’t look right. I just wasn’t satisfied.

So, I carried my wheel into the other room, put my skein on my swift, and started running the whole thing through the wheel again, adding more twist. Except, of course, I’d already changed back to the regular head rather than the plying head. Hmmm. Well, I thought, maybe it will fit. So, I started treadling . . . this was frustrating, actually, because the yarn kept getting caught on the corners of my umbrella swift, which kept stopping and starting in its spin . . . But still. I kept on treadling. And treadling . . . (grin). The yarn just BARELY fit on the bobbin. As in, for the last few yards I had to move the feed to the very, very end because every other spot was brushing against the flyer. (Phew!)

Then, I wound it all back onto my swift. (Note to self: I really need a new swift or skein-winder.) Tied the skein, took it off the swift, and . . . uh-oh. Twisty. But the yarn LOOKED good, so, I soaked it in the sink and hung it to dry, and . . . well, it looks good. It actually looks pretty balanced. And I love the way it came out. (Running it through the wheel again was SO worth the extra effort. It needed it, and I wouldn’t have been happy with the way it was at first.)

But, pictures? Well, not yet. I mean, I can’t take pictures of the wet yarn, can I? Not if I want to show you the pretty colors! So . . . tomorrow.

  Meanwhile, here’s an adorable photo for you to admire…. I know this is a face that I can’t resist!

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