Bobbing Along
So, when I finished bobbin #2 all of two weeks ago, remember how worried I was that it would take me three months to finish bobbin #3? (Because bobbin #1 took me one month, bobbin #2 took me two, and extrapolating was making me queasy.)
Well, it turns out, it just takes a week.
Technically, eight days. I started the bobbin last Saturday morning. I finished it last night just before bedtime, but my feeling is that if I start something on one weekend and finish it on the next, that counts as one week. Period.
The important thing is that they’re done!
This means that now I can finally play with the Plying Head I bought for my Little Gem in August. It’s questionable as to whether all 9-point-whatever ounces will fit on that one bobbin, but it’s going to be fun finding out. And, really, that bobbin is HUGE. I can tell you, though, that it’s already easier to treadle than the plying head on my Lendrum.
I just really wish that Woollee Winder made a plying-size flyer for the Majacraft. I hate having to stop to move the guide while I’m plying.
It’s hard to see the yarn in that picture, of course, but I’ll tell you that I love the way it looks . . . although it’s possible I’m putting a little too much twist in. It’s not going to be a springy yarn, that’s for sure, but it’s certainly going to wear well (grin).
Speaking of spinning? Oh. Wow. You must look at this spinning wheel made of GLASS. Oh, my.
I just want to say for the record that so far–except for all that spinning fun on Saturday–I am NOT enjoying 41 at all. Kind of like all the roadblocks Chappy hit when he turned five, so far, 41 is just not settling in smoothly. The shingles. Scary, scary money issues. And today, I feel like I’m getting a cold. Don’t ask me how this is possible–I’m on anti-viral medication, for heaven’s sake–but I’ve got that swollen, congested feeling in my throat. I’m just hoping that it’s allergies and that it will feel more normal tomorrow. I woke up feeling like this and I THINK that I would have been feeling sicker by now if it were actually a cold, but this clogged-throat feeling isn’t enjoyable. (Though it’s better than the shingles.)
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Way to go with the sweater! I think you should wrap yourself in silk and cashmere until the shingles itch goes away.
Remember, shingles isn’t just a rash, it’s an illness. It’s probably not a cold, but the ‘feeling sick’ part of shingles. It seems to show up a while after the rash does. Hope you feel better soon, and I can’t wait to see the sweater!
hmmm… sounds like it might be time for some antibiotics too – my forties were wonderful. I hope that yours improve soon.
41 got off to a rocky start, but things will settle down. Life has a way of always working out. Fiber helps too.
That glass spinning wheel is amazing.
41 will turn around. It just needs to get some momentum.
Oh wow… those singles look just too yummy
I’m jealous hehehe.
I didn’t know Woolee Winder also had a plying bobbin… I have a regular Woolee Winder, and when I checked the site I couldn’t find any info about the bigger bobbin/flyer combination.
Cheers Eva
Maybe you’re getting the bad stuff for the year out of the way all at once? Hope you’re feeling better soon!
I can’t wait to see the finished yarn! And I’m still totally impressed by how even those bobbins are.
Hoping 41 starts settling down for you so you can enjoy it.
I’m confident that 41 will start looking up soon. Chappy rebounded from his bad beginning to 5 with grace and cuteness and you will too. (Rebound that is)
I boggled at that glass spinning wheel. Simply amazing! It looks like the kind of thing you’d find in a fairy tale… and not one of the sanitized Disney ones. More like a fairy tale from A.S. Byatt.
I hope you kick those shingles soon, poor dear.
OMG, if it makes you feel any better, I have arthritis in my fingers. My hand is sore from all those toe up socks. Hope you recover soon from everything. Shingles always seems to give people a hard time.
i’m going to cry. the spinning wheel pic is unavailable because they let their domain expire!