I Think my Legs are Going to Fall Off
Okay, maybe not literally, but you know those four bobbins of singles I told you about?
They are singles no more!
What you see here is the two empty bobbins, the two left with some singles (since I never can manage to have things come out even), and my hat with the next bobbin’s worth of yarn ready to spin AND the two bobbins of plied yarn.
One is the original, undyed white Cormo (from MVFF), and the other is from the Cormo that Jessica dyed for me in the MVFF colors. Isn’t it pretty?
I have NO idea of the yardage, but I can tell you it took hours to ply it all.
I did the plying on my Lendrum … a wheel that doesn’t get used all that often these days, and I now remember why. It’s a lot harder to treadle than my Majacraft Little Gem, and a lot noisier (especially with the Woolee Winder clicking away as it moves back and forth).
Even though I took several breaks, I can feel this in my legs … they are going to be TIRED tomorrow. You know, considering that they’re tired right now (grin).
Now, Marcia had left instructions on rewinding my Majacraft bobbins onto my Lendrum bobbins to free up the Majacraft ones, but by the time I saw that, I’d already started plying the first batch and my Lendrum was busy. And after the reminder of how obstinate it can get about treadling, I figured I didn’t want to have to treadle those singles through any more than I absolutely had to, hence plying the second bobbin-full.
What do the rest of you do? Do any of you re-wind your bobbins of singles? It certainly seems like a handy thing to do!
Oh, and while I was NOT sitting in front of my spinning wheel, treadling my heart out? I baked banana bread, and made pot roast (using beef, carmelized onions, and leftover coffee from breakfast). I blocked my Briar Rose sweater (finally). I also found a little time to read, but did NOT get Chappy the haircut he so badly needs. Nor did I get any work done at the computer.
But … that yarn sure came out pretty, don’t you think?
I think I’ll wait to wind it into skeins until at least tomorrow, though…
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mmm that is so pretty, my favorite colors.
Oh my! That is absolutely beautiful. Very mermaidy.
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This is really beautiful. I can think of all kinds of projects that would be good for this, especially now that spring is on the way!
Oh yes, the yarn is beautiful! And, whew, you did a lot!!
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Very pretty!
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That IS very pretty yarn! (I don’t recall my old Lendrum being that hard to treadle when plying, although many do have that complaint. It sure wasn’t as hard as my semi-antique Ashford Trad with the jumbo flier…that thing treadles like it’s wheel-deep in thick mud!) My new set-up is heavenly (the Robin spins like butter and has a big, big plying bobbin) but that is the reason, as I told you, that I now HAVE to rewind: even the regular Robin bobbins don’t fit in my plying box!
I typically spin on my Lendrum or Polonaise then ply onto the Louet S10 because the bobbin holds about 8 oz.
My Polonaise spins nicer than the Lendrum but I don’t find it very tiring for my legs. And I am in pretty rotten shape!
Maybe some oil would help? I heard so many people tell me not to, but there are times when that Lendrum is so tight it is a bear to spin and I just add a bit of oil (not to the actual wheel – I heard that is a NO NO) here and there and it is much better.
Very pretty yarn!
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they look so pretty though! who’d a thunk you’d get so much exercise eh?
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I mentioned this in my comment to your previous post, but I wind off my singles using the ball winder, certainly not onto another bobbins using a different wheel. Though i do have an electric bobbin winder which I almost never use outside of weaving.
I remember the Lendrum being stiffer to treadle than the Majacraft, which is why the Lendrum was rejected after the ankle injury.
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Hey I recognize that fiber!
Looks like it worked out pretty darn well.
And yeah, the hardness of the lendrum treadles was the main reason why I sold it. My knees were killing me.
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Those are just the prettiest colors!
Riley and Lewey hope that your legs don’t really fall off! Who would walk the dog??
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It’s so pretty and springlike. Someday I’ll spin as beautifully as you do (I hope).
So so pretty! Who knew that a wheel could double as a exercise equipment. Is there a pedometer or something that you could clip on your wheel to see how many miles of plying you clocked?
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I had a Lendrum with a WW and ended up selling it preserve my knees! LOL! In the past I’ve had wheels with tons of bobbins, and decided I really wasn’t doing myself any favors. All it did was support my fiber ADD! I now discipline myself to spin two bobbins and then ply – I am much happier that way, and I no longer have bobbins of stale singles.
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