A couple of finished things

I’ve been on a spinning obsession lately, so that’s what you get today. As they say, buying yarn, making yarn, and actually using yarn in projects are all completely separate hobbies.

First up is an ancient spindle project.

I finished spinning this whack of lovely fluff ages ago, and it just needed plying. I had started doing so on a spindle, which was taking forever. I switched to the wheel to ply, and it is now done.

Here’s a little better photo taken outside. We’re still under major reconstruction here, and have been under the circus tent for well over a month. Our contractor is predicting that we MIGHT be out from under the tarp in another 7-10 days. We shall see.

Fiber: Corgi Hill Farms merino/silk/firestar blend, color True Blood. Red is so difficult to photograph, and the sparkle of the firestar really doesn’t come through in the photos.

Wheel/Spindle: Bosworth Moosie spindle, plyed on Schacht Matchless wheel.

Yardage: approximately 864 yards , 203 grams. This is a fingering weight

What I’ll make with it: likely a shawl of some sort.

That’s the Moosie spindle with its current fluff. These are made from shed moose antlers. It’s a lovely spinner, and one of my favorites.

Next up is this:

Fiber: Jorstad Polworth/Silk, color Labradorite

Tools: Schacht Matchless for both spin and ply

Yardage: 234 yards, 118 g, 2 ply DK weight

What I’ll make: This would be great for a hat or mittens.

Since I’ve been spending more time at the wheel, my spinning is getting more even. What a concept; practice actually helps.

In non-fiber news, my summer classes are winding down, I have one more class for the Victor Hugo novel duo we’ve been reading (Notre Dame de Paris and Toilers of the Sea). Then we’ll have a bit of a break before fall classes start. I’ll be taking a short class (3 weeks) on Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, then the regular quarter starts a week later. More on that in a future post. In our discussion of the Hugo Toilers book this past week, Moby Dick came up several times. I haven’t read that since likely high school days, so I pulled it off the shelf.

I’m only a couple of chapters in, but I’d forgotten how good this is.

Perhaps I’ll have some knitting for you next time!