Yeah, so it is raining. Ennnnnnnnglish rain, you know, the drizzly cute rain that just sits on your eyelashes before making your Maybelline run, rain. Nice, very nice...UNLESS you are faced with trying to dry this.
I know, ooh, delicious, pumpkin pie and all of that but people, this is c o t t o n and this is cotton drying no-man's-land now...a wet and 100% humidity day in California. What am I complaining about? I got an order for two of these colors from Slidell, Louisianna last night, where the rubber hits the road in Katrina land, folks. It makes me think of the days following 9/11 when the first order that I got was for a sweater from someone living in mid-town Manhatten. Life certainly does go on and the post office must be delivering again. Now, I just have to get this pretty stuff dried and ready to roll.
I got a lot of flack from a certain antsy Dane, wondering where the pictures were. I just figured that you all could go look at TOM'S pretty pictures for awhile...sheesh! I have been working my head off and of course I get a request from a friend...could she please have some fiber to take to SOAR (Spin-off Magazine'd Autumn Retreat...there's that Autumn thing again...) and of course I say surrrrrrrrre. Um, nice, Lisa...where are you going to DRY all of this fiber. I just need a bunch of politicians to come over here (I will have my earplugs in) and blow their hot air all over this yarn and fiber. Sound good?
Trying to rest my stress induced shoulder/elbow thing, I spent 30 minutes yesterday afternoon (if you know me, this is unheard of in the afternoon) and then over an hour in the tub last night finishing up Dan Brown's Deception Point. Howey Cwap, what a read. I can't say that I was any more relaxed after I dragged my pruney self out of the tub (don't even imagine it...not a pretty sight), standing in a towel trying to finish the last pages but I was certainly fired up enough to fill about 2/3 of a bobbin of this stuff...merino in Joseph's Coat, promised to an LA show attendee.
The bobbin in the basket actually has over 10 ounces on it! Now that is heaven. I spun and spun until I made the mistake of getting up from the chair (the baseball game went on and on and on) and realized how pooped I really was. Done.
One other spinning project that roared to life before the merino is 28 ounces of Wensleydale in Wild Things. Yes, it takes the color much deeper than merino, if you are wondering, which is why as a dyer I enjoy Wensleydale so much. I love wearing it, too...I just plain love it.
The damned sweater...hmmm, I sewed it all together and finished everything nicely and when I went in to steam it...one sleeve was narrower than the other. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. Yeah, I practically did. Stress induced injury number two...so, I am knitting sleeve number three. So there...happy? :o{
One last thing...I forgot about THIS...
Can you guess what it is?
Wow, please give them our best in Slidell and I hope spinning will soothe them!
I'm guessing either 100% silk or 100% mohair, in Petroglyph?
Glad to see pictures again, Lisa's eye candy is an important diet staple...
Posted by: CarolineF | October 26, 2005 at 11:58 AM
Tencel Petroglyph :)
Posted by: Angela | October 26, 2005 at 11:59 AM
What are you doing woman........you have to learn to slow down a BIT.....!! If not....you will end up being able to do NOTHING with this shoulder and arm of yours!!!:-)))
But it sure looks yummy all this stuff (HA...finally some pics!*GRIN*)!!
Hmmm, is it silk...it sure looks like it could be something like that?? Fibers....?? Hmmm....that would also looks awesome as YARN....silk yarn!*GIGGLE*
Posted by: Helle From Denmark | October 26, 2005 at 11:59 AM
Nope not silk. Angela gets the gold star. It IS Tencel and these are sort of metal colors, which look a lot like...Petroglyph. Different dyes, though. Good job! I think that I am going to incorporate this stuff with some natural brown wool. Oh, to die/dye for...believe me. It, like the cotton is slow on the dry scale and is currently being blown around in the bathroom with the little fan going like mad.
Posted by: Lisa S | October 26, 2005 at 12:22 PM
Ahh, well, Lisa! I didn't get to guess, but I was gonna guess merino/tencel - OH Well! Your stuff is just magic. . . When you slow down some I want some Wensleydale in Elektra-baby!!
June
Posted by: June P | October 26, 2005 at 05:22 PM