Hmm well I was hoping to post some lovely photos of Cody’s frankenstein fuzzyfeet all fulled and shaped. But, er, it didn’t work out. I overfelted them and now neither of us can get the tighter manos heel around our ankles. So if anyone with tiny feet, like a women’s size 6 or so, wants some very unique wool slippers let me know. Or I’m just going to cut them into strips and do something else with them.

The good part is I have something else to post about. And it even falls into the Project Spectrum category! It’s yarn! Yay! I’m getting back into the spinning! And let me say, I’m really glad. Spinning is so calming and I’m always really proud of what I come up with. This time it was some great 50% merino 50% tencel that I’d picked up from Winderwood farms last fall. I spun it thin enough to feel comfortable plying it.

So I borrowed Beverly’s giganto plying head from her lendrum wheel while she’s out of town and made a pretty big batch of two ply. 294.12 yards to be exact. Although I have some more on one bobbin that I’m going to try Andean plying or maybe just wind half of it into a ball and ply it that way. So there’ll probably be about 315 - 325 yards altogether. Not bad.

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I ended up winding the remaining single ply into a center pull ball and plied from the center and outer edge of the ball. That’s a nifty little process I’d heard about from the people at sheep to shawl last year. I learned so much that day. Much more than just how to spin with a wheel.

Anyway, there was more than I estimated for that second skein - 39.56 yards! So the total yardage is 333.68.

I wound the plied yarn into a skein using my trusty Goko swift this morning.

What I love about my Goko is it’s so unique. It makes just winding or unwinding a skein a pretty little sculpture. Those Japanese really know from the aethetic don’t they?

The tencel really made the shades of pink and orange shine. They’re like silk. But softer. And shinier. And silkworm friendly. The colors and the shine made me think of fabrics from India. So I’m calling it Bombay Dreams.

The bad news is Beverly has first dibs on this yarn. The good news is if she doesn’t want it I’ll be happy to sell it to you.

edit: Now if Miss Beverly doesn’t want it Miss Pamela will buy it. Yay!

Send me an email or leave a comment if you’re interested. I’ll let you know when she decides and we can work out a bill on paypal or a special listing on etsy or something. I’ll be selling it for 60 US dollars. That will include the yarn I’m going to be plying today so that will be 333.68 yards for 60 dollars - that’s less than 20 cents (17 cents to be exact) per yard. It winds out at about 10 wraps per inch - worsted to heavy worsted weight.

This stuff is so pretty. And shiny. Did I say how happy I am to be spinning again?

Also, I’ve been knitting the little ugg baby booties for a pregnant cousin-in-law. Ramona gave me the yarn that was leftover from knitting hers. And I did go ahead and buy some more so I could be sure I had enough for the hat too. I finished one bootie last night and these things are huge. If I do it again I’m going down a needle size or two.

I’m glad Chloe won. Not only because she was “anyone but Santino” but because I really like her model. She has such a unique look I’ve been rooting for her all season. I think it’s fun to see untraditional looking people model. Makes me think that even normal people might be able to wear those clothes too. Which is why I really like the models from the Interweave magazines. Some are pear-shaped or have big shoulders. Some even have *gasp* bellies! Models with bellies not modelling fat girl clothes! Whoda thunk it?