Little Wit Knits – Unplugged

Last night I finally plied up the singles I spun up in September. Looking at the green and grey one I think I may run them through to add some more twist, once I figure out the plan for that.

Plying Singles of random fiber

When the green single was added to the grey single the grey single suddenly looked much more purple. Funny how that works, eh? There was a little bit left on the light pink and the grey singles so I spun them together, too. By the end of the process I was feeling a lot more comfortable with my plying and some of the yarns were even looking how I wanted them to.

I went out to Wool Gathering today with Betsy. We got there shortly after it opened and began making our first lap around the vendor booths. I got to say hello to some of my old chums from the Dayton Knitting Guild and to Susan from Ball and Skein. Then I wandered over to Fiberworks where Arlene happened to have spinning wheels for sale. Shockingly enough she had 3 Lendrum DT wheels. After a quick call to the boy I was writing her a check and grabbing my new toy. Witness:

New Toy in the box

Lendrum all put together

Once I got home I put it together and began working on some of the fiber scraps I had around. Now I am trying to figure out what to do with the 4 bobbins I have. I could ply them together on themselves or try to combine the colors into a 2 color yarn. Thoughts anyone?

Grey, Light Pink, Dark Pink and Lime Green fiber.

The best part is after I finished up this roving the boy hopped in my seat to take the wheel for a test drive. He’s having all kinds of fun playing with it and figuring out how it works.

The boy treadling

This morning I hung out with my little. We went to brunch and then wandered around town ending with a short nature walk in a park. I also surprised myself by being able to pull myself up onto monkey bars and hanging upside down. I should try that more often, it will help keep up my back strength as well as make me feel good about myself!

After I dropped her off it was just too gorgeous a day to pass up. So I called the boy and told him to ready the motorcycle. We went and “got lost” for about an hour and a half. It was great! We also got to really test out the headsets I bought him for Christmas. They worked really well and I could hear him with no trouble at all. As the driver he tends to get a lot more wind noise so when we’re at speed he can hear me talking but not always hear what I am saying.

Then my good friend Orchid came over to help me work on processing the fleece I bought at MDSW. First we rolled the fleece out and decided what went where on the sheep. The boy came over to verify the softness quotient. Then we got to work pulling out locks and placing them into lingerie bags to go in the wash. I took the occasional break to educate the boy on the crimp and other characteristics. We then filled my washer with hot water and let the locks soak. After the soak we spun the excess water out and laid them on the table and drying rack to air dry. They came really clean and I can’t wait to play with them and figure out what I can do. Pictures below.

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Knit night tonight was quite productive. I am 27 rows away from  finishing the second Vivian sleeve. Hooray! Knit night was also super crowded which was great. We haven’t had this kind of attendance in awhile. It was quite lovely to see all the familiar faces as well as some new ones. Oh that wheel? Something has come up, I need to keep the cash on hand for a bit. It’s funny, I am rarely reluctant to buy something I want and that’s how it was with this wheel. Clearly *someone* was trying to let me know the cash had another purpose. No worries, I shall get one in due time. Mwahaha.

I think tom’w night will be another movie night and I will try to get the yoke going on Vivian. Then I think there will be some cleaning in order for this weekend and possibly some sewing. Then of course, Sunday is filled with Easter festivities. Hmm other than that, I got nothing. Have a good night.

Well I called the shop owner today and asked her to hold a wheel back for me. I will go with the boy to pick it up on Saturday. The nice bit is that this shop is over yonder where we used to live so we’re going to be meeting up with some of his old co workers and hanging out. It’ll be a nice day overall. Plus the shop owner is super nice and coming in on her day off so I can pick it up!

I am on row 110 of the same sleeve from yesterday. I thought I was going to have until the end of the Championship game to knit tonight but well things didn’t look so hot at half time so we left the house we snuck into to watch the game and headed home. Yes, we’re resourceful folks who found someplace else to get TV since we don’t have it here anymore. Hmm not much else exciting going on. I am going to try and power through as much of Vivian as I can this week so I won’t feel bad when I want to play with the wheel next weekend. Good night!