I am exhausted and in the middle of what can only be termed as Work and also Teenager Hell. I don't have a lot to blog about because I am just making incremental progress on projects you've already heard all about but, I can say, I did this. 2 ply sock yarn that actually looks and behaves like sock yarn. It is the right weight, the ply is for the most part as tight as I want it to be, it did mostly what I asked it to do, and it is the first thing I have done with intention from A-Z where that intention actually worked out.
The biggest thing? I spun it on my wheel and I plied it on my wheel. I have been, up till now, plying with a spindle after spinning the singles on the wheel. Not anymore, baby.
I can ply. I can ply. I can ply! /peter pan>
It is imperfect, but it is pretty damn exciting all the same, because it is a milestone.
Milestones rock.
8 comments:
Congratulations! What socks are you knitting with that lovely yarn?
Beautiful!
That is gorgeous!
(Never smile at a crocodile...)
Beautiful!
(((hugs)))
Wow! That really is beautiful. I bet you can't wait to knit it, but maybe you will just put it on a pedestal.
This is a really tardy comment, since I now read blogs on my cell phone, and commenting is impossible. But first of all, congrats on the sock yarn, tres fabu!
So awhile back you had a post about having left over yarn when you ply.
A friend of my clued me into this, and now I do it all the time. Take your single and wind it onto a ballwinder directly off your bobbin,so that you have a center-pull ball, then you can ply from both ends and have no leftovers, ever. It's super nifty.
Before I had a ball winder I used a nostepinne but that was very time consuming.
Ply away purdy birdy.
The "imperfections" add character and excitement. If you want yarn made with machine-like precision, get yarn made by a machine. I love your yarn!!
I belieeeeve I can ply...
(sorry, couldn't resist)
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