Californian has been in a drought, so when it started raining this morning, I went out to spin on the porch.
Am I spinning skeins? Not likely! At a rate of a hank an hour, that is a mile of lace-weight worsted single every 3 hours. I do not stop spinning and start plying every few hundred yards.
When I need 5-ply, I pull 6 miles of lace-weight worsted singles of the stash and I ply enough to make a sweater. With the takeup from the ply twist, it comes out about right.
If this weather keeps up, I might get a good bit of spinning done.
Am I spinning skeins? Not likely! At a rate of a hank an hour, that is a mile of lace-weight worsted single every 3 hours. I do not stop spinning and start plying every few hundred yards.
When I need 5-ply, I pull 6 miles of lace-weight worsted singles of the stash and I ply enough to make a sweater. With the takeup from the ply twist, it comes out about right.
If this weather keeps up, I might get a good bit of spinning done.
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2 comments:
Hello. I have been looking for a wooden knitting sheath and I really like the one you shared on your blog in 2011 for a trip to yellowstone. I would love to have one but the link to your shop on Esty doesn't seem to work. Do you still sell knitting tools on Esty? Thanks, Sandy
I moved to blunt tipped knitting needles and discovered that blunt needles are much less fussy about their knitting sheath(s). I decided that when using blunt tipped needles, knitting sheaths are so easy to make that anybody could make their own.
(And, I got hit with the debilitating fatigue of Lyme Disease.)
Now, that I seem to be past Lyme, who knows what I will do?
I think the Net Loft in Cordova AK may still have some that I sent to Dorthy.
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