Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
Jun27
You know what was the real pisser about not being able to go sailing last weekend? The cruise out was the entire reason why I wasn’t able to attend Black Sheep Gathering. I had scheduled my trip north on the assumption that I was going to go to Summer Sailstice Hanse Rendezvous. When the plans [...]
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Jun23
Yarn Specs Fiber: 3.5 oz (100 gm) Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks, Moody Blues colorway; 1 package of bombyx/merino, and 1 of tussah/cashmere, spun onto separate bobbins and then plied together (I still have some leftover singles on a bobbin) Drafting method: semi-worsted WPI: approximately 28 wpi (I was lazy and used the spinner’s tool instead of [...]
Jun21
No Wind. Broken impeller. Not going anywhere on the boat this weekend. Joys of boat ownership.
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Jun20
I celebrated the day by doing laundry. No, seriously. My order for Wonder Wash and Spin Dryer finally arrived yesterday. So what better way to celebrate the longest day of the year by doing a couple of loads of laundry and putting them out on the drying rack. I did a normal load of white [...]
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Jun13
The club is cruising out to our favorite destination this weekend. There will be at least one other knitter in the group who is guaranteed to have her knitting with her. We’ll have a mini-wwkip gathering on our sailboats. See you when I get back!