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July 18, 2009

One-Track Blog

Somehow this is turning into an all-spinning, all the time blog. That was not my intention, but I guess I'm letting myself obsess about spinning this summer, so OK.

Here's some of that alpaca I've been carding, spun up on the wheel. The batts are spinning very nicely; I can see why nicely done batts are a favourite prep for a lot of spinners. I'd certainly have more of this done if I had not just started a class on mechanical and electrical systems for buildings.

I know how filthy alpacas are -- I happened to be standing next to one twelve years ago when it decided to shake off a little and the cloud of dust was astounding. But what is amazing is how much dirt falls off the fiber after it's been shaken off and then carded three times, given how much dirt came off before. Anyway, I brought an apron to the living room and I'm wearing that while spinning so I don't get quite so utterly filthy.

In between that, I still have this silk/merino on the spindle that I'm working on. I've been working away at it for months, and this week I decided to just get down and work on it more often so I can finish it. I have another spindle full of the stuff waiting to be plied.

And because I was playing around with lenses, a super-extreme closeup:

There you can see how I'm wrapping my copp: alternating layers of criss-crossing across the bulge with layers of tight spiral wrapping to pack on the yarn. It's making a nice, dense copp that mostly stays in place even when I drop the spindle from spectacular heights.

You can also kind of see that my spinning is getting more consistent. Yay, me.

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Posted by ayse on 07/18/09 at 11:27 PM