| July 18 Update | |
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All the materials for my project except my handcards,
I left them at home. Clockwise from left: scoured merino, carded merino, combed merino ready to spin, wool combs, handmade spindle. |
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The spindle I made for this project with polymer clay
& brass. I think it weighs about 3/4 of an ounce.
I'll have to check again when it's empty. Finally remembered to check, it weighs 23 gm or 0.8 oz |
| July 31 Update | |
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First sample skein: washed and dried without tension 2 ply, 21.4 yds and weighs 1.1 gm My second skein
(finished last night, no pics yet), washed, was: YPP averages out at just over 8,400 |
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After a year and a half of not spinning on a spindle I think it turned out pretty good :-) |
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Wound into a ball and ready to knit--isn't it cute! |
| August 26 Update | |
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Oops, forgot to include a ruler for reference, but the ball of yarn is the ball in the picture above :-) From the bottom point up measures about 7" so far. This will be the center square of the shawl. I haven't decided on a pattern for the border yet. |
| September 30 Update | |
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Remembered a ruler this time :-) From the bottom
point up it now measures about 12" (unstretched).
190 rows done so far, every row gets longer & longer,
I'll be happy to hit halfway so they get shorter again
<g>. I think I've spun 5 or 6 spindlefuls so far. Thanks for visiting! |
| October 30 Update | |
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From the bottom point up it now measures about 15
1/2" (unstretched) and I have 238 rows done so far.
I also found a nice diamond border to use when I get that
far.
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| January 3 Update | |
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I had misplaced my project near the end of November
but it finally turned up again just a few days before
Christmas. From the bottom point up (which is left to right in this pic 'cause the shawl's sideways) it now measures about 16 1/2" (unstretched). It's getting harder to spread it out enough while on the needles for a pic and it didn't help this time that I was partway through a row. I have 265 rows done so far so I am making progress even though it sure doesn't seem like it some days ;-) I just finished the 8th row of holes across that makes up the pattern of squares. |
