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November 23, 2004

That ain't yarn.

That's just twisted wool

On the left is the first stuff. It's thick and thin and too twisted and not twisted enough and I don't care. I was experimenting. On the spindle is the second stuff. It's more even and I'm having more fun with it. I was spinning it from the fold because I don't really like (read: am not good at) the normal way. Yeah. I know. One might say, why don't you learn the basics before you start doing all kinds of wacky stuff? It's like making something with lace and cables as your second knitting project! Well guess what. That's what I did when I learned how to knit so that's what I'm doing here. I'm hoping playing dumb and not knowing what's supposed to be hard will pay off for me like it did in knitting. That said, I think I need a spinning class. I didn't ply my yarn or anything. I was too impatient to try the other fiber, so I just kind of balled it up and played Scarlett O'Hara I'll think about it tomorrow!

In knitting news: Bunny seems to be coming together. I think he'll have a friend too. I just never end up with more than 5 minutes of peace and quiet to work him. I'd really like to get all my OLD patterns written so I can get working on my new patterns. I have all these ideas and not enough peace and quiet. Note to self: Turn off phone and stop reading so many darned blogs!

Posted by kate at November 23, 2004 04:06 PM