Nov. 5 - The Bradford pear trees in the surrounding yards, as well as our own, are getting to that "Red Sails" lettuce stage - red on the tips of the branches and green at the base, so they look like giant heads of leaf lettuce, like the trees at the shopping center a few weeks ago. And the gingko trees in town have finally turned bright, pure yellow.
I've finally finished one bobbin of the wool/silk blend I'm working on. On to number two, probably tonight after supper. Sheesh, it's only 6:40 and it's already getting dark. Time to close the chickie girls in for the night.
Nov. 6 - Well, I did get some spinning done last night, almost three hours' worth. That's not as much as it sounds like, though, because I'm spinning it quite thin. It's between 1/3 and 1/2 a bobbin-full. I have an Ashford Joy that I use for spinning singles and an Ashford Traditional that's mostly reserved for plying. Ashford wheels are made in New Zealand. The Joy is a folding wheel that's easy to transport to guild meetings, demos, my SIL's house, my front porch, or wherever. I have it adjusted to spin at an 8:1 ratio, that is, it puts 8 full twists into the yarn with just 1 revolution of the drive wheel. That way I can spin faster without treadling faster. The Traditional is set up for a 6.5:1 ratio, since plying doesn't need to be spun as tight as the singles. I also have a plying flyer and bobbin on the Traditional so I can ply the two bobbins of singles together without having to stop halfway and empty the bobbin. The only time I put the normal size flyer/bobbin on the Traditional now is if I have a spinning student, though, come to think of it, that's not REALLY necessary. It's more an aesthetic thing.
Tonight I'll be putting the girls to bed at 5:45 instead of 6:45. Time to start getting light-deprivation syndrome. LOL
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