It was a migraine type of day. So needless to say it was a green tea type of day too. To relax I decide to do some spinning. I had a 4 ounce package of red Merino and fire star which I spun on my Lendrum DT. Next I plied it with some white Merino for a Barber Pole effect on my Louet Victoria. I will skein the yarn tomorrow and then do the hot bath.
It’s time to call it an early night. So TTFN.
As you can tell from the picture below I am super into Spin Together 2021. On the right side is my Louet Victoria I am currently spinning a white single to ply with my art yarn. I will also doing my plying on this wheel. I have never noticed before that undyed arm is smoother and easier on the hands than dyed yarn to spin. It must be something in the dyes that effects the fiber and how it feels. Now I now why so many spinners spin the raw fiber and dye it later.
In the middle is my Cubii2 so that I remember to get my exercise in. On the left is my LendrumDT for do my first spins. I might even do some art yarn singles on it. On the fireplace are my 2 baskets of warp and weft for weaving. Since all my Spin Together 2021 yarn will be for charity work I had better get my loom running too
I currently have 4 bobbins that need to be plyed. I have also found that 1 1/2 hours seems to be my maximum amount of time that I can sit and spin without hurting. So I am sad to say that I won’t be adding much yardage to my team’s total.
It’s time to get some rest so that I can try to have a productive day tomorrow.
Today before breakfast I got Eric's laundry started. Then I spent 30 minutes picking up the dead branches that I removed from some bushes on Wednesday. I stopped when the trash can was full. I did not think that I had removed so many dead branches from the two bushes. The bushes look a lot better even with only a drizzle of rain.
After breakfast I spent the morning making some samples for next weekend. This was followed by lunch and 3 hour nap for the entire house. Everyone gets super tired when Eric is sick, so picking out a nap spot is very important.
This afternoon after my nap I cleaned my Woolie Winder for the Lendrum spinning wheel. It was the first time that I cleaned it. I layed all the parts down in the order that they came off. After scrubbing the grease and grime off, not to mention a few bits of very greasy fiber, everything went back together and is working. I wish that I had a magnifying glass for some parts of the process. Hen while dinner was cooking I spent time cleaning.
I think that I will spend the evening knitting as my hands permit.
