!! just in from the woolery: !!
i recently ordered a high speed adaptor kit from the woolery for my wheel and am anxious to try it out.
it consists of a super small circumference whorl and drive band. you use this whorl for making finer yarns.
a smaller whorl adds more twist with less effort.
now i don’t have to treadle like mad to achieve enough twist to create a smaller girth yarn!
i also ordered a pom pom making kit for corinne and i from the woolery. what a nice find! i like putting them on top of hats or decorating gifts with them and corinne struggled with making one recently with a cardboard template and it just didn’t cut it.
the pom pom templates are on the left – four sizes!
and an FO (finished object):
i love how it turned out. and it’s a nice thick wool.
i embroidered some subtle eyes instead of using buttons (choking hazard!).
some friends of mine in the valley had a baby girl, tessa claire, on march 4th. i started this for them:
i picked up this project bag while in hawaii:
i also scored a few project bags from the recent surveying and mapping conference courtesy of dewberry. those dorky drawstring/backpack ShWAG bags make the best project bags!
and that’s all i have to share today. :0)
’til then…
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