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slowly but surely

Posted on | August 6, 2007 | 10 Comments

Six bobbins spun.  The unlabeled bobbin will be plied with itself, however, as it is slightly darker brown (take my word for it) than the others.

Bobbins 1 and 5 are strapped into their seatbelts.

Let the plying begin!

I still have a long way to go, however.  I dyed 8 oz. of this brown wool a really pretty red over the weekend, so that will have to be spun, plus some white wool for accents and I have delusions of spinning some black alpaca to line the cuffs and neck with.  This Border Leicester/Romney mix softens up quite a bit in the wash, but it’s not next-to-the-skin soft. 

Then once the spinning and plying and finishing are done, I have to think about the design I want to use and start swatching!  I have an idea or two in mind, whether or not they’ll work in real life remains to be seen.

Today is one of those Mondays where I really need another weekend.  Saturday night SB and I stayed at The Wynfrey, courtesy of my MIL who has some kind of membership that entitles you to a free night.  It would’ve been a lovely home-away-from-home experience if we had not been on the same floor as a group of wedding party partiers.  Our room was directly across from the ice machine, which didn’t help.  After several hours of doors slamming, people taking, arguments, crying bouts, and loud issuances of the sorority girl mating call (“I’m so druunnnnk!”), I called the front desk at 1:45 a.m.  It was the cartwheels and round-offs going on in the hallway that pushed me over the edge.  The bellman came up, settled things down, 30 minutes later they were at it again.  SB called the front desk again around 4:00 a.m. – same result.  I think they finally went to their rooms around 5:00 a.m.  Even though I got a great night’s sleep last night (home! my own bed! yay!), I’m still feeling whooped today.  I admit that I’ve partied a lot in my time (I sound like such an old geezer!) but I hope I wasn’t ever that inconsiderate.  Maybe I was and this was karmic payback. 

But!  It’s a new week!  And there’s lots to be done!

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