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Today’s big insight: the elephant now knows how to spin. What’s that, you say? What elephant? Conjures up quite a mental image, doesn’t it? Granted, I am taking some liberties with the published science. But loosely speaking, we can consider … Continue reading →

Today I spun the third bobbin and plied the three together. There is a velvety feel to this Falklands yarn that I like very much. It’s hard to describe, but I have noticed it in each of the three plied … Continue reading →

I finished the second bobbin of this “plying round” of Falklands today, it was sweet and easy. I’ve noticed that I’m starting to get callouses on my “pinching” fingers, the ones I use to control the twist. That helps! Tomorrow … Continue reading →

I’m starting to get antsy about spinning something with color in it. I love color. All this white wool is starting to get old. BUT the discipline of daily practice with the inexpensive wool is SO paying off! I keep … Continue reading →

I’m multi-tasking like crazy this evening, but YES I still got a good spinning session in. It’s getting easier to be consistent with my size (nice and thin) and slip into auto-pilot meditative mode, which is REALLY nice. I’ve probably … Continue reading →

Just a quick spinning session tonight, it’s a little late and I’m tired. AND I want to go spend some quality time with the yarn I plied yesterday. It’s thinner than the first yarn I made with this wool. I’ve … Continue reading →

Today I spun the other half ounce of the Falklands wool and plied it with yesterday’s. I used a higher plying ratio to match the higher spinning ratio. Everything held together (hooray!) and the two bobbins actually were very close … Continue reading →

I spun another half-ounce of the Falklands wool today. I used a faster ratio (10 to 1) to put more spin in than before. I definitely noticed the difference in the twist. It will be interesting to ply it. Today … Continue reading →

Today I spun the 2nd 1/2 ounce bobbin of the new Falklands wool, then plied it. As always, the plying was instructive. The singles I spun today was just fine, but the one from yesterday had several places where there … Continue reading →