busyI dyed 5 oz of wool last night - pretty, pretty stuff! Fall orange, with dark red highlights and bright yellow underlights and a mossy brown. I overdyed Silver Rambouillet...it's Yummy! I'll run the other 2 batches tonight, and hopefully I'll be able to card it up this weekend. Pictures will be forthcoming...:g:
I also got the fuzzy-sock-from-hell knit to the toe. The CSM HATES this yarn....it skips stitches, drops stitches, gets hard to crank...but I will perservere and have warm,fuzzy, purple feet soon. I promised it that the next socks will be out of easy to
I've got 2 demos coming up back to back - the first one is Oct. 8-9 (Highland Games) the 2nd is the 15th (Public Library)..so I need to get my act together and get stuff ready to toss in the van both weekends. Most of the stuff I can use at both sites (the Games demos are a lot more laid back; basically I sit and spin and idly answer questions. The Library is a "real" demo - I am there to educate people. And boy, do most of them need it!)..so 1 list will work.
Expect to see this reappear periodically over the next 2 weeks....:g:
Things to Do
1. Pull out Garb, make any adjuments (waistbands-30+ pounds gone since June!) and repairs (re-thread chemise laces), wash and iron
2. Dye Wool; prepare as necessary
a)Fall Blend:
b)Bright Blend: colors to be determined (roving or locks?)
c)Card up Fall Blend
d)Card up Purple Lambswool
3. Wind a warp and dress table loom (scarf? Acrylic warp/weft - bright colors!)
4. Clear off wheel bobbins so can start fresh
5. Pack kids' suitcase to go to Granny's & take to Daycare (Games)
6. Download and print spindling instructions and possibly inkle weaving instructions
7. Clear off and re-warp inkle loom in greens (Games)
Things to Pack
1. Spinning Wheel (Joy wheel for Games; AA Scottish for Library - UNLESS new AA comes in, in which case she'll go to both..but that's doubtful) plus extra bobbins/oil/driveband cotton
2. Niddy Noddy & tie strings, scissors
3. Basket with wool (Games: ready to spin)(Library: carded? Locks? - if locks, include handcards)
4. 2 card tables and 2 tablecloths (Library)
5. 12H LeClerc Table loom, shuttle, extra weft yarn (Library)
6. Sample Rack and clothespins (Library)
7. Samples - Dishtowels, sweater, hat, mittens, shawl (knit/woven), socks, socks in progress(Library)
8. Small ice chest with munchies
9. Handspindles - the AA North Seas, the AA Student, and the AOL spindle
10. Instructions! Must infect new people with the spinning/weaving bug.
