Apparently, I'm "Hard Core"
Posted by knittymom at 11/13/2008 2:10 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
We had the Adventure Guides over to tie dye shirts on Sunday. For those of you not familiar with the group, the YMCA Adventure Guides used to be called Indian Princesses and, thankfully, have been renamed to keep up with the times (among other reasons). So there were about eight Daddy/daughter pairs wandering around our house. It was too cold to tie dye outside so the kitchen had been covered in drop clothes and all the kids were let loose with lots of dye. (Last year was also chilly, somewhere in the 40's, but the dye doesn't take very well when it's cold. Oh, that's not mentioned on the package. Guess who ever wrote the directions didn't take into account northern climates and the desire of parents everywhere to do this activity OUTSIDE! Who in their right mind says "I know let's tie dye inside -- the grout is a boring color gray anyway." Anyway we learned last year that the dye needs warmth to take thanks to a bunch of t-shirts that had washed out colors.)
One of the dads noticed the large amount of fiber in the house. Guess it's getting hard to miss. (Note to self: Must find more covert places to stash yarn.) My DH proudly (he's a good guy) let him know that I've started spinning my own yarn. The other guy stopped to consider this resulting in a fairly lengthy pause. He then whistled gently and said, "Wow, that's hard core." So I've passed "casual hobby", flew by "devoted passion" and have landed on "hard core". Cool.
Here are a couple of the tie dye results.
And here's what happens when I stand on a chair in the kitchen taking pictures...
Certain small people come to investigate.
In other spinning/knitting activities:
I plied my first merino spun on my wheel. It is lovely -- soft and sproingy. The color was called calypso which is a good name, kind of Caribbean-like. I'm not sure what it will end up being but there was about 260 yds from 4 oz so I have enough for a hat and mittens. (Roving from Clover Leaf Farms.)
Next up:
A Swell hat (No,really..."Swell" is the actual name of the pattern though the hat is quite nice if I do say myself) for DH from some BFL wool I spun. The wave is some green Berroco Peruvia that was waiting in the stash. Sorry about the flashy-flashy. It is the definition of a dreary November day in western NY. There hasn't been a change in the light all day, morning the same as noon, noon the same as mid-afternoon. And with little fanfare, the sun will just eventually set. (Pattern: Swell hat by Kimmie Kemper found in Knitty.)
I also started spinning some merino and tencel from The Sheep Shed. It's slippery and has been a bit of a challenge. The fibers are likely to slide apart if I put too much tension on them before they're twisted. The colors are lime green and magenta and actually photographed pretty close to reality.
And .... Megan wandered into the dining room to discover my attention completely focused on taking a picture of the spinning wheel's bobbin and just before I snapped the picture, added her contribution to the composition of my picture.
All my children arecursed gifted with a well developed sense of humor. (And, yes, that is a pickle.)
One of the dads noticed the large amount of fiber in the house. Guess it's getting hard to miss. (Note to self: Must find more covert places to stash yarn.) My DH proudly (he's a good guy) let him know that I've started spinning my own yarn. The other guy stopped to consider this resulting in a fairly lengthy pause. He then whistled gently and said, "Wow, that's hard core." So I've passed "casual hobby", flew by "devoted passion" and have landed on "hard core". Cool.
Here are a couple of the tie dye results.
And here's what happens when I stand on a chair in the kitchen taking pictures...
Certain small people come to investigate.
In other spinning/knitting activities:
I plied my first merino spun on my wheel. It is lovely -- soft and sproingy. The color was called calypso which is a good name, kind of Caribbean-like. I'm not sure what it will end up being but there was about 260 yds from 4 oz so I have enough for a hat and mittens. (Roving from Clover Leaf Farms.)
Next up:
A Swell hat (No,really..."Swell" is the actual name of the pattern though the hat is quite nice if I do say myself) for DH from some BFL wool I spun. The wave is some green Berroco Peruvia that was waiting in the stash. Sorry about the flashy-flashy. It is the definition of a dreary November day in western NY. There hasn't been a change in the light all day, morning the same as noon, noon the same as mid-afternoon. And with little fanfare, the sun will just eventually set. (Pattern: Swell hat by Kimmie Kemper found in Knitty.)
I also started spinning some merino and tencel from The Sheep Shed. It's slippery and has been a bit of a challenge. The fibers are likely to slide apart if I put too much tension on them before they're twisted. The colors are lime green and magenta and actually photographed pretty close to reality.
And .... Megan wandered into the dining room to discover my attention completely focused on taking a picture of the spinning wheel's bobbin and just before I snapped the picture, added her contribution to the composition of my picture.
All my children are
1. "Calypso" isn't just "Caribbean-like," it's Caribbean. Or possibly Ancient Greek.
2. Spinning your own yarn is definitely hardcore. If I invented my own font in which to type, it'd be pretty damned hardcore, no? Same thing.
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