oh dang, that's one of the favorite workhorses of the spinning world, for an amazing price! luckyyyy!
I know! I wasn't even at the antique mall originally, one of my friends was, and he saw it and started sending me pics and videos of parts moving and details, and then he held it for me until I could get there. I have the best friends <3
I have sooooo much fiber stuff that I have been slacking on posting. First, got waaaaay too much roving from Paradise Spoiler: 1 lbs of roving, I'ma mad man. If that wasn't enough, I caved and impulse bought some of that Mandala yarn I've been coveting for more than a year now when I was at Walmart, then grabbed some super bulky to go with it because I've been wanting to make a cowl for a while now Spoiler: Still giggling at Thick & Quick I'm actually doing the Adirondack wrap pictured in the back and it's huge. It's supposed to be one ball per triangle and three triangles stitched together, but I ran out of the first ball and said fuck it because it's already going to be a good 24 inches wide, and that's after sizing the hook down slightly from the pattern. So it's stopped at 30 rows instead of 38 which I think works out just fine. It's going to be nice to have a wrap at the office because the A/C is just Too Much sometimes but it's like 90 outside in the summer which makes bringing a sweater or jacket not super feasible.
How do y'all store your yarn/fiber? I moved recently and just sorta dumped my stash on the floor in a corner for want of storage furniture and spoons to figure out a real solution. Just found a spider has taken up residence between a bag of stuffing and the wall, a couple weeks ago I stopped a house centipede from getting into the yarn pile, so now I'm in a lowkey phobia freakout about crawlies getting all up in my stuff. A friend suggested burning a sage stick bc arachnids will try to escape burning herbs, which I may try to ease my anxiety since it's not exactly reasonable to pull all my skeins apart looking for bugs, but I still need an actual good way to store the stuff going forward. I was gonna just stack it in a little shelving unit but now I'm thinking of getting plastic containers where the lid seals, but googling says yarn needs air to not mold so now I'm just Overwhelm with solution tradeoffs. I am also probably overthinking this wildly bc again, phobia freakout.
@Astrodynamicist my mom stores her yarn in sealed but not airtight plastic tubs with cloth bags filled with cedar chips to keep mothes away. She hasn't had any get moldy or had to deal with other bugs as far as i know.
I keep lavender sachets in with my fiber bins to help keep crawlies out. I personally have most of my stuff in those cloth cube storage bins (but some is just up on a shelf). I've heard of people storing in airtight bins or vacuum bags before - mold concerns are mostly if there's too much moisture sealed in with the fiber, so maybe having like those little dessicsnt packs would help? I'm just spit balling at this point though.
i use those plastic tubs you can get at target or wherever, mostly the shoebox size. as for spiders, they don't want to be inside the yarn, there's no dindins there. they're not trying to get into your stash. the only buggies you need to worry about are clothes moths, and then only with wool. i would suggest giving each skein a good shaking, possibly outside, before putting it away, just to make sure, and if you see any moths or moth eggs you'll have to take further steps. any sachet that covers the smell of yummy wool will make it harder for moths to find the stuff. i just use tea bags.
we have a giant wooden heriloom chest, but that's not reasonable for most people :P otherwise we got a couple felt boxes that hold active projects and such
I just have a huge wicker basket currently over flowing with half finished projects and too many balls and skeins. They have migrated out onto my bed. Don't be like me, children.
Another blanket! I did the Elements CAL, but just the big central square and without a lot of the colorwork. It's for a baby, so that gave me a 32''x32'' square, I didn't want to keep going through all the outside bits too, especially since it's going to its home either tonight or Saturday :p And instead of juggling eightish colors, i had the two variegated baby yarns that went well together in my last baby blanket, so I alternated those. This silly thing was done almost entirely while watching good omens, and i don't know how many loops of the show it was, but I think it's safe to say I have a problem XD Spoiler
oooh i've been looking for a cool pattern for a baby blanket for my friend, i might do that one! about how much yarn did it take?
Hm. That's a good question XD I was working from leftovers from another project for both colors, so I wasn't keeping track. This is the brand of yarn I was working from, and I thiiiiink it probably clocked in between one and one and a half balls, with a size 5 hook. So probably 1100-1650 yards. I'm not sure one if those balls would cover it (the staggered stitching at the corners and center is surprisingly dense), but two balls would definitely cover it.
This needs work, but it's as good as I can manage at this moment, especially pending a trip to Target or whatever
I have... no clue what I did here. So, I am making a scarf where the two end sections are made up of thin strips of knitting sewn together (with a 'deliberately' ragged edge.) These strips are just plain ol' rectangles. Nothing fancy. Somehow, while sewing them together, I've created a dramatic curve? That goes full on helical when it's held up. I have no clue how I did this. Spoiler: Tall images <insert joke about being so queer I can't sew straight here.>
So, I've got two lil' strips of fabric as part of what's leftover from the sew-in interfacing. Plus a lot more interfacing, generally. I've also got what looks like some trans-flag coloured embroidery thread. I'm thinking, combine the two and do a "The Lord said "Trans Rights" thing I can hang up somewhere, with a Hebrew translation.
