If you've checked out my 101 Things To Do in 1,001 Days page, you may have noticed that I have a lot of fiber that needs to be spun. A LOT. Well, I've been working on this turquoise mohair for ages and finally got one bag spun. I hate mohair. I don't even know why I bought this. It's fuzzy. It gets in my nose. It's slippery. Maybe it was the color. I can't remember.
So I finished spinning one bag using my drop spindle. I decided I wanted to Navajo ply it, which is an amusing technique and gives you a beautiful 3-ply yarn. Surprise. Each time I began to ply, the yarn would break and there went my spindle, rolling across the floor. (Yes, there's a reason they call it a
drop spindle.) The only way to fix the problem was to take it off the spindle and
re-spin that shit so it had a TON of twist to it. Which I did, cussing the whole time.
 |
| mohair in mid-re-spin |
|
Finally, I got to the fun part and did the Navajo ply.
 |
| Navajo ply on turquoise mohair |
|
Guess what? I have to do it again because here's another bag of this s*#@! Did I mention that I hate mohair?
