Kiss My Knits!

Since I had that spinning presentation the other day, I took that as my cue to go back up to Greensboro that morning and get more supplies. For… uh… the presentation. Yeah, that’s it. Not for me. Ahem.

Anyway, I picked up some Strauch hand cards. As I cleaned up my spinning area this morning, I decided to take some of the little bits of wool that the girls had used and discarded and try to card them into something else.

I took some of the bits and put them on the card. I did line the fibers up better after this picture. I also added more red from the bag.


Bring me the eyebrows of Bozo the Clown! I did two cards worth. The thing in the center is a cardboard circle that I use for making my Jayne hat pompoms. I used it as a diz, drawing the wool through the center hole until it was an attenuated wool snake. Later, I did another card, but didn’t blend it as thoroughly, so that I would get more little flecks of this and that. That was so I could ply the single with something similar to itself.


I overspun the singles like crazy, since I’m trying to break my habit of underspinning, or not giving the yarn enough twist. The plied yarn, though, is reasonably balanced. It hangs like you see on the left, with just a little twist. Good enough!

This was a really fun way to tone down the super-bright bits of fluff. I’m glad I got the cards, and I look forward to learning more about them and improving!