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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 12, 2019 18:15:08 GMT
A very nice combination Lindsay. Wow, your shells are huge. I didn't realise how big they were. My dose yesterday was working on my landscape. I won't show you tat as its for a future blog post but I do have a picture of the yarn I plied. Its not a great picture. I think because one was so light and shiny and the other was dark and dull it couldn't balance it properly. I tried fixing it but then the light one just went like a flash back.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 12, 2019 18:29:15 GMT
Nice yarn Ann. I love that green color, perfect for a landscape if that's what you're using it for. The texture of the black one is fun too.
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 12, 2019 18:34:25 GMT
Thanks Ruth, the lighter one is a very pail green and the dark one is a deep forest green. I may try to get separate pictures of them.
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Post by Pandagirl on Feb 12, 2019 19:37:54 GMT
Lovely yarns Ann I love textured yarn.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 12, 2019 21:06:51 GMT
Ah, I can see the green now in the dark one. It just feels very dark against the other one.
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Post by pamster on Feb 12, 2019 22:06:15 GMT
I also appreciate the video Lindsay and think the three all work together beautifully!
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Post by lindsay on Feb 12, 2019 23:27:48 GMT
I also appreciate the video Lindsay and think the three all work together beautifully! Thank you, Pamster. I liked the work together and we had a very successful exhibition - we sold much more than I’d expected for a wet & windy week in February.
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Post by lindsay on Feb 12, 2019 23:42:31 GMT
Love the yarns, Ann. I really enjoy seeing the ‘sheep’ and spinning end of wool preparation as I’m very much at the ‘pre-dyed and ready to use’ end. I’m assuming plying means putting together several spun threads but could you say a bit more about what’s involved. Do you need special equipment.?
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 13, 2019 13:47:54 GMT
My daily dose will be working on my landscapes in the house. The reason for this is a snow storm. This won't impress Ruth Or Marilyn but is for our non snow country friends. This is my studio door:
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 13, 2019 13:51:52 GMT
This is the door to my daughters:
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 13, 2019 14:14:59 GMT
Love the yarns, Ann. I really enjoy seeing the ‘sheep’ and spinning end of wool preparation as I’m very much at the ‘pre-dyed and ready to use’ end. I’m assuming plying means putting together several spun threads but could you say a bit more about what’s involved. Do you need special equipment.? Yes plying is putting singles together. First I spin a single yarn on my spindle. Then I take it off the spindle into a center pull ball. Next I pull one end of yarn from the middle and the other from the outside and spin it the other way back onto my spindle. It is quite quick. If you have a spinning wheel you can do it the same way or you can make several bobbins and ply them back together on a new bobbin.
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Post by lyn on Feb 13, 2019 17:11:58 GMT
My daily dose will be working on my landscapes in the house. The reason for this is a snow storm. This won't impress Ruth Or Marilyn but is for our non snow country friends. This is my studio door: Yikes Ann! I really couldn't cope with that!
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Post by lyn on Feb 13, 2019 17:14:13 GMT
I'm working on a landscape. Inspired by Ruth I'm using up old stuff.
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Post by pamster on Feb 13, 2019 20:49:01 GMT
Thanks for the snow pics Ann, it has never snowed where I am so I love seeing these sort of pictures but think I am probably a bit like Lyn and would be unable to cope
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Post by lindsay on Feb 13, 2019 21:37:05 GMT
Wow. Completely impressed with the snow. I think I’d rather like to try being somewhere so snowy because, as you’ve said before, Ann, you’re all set up for it. Not like here when everything comes to a standstill at the first sign of snow settling. You folks know how to deal with it and I do truly love the sight of falling snow.
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