slow and steady
November 24, 2016
winding all that fine silk into balls
it took a full day and a half – with overtime
you just wind and wind and think and take lots of tea breaks
each ball took more than an hour to wind
some of the yarns were quite tangled from the dyeing process
as they are very fine there is a lot of yardage
but finally!
and I realize why they have all been resting in the cupboard
I really didn’t want to do the winding
not all of the colours will be used in the next project
but at least now they are all ready to use
this is the crepe one with over-twisted bumps – like little pearls
now to wind the warp!
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those silks!!! and what a nifty ball winder!
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Velma – imagine feeding all those silk worms! and then reeling the silk. When grandson Iain was little he would come in the front door and head straight for the ball winder – he loved winding balls but I never let him have silk.
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Can’t wait to see what you’re going to make next!
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Louisa – a decision is still uncertain!
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Beautiful silk! It does take extreme patience to handle sticky silk, but worth it! And the colors are so nice. Love the little pearls :). Are these all two ply?
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Kristin – there is a variety of very different yarns, several reeled silks from Japan that are quite stiff and wirey, a couple soft 2 ply, the little pearls bought in Vancouver at the silk place.
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