Today is a Fibery Red Letter Day! I received my Ashford drumcarder ! I will use it to make the raw wool fluffy for spinning, and also to blend different types of wool together for spinning.
So this raw alpaca (fawn colored wool) and this merino cross roving (dk brown) combine to make
this fluffy cloud of fiber is called a batt.
I then take the batt and stretch it out to make a long rope called a roving ;
now I spin it or store it--well store it after I sample some spinning!
My husband is quite the joker........this is what he thought the batt was good for! He wanted me to say that this is beard and he isn't going to shave any more--yeah, my Rip Van Willie! I would love it if he grew this kind of beard!
Earlier in the day, he was all business. Here he is attaching the anchor bolts for the front porch support beams.
The men finished putting the plywood on the back and replaced the soffet boards on the eavres of the old part of the house.
Earlier in the day when it rained for a bit, I got some knitting in........turned the heel and started up the leg. What do you think I will be doing this evening..........?
We finished piecing the quilt for the charity , Quilts for Valor. Thanks to the hands in NY, GA and FL.
Mom and I are moving along with our tablerunners.......hers is the top one. As soon as I get thread for her quilt that is on my frame , I can get to the tablerunners and the soldier quilt; I have a backlog! What joy!
My interim knitting project; another bowl to be felted.
I finished drumcarding all my alpaca wool-now to a spinning marathon.
Guys are near the end of the roof work.
The house got a hug today-it has to be wrapped completely in this barrier plastic so that we can stucco it. ( Can't stucco onto the plywood)Peek-a- boo, Bill!
