Hi there boys and girls! Today's obsession here at Obsession du jour is magic. As in, magic tricks. Since this is still, ostensibly, a knitting/spinning blog, today's magic trick will involve wool. This wool, to be precise:
Ya'll remember Nadine, right?
Well, she had a bit of a run in with some magic powder a couple of weeks ago. Me, I'm not always a fan of "magic" powders, but Nadine came home with some great stories involving tequila shots and hot tubs and she looked like this:
Not bad, eh? I know I've never looked so great at the end of a "lost weekend" before. I mean, I wouldn't....if I had ever had a lost weekend. Which I haven't, of course. Uh, hi Mrs. Wainner. Ahem. Right. Sorry about the fuzzy picture, she was still so excited that I was having a hard time getting her to stop bouncing around. Not impressed yet? Well then, hocus pokus slibbitey slye presto chango, what am I?
Now THAT'S impressive. 8 ounces of carded roving. Sooooooo soft and fluffy. Such colors! Yum. What? OH, you want to know how the trick works? I probably shouldn't tell you, but there IS a little secret behind the magic. Do you want to see? Well, if not, stop reading. Otherwise, behold!
MINE, all miiiine...mwah ha ha ha! Drum carders RULE! I don't have any idea how Claudia could stand to part with it, but wooohoooo! I can't believe how much fiber can be processed in such a short period of time. Thanks again Claudia; she's found a very loving home where there is LOTS (no joke, 13 lbs of clean, uncarded fleece in the stash) of work for her.
Now if you'll excuse me, the cats need to be....er, brushed.
Oh WOW. That's really breathtaking Kellee. I mean, I *saw* Nadine, and that's really impressive. Are you bringing some tonight? ;)
Posted by: Jackie | August 19, 2005 at 04:08 PM
Wow- what fabulous colors! Makes me think of fall...
Posted by: Allison | August 19, 2005 at 06:59 PM
OH golly, I really DON'T need to see how beautifully a drum carder makes fleece look. How many hours of work was that, and what percentage of the fleece is done? Cassie hand combs, and says it is very time consuming. Please save me from myself and tell me how much work that all is.
Posted by: Laurie | August 19, 2005 at 07:26 PM
I am so happy to see that nice little carder using used and loved. It was sorely neglected in the Fiber Room.
Remember. Shoulder. Elbow. 'K?
Posted by: claudia | August 20, 2005 at 10:14 AM
That is gorgeous. Just the kind of colours I like to see in a fleece. Nadine is my kind of gal. And if Laurie asks agaion, lie to her. She's already in touble.
Posted by: julia fc | August 21, 2005 at 09:55 AM
That's beautiful! I didn't know that brownish gray fleece could be dyed those beautiful colors...I got a lot to learn here...maybe we could have another dye day sometime so's I can practice...I got lots of brownish gray wool that I'd love to change!
Posted by: Maggie | August 23, 2005 at 02:09 AM