Spinning Rainbows

On February 14, 2020 By CarynIn Craft

I spun up my rainbow rolags! The big fluffy rolags were nice to spin; the fibers pulled out smoothly and the color variation came out well. (And it was very pretty on the spindle!)

I strung the finished single on the PVC niddy noddy, rinsed it in cold water, and let it dry. The yarn seems to have set well.

I took the rainbow hank off the niddy noddy and used my swift and wool winder to make a rainbow cake.

The resulting yarn cake is 53g and about 78 yards. Not enough to make a hat. Hmm. But I have some ideas…

Missing feet

On February 13, 2020February 9, 2020 By CarynIn Life Hack

I noticed one of our guitar foot stands was missing a rubber foot. I noticed it because my youngest and I were practicing and it scratched my floor when I moved it. Ugh.

One of my readers told me about Sugru moldable glue (Thank you!). So I tried some to replace the missing foot. It works well! It is easy to shape, and after 24 hours it solidifies into silicone rubber with almost the exact same feel as the remaining feet. The stand is stable and doesn’t scratch the floor. Hurray!

Hank to cake

On February 12, 2020February 8, 2020 By CarynIn Craft

Hank of black merino wool single ply yarn

Last we left it, my single ply black wool merino yarn was drying on the niddy noddy. Oh that works!! It took less time to dry, and it came off the niddy noddy easily (the caps were too tight, but I could get one arm off the niddy noddy easily). The yarn is balanced (which means it doesn’t get twisty), and seems strong (although I really do need to work getting an even thickness, but that should come with practice).

It is a little bitty cake (just 53 grams), but since it was a proof of concept experiment, that is fine.

Watching does

On February 11, 2020February 10, 2020 By CarynIn Wildlife

I am keeping an eye (with the trail cam) on the deer that visit our back yard. After all, we’ve seen does and bucks and spring is coming up, so maybe there will be a fawn?

I liked it so much I made one for me.

On February 10, 2020February 7, 2020 By CarynIn Craft

I liked the way my husband’s matte black decal came out so much that I made one for me. Not a castle, but a celtic knot dragonfly that I designed years ago.

I found that leaving the white backing on, but having the transfer paper exposed around the edges allowed me to have wiggle room when lining the decal up on my window. It was much easier to adjust, then when I liked the position, I left one edge stuck down, peeled off the backing, then smoothed the whole decal down. It is good to learn new things.

Speaking of learning new things; that transfer paper is no joke. The tan texture in the photo above is the top layer of the wooden stool I was using as a table. Oops.

I really like how these are subtle!

Critters and Craft

Month: February 2020