Toe beans

Photo description: Thor the gray tabby presenting all four feet and showing seven toe beans

Today I present toe beans because it is Friday and it has been a long week. Happy Incoming Weekend everyone!

Throwback Thursday: glass hat

In February 2013 I made a small glass baseball style cap from glass clay and painted it with pearlescent powder before firing it in my kiln. It is a very wee object, measuring at less than an inch in length.

Photo description: small glass hat next to a plastic ruler
Photo description: inside of the hat with my maker’s mark
Photo description: back of hat showing some detail work that remained after firing

Starting seedlings

I have used little peat pellets this year to start my basil and pepper seeds. Maybe they will actually make it outside this year.

Photo description: rehydrated peat pots in acrylic trays in the window on hanging acrylic shelves

I’m very thankful for farmers, since I can only occasionally grow basil and peppers, and bomb out on everything else.

Cable ply

I did decide to cable ply my angora hand spun yarn to go from a two ply to a four ply.

Photo description: two ply angora yarn wrapped into a nostepinne style ball
Photo description: 4 strand cable ply angora yarn on a wood drop spindle
Photo description: cable plied angora yarn wrapped into a nostepinne style ball

I am going to let time set the twist, so wrapped the final yarn into a center pull ball. This is yarn spun from raw angora rabbit fur, not carded not combed, not washed. I’ll created my swatches for my fiber book before water touches the fibers, just to see what happens.

Plying angora

I’ve two plied the angora yarn I spun.

Photo description: two ply angora yarn on a wood drop spindle.

The yarn is still quite thin, so I think I will ply it again to make a four ply cable yarn. The bumpy texture of cable plied yarn will complement the fluffy nature of the yarn, I think.