luxe

i have gotten my new wheel, and a BUNCH of fiber, and silk yarn to dye all in a few day period, and really good stuff and i am too tired to use it. i spun with the wheel yesterday, and it rocks…here is my gripe with her…the orifice on the bulky flyer is 7/8in, the yarn guides are not nearly that big. i would actually guess maybe half and inch. what is the point of the giant orifice? and i also had some issues with the yarn tangling on the clippy yarn guide thingies when i was doing a bulky textured ply. but that might be something i was doing. and i packed a ton of fiber onto the bobbins, so that was good. oh, what else is bad? the regular bobbins are miniature. i wouldn’t probably use them for anything. teeny. i am used to an 8 oz bobbin as the regular bobbin on the louet, and then the bulky one is huge. on this one, the bulky is normal sized, to me. so. it spins super duper smoothly, it is really easy to change the bobbin without messing with the driveband. and it is gorgeous. i love it. i do. i sound like a whiny bitch. i kind of am a whiny bitch. oh, i am looking for a name for lendrum…any idears? the winner will get a little something something.

i got tons of fiber, beautiful ecru baby alpaca…yum! and i actually have lots of yarns to add to my site, which i plan to do to-morrow. i will be adding more spinning batts, as you seem to really dig em. i will keep em coming. and always feel free to ask for stuff…i need to round up the energy to take photos, which tires me out because i have to get up and down and up and down. i hate that i even have to think about that. that i have to consider what i need to do, want to do, and how much energy i have available to do it. and if i push on one day, i will be completely bankrupt of energy the next day. i am trying really hard to stay positive and not get upset about it. i need to just find stuff that i can do when i am pooped that is creative and productive. that is what keeps me from really getting upset and feeling worthless.

last night i saw an article about people suing the company that makes the sleeping pill, ambien, because they have been sleepwalking and sleep eating. i do that. some of the people ate really insane things, raw bacon, for example. also, there were people driving in their sleep. i have had sleepwalking issues forever, i talk, all sorts of crazy things. and other than sometimes saying insane stuff, i seem awake. eyes open, not slurry. for that reason, i don’t talk on the phone late at night. i never remember what i say and it can be dangerous. ask amy. she knows. i also had a stint of waking up in the kitchen in my underpants. not the underpants i went to sleep in. for real. freaky!

what else? i got that strange “yarn” made out of strips of fabric a while ago and started a purse and a skinny scarf made out of it. i ordered a big lot of vintage handles for em, and i will see how people like them. it looks very retro, but cool. i like em. i will take photos of the heap of stuff i have gotten recently, i swear it. and the site will be updated hell or high water on sunday.

ok, must get something to eat.
smoochies,
n.