tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60448242145064054752009-06-25T08:27:23.203-07:00Cady Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262723801427994297cadymay@gmail.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044824214506405475.post-49070682017791872302009-05-18T04:56:00.001-07:002009-05-18T04:56:39.599-07:00

I last posted or knit. But I have been spinning some every day, and taking long walks in the rain, when I am not moving pans and buckets around in the spindle shop to catch the roof leaks as I work. There is a wet weather creek that runs right beside the shop, and so all of this months spindles were made to the accompaniment of cascading water, rushing and gurgling. The rain rain rain came

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Cherry Blossom Spindolyn Pouch…..Or some sort of title like that. I finished this early last week, but blogging time is hard to find between putting in taters and ducking thunderstorms. The great thing about new tools and accessories is the way you get so excited about using them that you sometimes grab something nearby to try them out with, and it wasn’t necessarily a material you had

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It was actually the cherry blossoms blooming that reminded me of the color of that spray dyed yarn, and made me hunt it up and start knitting on it..they way so one thing leads to another, when you are not knitting with a plan, but just “comfort knitting” I started another spindolyn bean bag pouch, out of the cherry blossom colored yarn. It is a spiral hexagon, but to really match the cherry

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It was an impulse buy, from a discount rack, at a discount craft store. I normally don’t succumb to impulse buys, because the thread I dangle from will not support them and groceries in the same week. But, I was in the big city (Nashville) which is a rare thing, waiting in the parking lot of a musical instrument store for the boys to make their cable purchase (modern musicianship requires an

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Hey Beadnik! your hops guess was a good one, because that was going to be my next “guess this photo” Here it is, coming up self seeded in the pots by my outdoor shower. Now, I have always read that hops are difficult to get started, but that has not been my experience. These came from the Whitewater River in South Eastern Indiana. Hops grows wild all over the river banks there. Introduced

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I was just about to post these three photos, all in one post…to give the extra hint to the extra credit question of “what is this spring bud”… The first one posted with its hemp cowl, the second one a week later, (notice I haven’t had time to knit the hemp yet) and the last one, with its rain soaked  flower buds.. But then Cyndy guessed it, without the the final photo hint! Yep, the

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First, I would like to comment on the comments of my previous post regarding hemp. Cyndy, thank you so much for the pertinent information! Cyndy commented:   The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009 would finally allow North Dakota, and the other states that have passed pro-hemp legislation or resolutions (Arkansas, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Montana,

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Most people already know the history of Hemp in the US. The story of hemp and paper, of US paper and oil company greed, how hemp could save the forest, etc. We forget these fights in the midst of other problems, but boy, it sure comes back when you go to buy a couple of balls of hemp knitting yarn for a particular project (knitted hemp sprout bag, pattern coming soon)It is hard to find, and

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I swear to you that when I typed that title for this blogpost that it came out "the god ate my homework"I mix up phone numbers, too.I mix up alot of things. But I am deliberate and slow with the spindolyns, and still I make mistakes.Some might say I am just a total loser, but I prefer to think of it as a handicap in the "absent minded professor" sort of way.What does that have to do with dogs? I

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The History of the Spindolyn Part 1 The Loom (where in little Cady May gets wild and wooly) My Daddy was, like many rural Great Depression Era survivors, a resourceful, creative, do-it-yourself kind of guy. His response to those early life challenges developed in him a passion that went a little beyond most DIY'ers, and spilled over into inventing and tinkering. He loved farming and gardening

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  It’s that time of year when the very faintest of blooms start to show on the maple trees, and cast a yellow purple haze on the mostly gray limbs covered hillsides. The daffodils are starting to peek out, and we have made it past the red and white winter yarns of valentine season. And no, I did not finish my valentine finger ringers in time…rats.  They woulda been cool though, red with white

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The base is finally done, and already hard at work. It is amazing how much more flexibility it gives you in locating the spindle for spinning. This is a pretty simple pattern. It can be found as a downloadable pdf here You may recall from previous posts that I had to spin additional mohair for the interior tube to sort of match the outside pouch, and in doing so, remembered why I love

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        Note frost on Rose’s main, not exactly wool…   It rained a lot before the snow, so the creek was rushing through white (click for a closer look)

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Tommorow I am taking down the bottle shaped base off of the website...I can't get quality control on that wooden piece, so off she goes and it will be two to tango.Good news is, while I am there, I am going to fix the shopping cart so that you can add extra spindles to your order..fun, huh?We started the morning with freezing rain, dripping ice from every branch. A pretty view to work with out

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Miniature wool inaugural gown of glitter yarn, graceful ribbed waistline and snug fitting bodice.Not really, but doesn't this look like something that would keep Barbie warm, if she had some matching merino/mohair socks, a tiara with ear flaps, perhaps? Ok, I am being silly, but it is so durn cold...this is the progress made last night on the bag. The bodice is actually the interior pocket to

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I have had several customers bugging kindly requesting a pattern for a bean bag base for the spindolyn. The thing is, even though I have made several that work quite functionally, they are not worthy of writing up a pattern for. Rather, they have been children of my usual "method operandi" That is to say, I start out with yarn and needles, or fabric and thread and good intentions to make a "

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Bath poufs, shower scrubbies, soap saver puffs, whatever you call them, these mesh wonders are useful for more than the bath. With one snip of the center cord I have used them for several years in garden applications, pond filters, yarn bra's, etc. But where they really shine is as mesh fleece washing bags. If you have never opened one, they deconstruct as a long, long tube of nylon mesh. Cut the

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I am washing a jacob lamb fleece right now, in small parcels to divide the colors, doesn't it smell great?

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(scroll down to go directly to the pattern and skip the background)Over the years I have worn out my hands. 'Tis true. I could blame it on arthritis, or poor circulation, or candida or even bad genes. But the truth is more likely that I started life with delicate small hands, and over the years did "big guy" work with them. Farming, wood working, gardening, tree climbing, furniture making,

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Mom passed away on Christmas Eve. Everyone thinks their mother is special, to me, mine seemed extra special. With no way to express that, I put a small memorial page up here.I have been knitting a lot lately, while rearranging my world and my mind, will have knitting content up soon.

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Before I go out of town again tomorrow, wanted to say a coupla things. First, thankyee kindly to all of you that have sent thoughts and prayers to Mom. She is in so much pain, which is so unfair and so hard for those who love her, that every kind thought surely has to help some. We had snow, which always helps my spirit some, being a snowball fightin, cross country skiing, caroling, hot

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If you are looking for me, I am in and out, there might be a few days delay in my email response or your order shipment, but it won't be too long.Mom is receiving hospice care in her home now, and I am back and forth.Thank you for your patience.

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I finally have the new spindolyns (the Tenor and the Soprano) up on the knitting any way website!Yea! I wish that I could find the emails from the spinners who made suggestions of what they would like to see (like a shaft alternative, interchangeable bases like back in the olden days, and shorter so that they would have more clearance) so I could give them credit here for their suggestions, but

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of uninterrupted fibering, that is.Carded Jacob fleece > to singles >to plyed yarn > to a little woven square, and all before bedtime!! I had sweet dreams. It started out that I just wanted to "spin" the evening giving the new improved reincarnation of the Alto Spindolyn (reborn as the "Tenor Spindolyn") a full trial. But I was so happy with what I had spun, that I had to ply it, to

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"Anonymous" commented on my roving photo of the previous post, asking (I think) if my jacob fiber wasn't actually a carded batt. The photo isn't very clear, it would have been better to see it like this..Where you can see that yes, it is carded, but it is also in the form of roving, which was rolled up before the photo was taken. If your carded fiber does not come in this form, you can turn a

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