My July 31st deadline for organizing my life arrived, and departed in a brief, quiet burp. I did know that it was unrealistic. However, it helped in my continuous battle with entropy. (I love that word, defined by dictionary.com as a measure of the disorder or randomness in a closed system. The only word I love more is hysteresis.) Most of the house is organized or in the finishing stages. My knitty litter is under control*. The only unorganized stash sits near the fiber room because it lacks a box. The Rubbermaids are full. I have vowed to buy no more Rubbermaids. This represents about five pounds of fiber, purchased over two years.
We will not discuss my study. It would surprise no one to hear that stuff from other parts of the house have been unceremoniously dumped into the study. That allowed me to define that other room as done.
Yes. I know this is the pea and the shell game. I'm good with that.
Spunky BFL, colorway Thunderstorm/Bruised Spinner/Postsurgical Wound was tw0-plyed as planned. I loved the single, the two ply is good. It is a touch overplyed, so will go into the pile of yarn that needs twist taken out or more twist put in to finish it.
I bought BriarRose BFL top late last year off the website. When it arrived, the colors were more subdued than the picture on the monitor. I wasn't disappointed enough to return it. I trusted Chris Roosien's color sense.
I loved the BFL top. Silky. Smooth. It literally acted like good tussah silk. The single wasn't exciting. I divided the 10.5 ounces into three bobbins (spit splice x1). Then I joined them in a standard three ply (no chains). Oh. WOW. Is it a spinning law that if you don't like the singles, you will love the plyed yarn? And if you love the singles, the plyed yarn will not create equal happiness?
Wow is right - that's some gorgeous yarn! Do you have plans for it after you pet and stare at it for a while?
Posted by: Linda | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11:28 AM
It's time to start buying something other than blue and green, m'dear.
Posted by: Carole | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Yes, that is a law. And if you don't like the plied yarn, cable it.
Knitty litter.....snort!
Posted by: Marcia | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Actually... yes - I think that might be a rule. Or at least, it seems to work that way a lot for me too.
Posted by: Anne | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Don't listen to Carole. I love the stuff you buy. And the stuff you make out of it. Beautiful yarn that.
Posted by: Paula | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:06 PM
When you can spin yarn that beautiful who really cares what state of chaos your fiber is in? Just grab the nearest fiber and keep spinning!
Posted by: margene | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:09 PM
That is one crazy fiber room!
Posted by: Guinifer | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I agree with Margene. Love the skeins. Looking forward to the show-and-tell in person.
Posted by: Manise | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM
How many Rubbermaids?!? LOL.
Posted by: June | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Heehee.......I love the Knitty Litter...haha!
Posted by: Kim | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:46 PM
"Knitty litter" is hysterical... and so TRUE!
Posted by: Vicki | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 01:05 PM
Oh, thanks. Now I have to go look up hysteresis ;-)
Posted by: kmkat | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 01:08 PM
*thud*
Posted by: Ruth | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 01:14 PM
knitty litter!!! thank you! lol
Posted by: Judy | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 01:28 PM
Lovely yarn, especially the subtle greens. I have had fibre that looked awful, singles that were not much better looking and yet the resulting yarn was stunning. That's why I like plying I suppose.
Keep spinning, it's the best way to tidy fibre.
Posted by: Caroline M | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 01:35 PM
So when do you start paying me for furnishing you with blog fodder?
Oh, wait, never mind; this way I don't have to write my own blog.
I'm not buying any more bins either. Which means I need to spin/knit/weave A LOT before Rhinebeck and SOAR.
Also, I may have cast on/swatched for four sweaters and a hat in the last week.
Isn't everyone glad I'm here to mark the outer fringes of the bell curve?
Posted by: Lynn | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 02:03 PM
Lovely yarn. Good to see you using more twist. You make me miss spinning, but I have a few knitting projects that are higher priority...
I am glad to see you are not buying more bins. They are too small. I am assuming you will now fill the garage?
Posted by: Sylvia | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 05:53 PM
It's not disorganized if it's all in one place. That's how I explain the piles on my desk,next to the couch, behind my kitchen chair. That's the way I organize my knitty litter.
Posted by: Diane | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 07:33 AM
I don't think my knitty litter will ever be under control...and mine doesn't even include all that beautiful fiber.
Purty yarn!
Posted by: Pat | Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 08:26 AM
The yarn is stunning!
I've getting up trying to be organized. I'm just trying to stay Not Overwhelmed...
Posted by: gayle | Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Oy! Make that "given up", not "getting up"
Need more coffee...
Posted by: gayle | Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 09:03 AM
Knitty litter - snicker snort!
A skein like that Spunky BFL always makes me wish I'd bought that fiber. Yum.
Posted by: Chris | Friday, August 28, 2009 at 04:23 PM
yummy yarn.
and the cool news is that knit up, sometimes, event the ugliest of yarns will be stunning.
wait and see.
I'm all for movin' stuff around so that one room is organized. :-)
Posted by: Teyani | Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 01:40 AM
Is that wrong to move stuff around? Wow. I've been doing organization all wrong. :-)
Posted by: Lee Ann | Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM