Corn Dogs

You know you have entered a new stage of fiber addiction when you start using implements that make your spinning wheel feel high-tech.

I was forced to leave my wheel for a few days with two bobbins of gorgeous BFL singles on it, only half-plied. This was such a wrench that thinking about plying kept me awake a couple of nights.

Meanwhile, this month's package from the Spunky Eclectic fiber club arrived.




Falklands wool, in the color "Pie for Everyone."

And I still haven't touched last month's installment. Because I am still spinning the BFL I started after Rhinebeck. The BFL I thought I would be done with in a week. (Yes, there has been limited fiber time this month.)

In my frustration, I turned to a $15 implement I had bought on a whim for just such an eventuality, but never learned to use.


I learned to use it.
I divided the fiber into four equal sections, and divided two of those sections lengthwise, and spun them on the spindle to create reasonably equal amounts of fiber.
What I got were two corn dogs.


Two unequal corn dogs. (Here's what was left over from the larger one after plying.)


I guess my skills at dividing roving equally are even more low-tech than my technique for spinning them.
Note the nod to Chinese take-out in the creative use of chopsticks.

I then turned to my trusty Lazy Kate. Size 10, if you were wondering.

Once I had plied the yarn, I went for the niddy noddy.


And presto - a very small, and rather overtwisted, skein of yarn. (About 93 yards.)


The yarn is having a bath now which should calm that twist down nicely. You could hear it fizz with relief as it entered the water.
2 oz. down, 2 to go.

I get back to the wheel on Sunday. It's going to feel like a Cadillac after this.