ShihKnits » schact http://shihknits.com knit. blog. rinse and repeat. Thu, 27 May 2010 23:07:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 In Over My Head http://shihknits.com/2008/05/21/in-over-my-head/ http://shihknits.com/2008/05/21/in-over-my-head/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 21:17:47 +0000 winnie http://shihknits.com/?p=122 Usually, the moment I start knitting a garment, I can pretty much plough through it (except for socks – those sit in a different category). However, knitting monogamy goes out the window in the summer time.  And I say summer because California has seen some 80 to 90 degree weather recently. Like, WTF? I have the attention span of a 3-year-old and every shiny new pattern or yarn makes me want to drop whatever I’m doing now to start playing. On a fateful ravelry-browsing day, I stumbled into the spindlers’ group, and that was the beginning of the end.

Park and What

Armed with a new spinning book, a Schacht Hi-Lo 1.1 oz spindle and some BFL, I sat down to learn a new skill. Two days later……

Spin standing

This spinning thing is hard and I don’t know what I’m doing. The spindle doesn’t spin long enough for me, I have a hard time drafting while spinning (even after this supposed pre-drafting thingamajig), and my yarn is fat and lumpy. Apparently, I have no coordination.

Yarn-sicle

I am in WAY over my head, people. Does anyone know where I can take spinning classes in Orange County?

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