Knormal Knitters

Since I got DVR, I've been taping Oprah. Tonight I was watching an episode I recorded earlier this week, and I spotted some knitting in an unexpected place.

The episode was about sex (a rerun, I found out.) In the course of the episode, they interviewed a couple in an open marriage. The wife, named Hollie, has a boyfriend that her husband knows about and approves of.

They showed a clip of her and her husband at her house, to show that she's a "normal" wife and mother. And in the clip they revealed something interesting. (At least to me.)

Hollie is a knitter.

They show her knitting something yellowy-orange with double pointed needles during the clip of her at home. "I knit for everyone and anyone," she says. As they go to commercial, they showed a little more of her knitting.



You can read her story here.

It was a surprising place to see knitting.

I'm not going to go into the pros and cons of open marriage here, although personally, I couldn't do it. But you'd expect someone who uses double-pointed needles in the age of magic loop to go against the grain. (I know I do.)

I wonder how the sweater curse applies in this situation?


Speaking of Kinky...

I finished my milk fiber single. Now how do I set the twist in this stuff?

I'll probably go on Ravelry tonight and see what I can find. I have so little, I don't think I'll ply it. And while it doesn't seem to need setting as much as other singles, it does kink up. But it doesn't act like normal yarn. See for yourself.



Yes, I'm holding the drop spindle between my toes.

It seems to hit some kind of ... something. Critical mass? Tipping point? It lies almost perfectly straight, then suddenly kinks up like crazy when you get the two strands close enough together. I need a physics expert to help me out. (Hi Heather!)


Shout Outs
My buddy Sam just got his website up and running recently. Go say hi and read some of his writings.

I finally got permission to use all the photos I need for my Tuesday Tens list. Thanks Hannah!

The Ravelympics begin tomorrow, and I am officially on Team Austin, but I'm still picking my events.

Yarn Crawl Blues

I found out today that the Meetup Yarn Crawl has been postponed.

*sigh*

Some people were unable to make it this Saturday, which would make the cost for everyone go up for everyone. So the adult in me realizes that if we wait, it will cost less and more people would be able to come. (Keep an eye out if you want to join us in September.) That would mean more fun and more money to spend on roving on yarn.

But the little kid in me wants to go nnnooooowwwww!!!!

Seriously, I've been looking forward to this for a while. So I was kind of bummed out. And that leaves me low on roving.

I looked around and couldn't find that little bit of handpainted tussah silk roving I have. But I did find this.


This milk fiber roving that I got at Old Oaks Ranch when we went on the San Antonio Yarn Crawl. I only got a little bit, just enough to try it out.


It is pretty difficult to spin, although I'm getting the hand of it. There's no "grip." If I don't pre-draft enough, the yarn is really hard to draft when I spin. If I pre-draft too much, it falls apart. But the lack of grip is what makes it so silky smooth and wonderful.


You may have noticed that there is only one yarn on the Niddy Noddy. That's because I took off the yarn barf from my first spinning attempts. I've come a long way.


Compare that to my Merino single, all set and ready to go.

BTW - Go check out yesterday's post. I got permission to add some more pictures.