So Cookie and Chris clued me in on a great idea that Carole Knits has come up with. Basically you pledge to spend just ten minutes of your day spinning. Since I already spend much of my time spinning on my two wheels, I thought this was an excellent opportunity to commit more time to spindling. Only I haven’t exactly been faithful to my promise, so I’ve decided to proclaim my intentions to the world to see if it makes any difference.
Why can’t I manage a measly ten minutes a day?
It’s not like the project isn’t tempting to the senses. It’s 4 ounces of hand-painted silk roving from A Touch Of Twist that I got from MDSW. But the silk is slippery and I’m never sure how much twist to put into it.
It’s not the spindle either. I adore the featherweight Bosworth I’m using. I love the striping on the Zebrawood and the way it dances when it’s whirling around and around.
Maybe it’s because this project will most likely take forever as the silk is spinning up into a very fine single.
No, it’s not because of any of those reasons. I fear it’s all because of the plurking. It’s a massive timesuck. It’s worse then Ravelry ever was. I swear I sit down for a quick five minutes and two hours go by.
That’s okay though! All I need to do is master my multi-tasking skills, because you’ll have to pry the keyboard away from my cold, dead hands to get me to stop.
I’m still convinced I can manage ten minutes of spindling a day.
As Cookie would say, shut up!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I think it’s a good idea. I never ever use my spindle…and I still have some plying to do on it. If I had silk I’d spindle spin it too…but I don’t…
June 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
That yarn is exquisite! Happy plurking!
June 18th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
You will not suck me into the plurking.
Don’t feel too badly about not spinning the ten minutes daily. Today my spinning was done with me in my desk chair. I have a headache now, btw.
xo
June 18th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I fear I plurk wayyyyy tooooo muuuuuch through out the day.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Yikes, just another reason for me not to join Plurk. I get far too distracted when obsessed with something anyway! The color of the roving is lovely, although I don’t know how you do anything with singles that tiny… like see them. That’s seriously small.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Yep, silk definitely wants to be spun very thin (with lots of twist!). And yes, it takes forever. I’ve finally accepted spindling for the sake of spindling. Yeah, it will be nice to finish that pink silk I’ve been spinning for ages now, but it isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Still not looking at Plurking! The silk is gorgeous – can’t wait to see it all spun up!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Oooo. That roving is so pretty! Shall we remind each other when we’re both on Plurk? We could make it the 10-Minute Spin Break!
June 18th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
crack. It pwns j00.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
What the heck is plurking? It looks like a huge time suck. Get back to spinning girl!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Ooooooooh. Such a gorgeous colorway!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Plurking. What a great word. If I wasn’t afraid of being forever sucked into the plurk void I’d start plurking myself. But I can’t risk it.
May the plurk be with you.
June 19th, 2008 at 1:57 am
is plurking bad? I can’t stop I must admit….just wait til I learn to spin, I’ll have to stop working to keep me sane!
June 19th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Oh heavens – I get little enough done as it is without plurking on top of it :) I *like* my kniyying and would like to do more of it – not less.
That spindle is lovely and so is the silk but my god – that’s a seriously fine yarn you’re spinning there! Cobweb lace – is that what that would be called?
June 19th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Up to now I didn’t know about plurking and I think it’s best if I keep myself in the dark. I certainly do not need another thing to suck up my time :)
have fun plurking and spinning :)
June 19th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Don’t want to plurk. Must not plurk.
June 19th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Soooo… Opal….
If I buy it, and you spin it, and you keep half, then send me half, that would be fair, right?
I think your silk is so beautiful! I need to spin.. Oh dear.. Mini-Me will be threadbare, but I’ll be spinning =)
Many hugs!
June 19th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Quit Plurking!!
NOW!
Stop it!
Start spinning and knitting.
See? everything back to normal.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Spinning 10 min a day is a great idea, especially if you committ it to your spindling. I should do the same thing, but I just loaned out my spindle to a new spinner. I shouldn’t have too much trouble putting in 10 min on my wheel though. I try to spin a little every day anyway. Good luck with that super fine single. Good grief girl! Spin thicker, haha, it goes faster. ;)
June 20th, 2008 at 1:25 am
I remember being told that if you want to make a fiber last forever, spin it fine. My merino spinning has stalled for the same reason. Who knew four ounces could take so long? (Don’t answer that.)
The silk roving is beautiful. My wallet is glad that I didn’t see it.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:49 am
You found the nicest rovings at MSWF! That silk is incredible. I am wondering if a slightly heavier spindle (like around 1 oz) might be a better choice. I use my laceweight spindles for short fibers like cashmere. You could spin thicker and faster with your Hatchtown. You are inspiring me to do more spindles spinning. I am spinning silk on the Natalie you sent to me. This silk is alright to spin, not as nice as yours.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:43 am
You won’t get me on Plurk. Forget.It. Not enough hours in the day…
LOVELY silk!
:)
June 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am
10 minutes a day with spinning, I do a lot more than that these days, but maybe later.
Nice solour on the yarn. Right now I’m trying silk/merinoblend for the first time. Not so bad…
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I had never heard of plurking before. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge you are on a “jag” ie knitting jag, plurking jag and go with the flow. Those singles on the spindle are lovely though.