New yarns, studio revamp, picture taking

I really need to have a heavy-duty, my-arm-is-gonna-drop-off skeining session. I have SO MANY luscious new yarns that I want to get started dyeing! Merino/tencel, merino/silk, superwash merino, alpaca lace, pure silk lace...I could build a fort out of my yarn cones and boxes.

Before I can do that, I have to finish the revamp of the studio. It's nearly there. We are up to the "putting things into pretty boxes" stage, and we're planning to hit it for one last big swoop this evening after dinner.

I have also decided that I'm in need of an indoor, all-weather photo spot, where the light is the same (and good) all the time, and I can take pictures of my wares in a controlled setting at any time. This may neccessitate a trip to IKEA and the purchase of either some cheap white sheets, or a roman blind that I can pin to the ceiling in the appropriate spot.

Skeining Just Got Easier!

Today was a day of hooray! at my house. When I got home from work, my new freestanding Taylor skeinwinder had arrived.

This thing has already earned its place it my heart. I wound up two 300+ yard skeins of yarn in under 10 minutes. Before this I'd been using my swift, which worked, but which required me to poke it with my finger and watch it spin haphazardly 'round and 'round. To say that it wasn't a fast process is putting it mildly.

I had to go play with it again before I could go to bed- 2.5 lbs of merino/silk fingering weight sock yarn in about an hour of skeining.

Now I just have to hold out hope that my dye order will get here before the weekend. 13 lbs of dye, 5 lbs of yarn, and however many wads of roving I can manage before my new faux-Crocs give out and my feet fall off.