A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants

Yesterday, Joan received the tiny little weirdo skein of yarn that I spun from the amazing spindle she sent me.  The singles were not as thin as what I'd been spinning, so I plied them and made her a tiny little weirdo teaser skein/hank/thingy.  I'm still trying to work out how she knew it would be perfect for me, but hurt myself and gave up. 

She really is all knowing, that one.

Then she posted a lovely photo of the tiny little weirdo skein on her blog.  A photo much better than what you're about to see here.  (Not that it's a shock or anything.  We all know I suck with a camera and in general.)

That's three hours of my life, people.

Three hours!

Although, I think the next one won't take nearly that long to put together.

I have no idea how long the spindling/plying took.  I try not to think about that because it would slow me down.  Same with thinking about yarnage.  I can't go there or I'll get so lost in the potential numbers I won't get anything done.  Frankly, I'm already feeling like that without any extra added help,thankyouverymuch.  I'm going to 40 in six months, ffs.  I've been trying to spin the same amount every day and had been until yesterday when the challenge was a bit more than usual and I failed horribly.  Not the end of the world, but not what I wanted, either.  We'll see if I can get the singles done this week or not.  I had thought I could, but, now, who knows?

feh

And that ends today's angsty post.

Come back tomorrow for I have no idea what.

/blink

Happy Thursday!

Comments

[margene]

Where's the seltzer?

[Carole]

I keep telling you, if you'd get a wheel you can spin much faster.
As for the title of this post - I love it!

[Gale]

Where's the seltzer?

[DataGoddess]

Where's the seltzer?

You promised seltzer!!

[beverly]

Three hours that resulted in a very cool collage!

[Stacey]

you fell down yesterday? Did you bruise your knees or get road rash? Hope you didn't break the spindle... or the subbie boy

/runs

[CindyCindy]

The skein is lovely. You worry too much. You are doing a wonderful job. And, you're going to be 40? I would love to be 40 again. I think I missed it first time around.

[Rachel]

40 is the best!
Take it from a woman with many -0's behind her already :)

Your yarn creation looks very nice both in your photo and Joan's

[Marilyn]

Happy Thursday to you too!

Ah, 40. What a long ago memory. The boys were teenagers. I was busier than a cat covering....oh well. We won't go there! :)

xo

[inky]

One of my favorite expressions. Ever!

[(formerly) no-blog-rachel]

That is an awesome post title.

And that fiber looks suspiciously like the giant honkin' bag of Ashland Bay fiber I bought at Stitches (enough for a sweater). Could it be the same fiber? If so - awesome - now I know what it'll look like (but I'd have to use a wheel as I completely suck with the spindle).

[joan]

The little skein is not a weirdo.

And are you hanging around with my husband? He sings your post title nearly every day.

xo

[Carrie K]

40? Pffft.

Pretty skein.

[Angie]

40 is marvelous! Beautiful spinning, Cookie.

[Manise]

Totally cracking up at Stacey's comment above! Sorry.

40 soon? You iz a spring chicken Cookie.

And the weirdo skein is lovely. Has Joan named it George yet? Or keep it as a petting skein?

[Cheryl S.]

It's really hot here today. A little seltzer down my pants would probably be a good thing.

[Nora]

40 is the new 20. No worries.

xoxo

[Tiny Tyrant]

You may be cranky, but you are a very sweet cranky.

[Norma]

No seltzer today. I'm a little tender. Ask AnnaMarie. On second thought, DON'T. hahahaha

[Carrie]

I am so afraid of Norma. My car said 115 when we left the last doctor for the afternoon, so bring on the seltzer, iffin you please.
That is not a weirdo skein, it's adorable. I lurves it.
And does Rachel's comment mean she is into the hundreds now?

[Jeanne]

Glad there is no seltzer...

Very pretty yarn - and 40 is nothing!

[Birdsong]

Ooh.. your spinning is lovely, consistent, even... any way to get extra points for quality over speed? I don't understand competition anyway, so am not someone to consult.

[Saffron]

That didn't look 'weirdo' to me at all. :)

[Saffron]

Oops...forgot to say that I LOVE YOUR SUBJECT LINE!!!!! ;-)

[Diane]

Does Chuckles the Clown know you stole his line? Surely you're too young for MTM so you must be watching reruns while you spin.

[Sarah]

It is a lovely little skein, and I think your collage is wonderful.

I managed to spin three grams yesterday before the wheel injury incident. The new part will be here soon. I had to wait until today before I could get back to the fiber.

[Dave]

Your yarn looks wonderful!

I am shocked, however, at how much the shaft on your Golding sticks out. Errrm. But really. I mean, I have one of them, and it only sticks out a little. Ffft. Spindles!! I mean, it's actually like only a cm or so above the whorl, and yours looks like it's just about half-way down. Most interesting, and rather peculiar.

[sil]

WTF! It's your bday???? And only 40 - jees.

Happy Birthday (unless I'm totally wrong about the day - then happy Friday...)

[Becky]

Okay, Princess Cranky, where did that roving come from? It's gorgeous! As is the yarn you're making. Oh, and while your use of a camera may suck at times, you don't... so stop it! If it makes you feel better, I still think you're a grouch. :-)

[opal]

you worry too much about this **self-imposed** deadline! go with the flow and uhm... flow!