Since the last disaster of the cardi which could fit Hagar the horrible and a couple of his closest cronies in it, I have been stash diving. It has definitely been an Aussie scrub or bush turkey scratching effort through the stash and repeatedly redistributing the skeins and balls of yarns. If you want to know about the australian love hate relationship check out makeminemid-century's various blogs (in the bush turkey link) about these animals who many gardeners consider as vermin. They are not bad BBQ-ed and they do rotavate the ground pretty well.
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| the Marvellous toy |
It is amazing how calming spending time in the winding zone is for me. So what is the winding zone I hear you ask. This is where you set up and wind up ball after ball on this marvellous toy becoming hypnotised by the rhythmic rattle of the cogs and gears. It can be a bit like the whirling dervish effect were the repeated movement and actions send you into an intoxicated trance like euphoria that has the beneficial cause I now have lots of little nicely wound yarn cakes and my stash has been sorted out into various categories.
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| Some of my hand dyed yarn caked up |
OOh! I love the yarn balling machine! It looks very retro and a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on bush turkeys! We are currently waging a battle with one now (more to come!)
That's a nice looking ball of yarn at the bottom.
Oh I know about the bush turkey you have and it reminds me so much of Gran and her battle to keep her garden.
ReplyDeleteThe baller is a lovely retro gadget.
The yarn is one of my hand dyed and it was knitted up into a shawl last year.