Fresh Off The Swift...
As I mentioned previously, I seem to be finishing things lately. This is always a GOOD feeling! I finally got around to plying the Blue-Green/Turquoise-Green singles. The general rule for spinning, says spin all your singles at once - which I did. All the more reason I am somewhat perturbed that they didn't seem to be the same weight. Since I had planned to chain ply all this (Navajo ply) to preserve the color changes, I decided to ply the first bobbin with the last part-bobbin as they seemed to be the singles that matched the best. I plied each of the other two bobbins separately. As I suspected, I ended up with yarn of 2 different weights. The largest skein weighed 130 gm and was about 150 yds. The other two skeins weighed about 100 gms each and each had about 150 yds. VERY annoying!! So I have 2 skeins totaling about 300 yds of DK weight and one skein of 150 yds of heavy worsted. AAARRRGGGHHH!! I suppose the heavy skein could make a hat and the other 2 could make a scarf... OR... I could just list them in my Etsy shop (with full details) and let someone else worry about it! Which do you think I did??
What's more, I took over 30 pictures (not kidding) before coming up with anything that vaguely resembled the real colors of this yarn. You know that feeling when it seems like it doesn't matter what you do - it is NOT going to come out right!! I have tried every one of the eight settings on that dang camera using various of the 4 flash settings and different locations inside and outside the house. I have come to the conclusion that the problem isn't that the camera is a piece of junk, it's got a voodoo curse on it and unless I burn the entrails of a chicken under a full moon it will continue to take horridly distorted color pictures!
**Sigh! I think I really need to get a new camera... I'm just scared I'll spend good money to go from the frying pan into the fire....
What's more, I took over 30 pictures (not kidding) before coming up with anything that vaguely resembled the real colors of this yarn. You know that feeling when it seems like it doesn't matter what you do - it is NOT going to come out right!! I have tried every one of the eight settings on that dang camera using various of the 4 flash settings and different locations inside and outside the house. I have come to the conclusion that the problem isn't that the camera is a piece of junk, it's got a voodoo curse on it and unless I burn the entrails of a chicken under a full moon it will continue to take horridly distorted color pictures!
**Sigh! I think I really need to get a new camera... I'm just scared I'll spend good money to go from the frying pan into the fire....
My guess is that you made a Christmas gift hat with theheaviest yarn and put the rest in the shop.
Have you considered looking for a photo-
graphy class at your local community college - something along the lines of
"Best Results With Color"?
Forget the entrails of a chicken, that stench will permiate the yarn!
I enjoy your blog and the pictures.
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Close... I put it all in the shop with the suggestion to use the heavy for a hat and the lighter for a scarf! LOL! Thanks for the photography class suggestion! I'll have to keep my eye open our community college is pretty small! And fortunately we don't have chickens on the farm anymore!
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Fabulous Job!!!
I think some colors are just harder to photograph than others. Sometimes it drives me crazy too!
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Thanks for the commiseration!
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