Make Believe Thursday!
Today I decided to play like I was a photo stylist…
I dusted off DH’s tripod and headed out in the heat of the day to take some special photos of Flatiron in anticipation of it’s upcoming release. I got a lot of really good shots. Some didn’t fit this particular sock, but I shall have to remember them for future socks. Some were a little too dark to really show off the sock properly and I wouldn’t want Jessica to give me demerits for dark photos. But, again some of those locations would work if I had an assistant with me to use a reflector, or perhaps even at just another time of day.
I did end up with two passable shots for inclusion in the pattern . . .
This one is the main shot for the first page of the pattern.
This one is sort of a filler photo. It’s not lit properly enough to serve as the main photo, but I endangered myself by crawling around on rocks all by myself (sans cell phone even, I know I deserve demerits for unsmart photo practices) while racing the self-timer on my camera and it shows off how the pattern extends down the back of the heel.
I even finished the bonus sock wrapper that will come with the pattern (as all my sock patterns do). So, those of you who have not been to Boulder, Colorado and seen the Flatirons in person, you now know the inspiration of the sock. The photo comes from FreeStockPhotos.com as everytime I’ve been to Boulder lately it’s been raining or cloudy and I haven’t been able to get a good photo myself.
And, lastly, to show that I haven’t procrastinated to the point of not having my homework done for class tonight, I present my completed homework…
That’s small samples of singles in 10, 8, 15, 18, and 24 WPI. We were asked to do one less than 10 wpi, one about 15 wpi and one over 20 wpi. I didn’t quite hit the marks quite right so I have a few intermediate ones too.
My ultimate plan when I don’t have quite so many irons in the fire (I have a huge commissioned book to paint and bind QUICKLY in addition to release Flatiron and teaching my classes and taking the class etc.) is to spin enough singles of many different WPI that I can have one card with singles, 2-ply and 3-ply (Navajo) on it. Then, I can keep the cards on a loose leaf ring and use the collection to make decisions for future projects. I know that not all wools at a specific WPI will have the same properties etc. But, it can get me in the ballpark to start the swatching from etc. Of course it is probably quite a ways in my future before I’m actually spinning for a specific project rather than spinning and then designing the project based on the resulting yarn. But, one needs goals, right?
What I did learn from this exercise is that the lower the WPI, the less consistent my singles are 
I also learned that a good share of my problems at class last week was probably performance anxiety. I’ve never been a good test taker or done well when under pressure.
Those wrappers are so cool.
Sounds like your spinning is really coming along! Now I wish I’d signed up for it.
Comment by Snow — 8/12/2005 @ 9:28 am