Aspinniversary
Today was the second anniversary of my aspinneration (you know, as in “Resistance is futile” etc.); of the day when I failed to prevent myself from picking up spindle and fiber, and then promptly failed to force myself to put them down. Yup, it’s just two years now since the twist took me - and where and how far it has taken me since then, there is almost no telling. But not for lack of trying.
It’s fortuitous that the date happens to fall within the Tour de Fleece. Obviously Someone Is Trying To Tell Me Something, and this time last year I figured out that the Something was this: July 10th is my personal Challenge Day. Or one of them, at any rate.
For my first aspinniversary last year, you may recall, it was the day that I spun the Mile for Team Suck Less.
This year - as I mentioned the other day - the ante, she has been upped.
I spun my mile two days ago - 8 hours and 9 minutes. Sorry I haven’t posted about that in detail yet - I will, as soon as I recover, with statistics and pictures and everything.
Yesterday - Houston, we had wind-off.
Today - the Stupid Wheel Tricks Challenge: 18-ply. Yup, 112 yards of 18-ply yarn. Fer realz. I did it. Loaded Luke and the wheel and the bobbins and the swift/kate into the car, drove up to Fran’s, and did it there while she took seventy-’leven billion pictures and a metric buttload of video. It’ll take a while to process all this into the mega-mini-documentary coming soon to an internet server near you, so for now I leave you with this single teaser shot:
Incidentally, that thread-guide gadget I’m using to tension the singles? Fran provided that too, and I tremble to think what an unholy mess this whole attempt would have been if she hadn’t.
Kids, do not try this at home.
Or… on second thought… do.
You might learn something. I did.
Watch this space for exciting full-on mega-mini-coverage of this brain-breaking event… as soon as we get it together. Film at 11, as they say - but not 11 tonight because we all need our naps now.
July 11th, 2010 at 1:02 am
I’ve learned that I don’t ever want to be up against YOU in a spinning contest. Or any other kind of contest. Is there anything that you’ve learned that you’re NOT surpassingly good at?
July 11th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Only two possible words: Holy Kamoley!!
July 11th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I remember how hard you resisted, how you didn’t have time and all the rest and then just how fast you set off from the top of that mountain. For someone who didn’t want to go it you certainly turned out to have a lot of fun with it.
July 12th, 2010 at 8:50 am
That is a wicked cool setup! For some reason it’s far less crazy to me now that I know you didn’t spin 18 4oz bobbins just to do this. Much less crazy making.
July 13th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Gotta watch that first step, she’za doozy….!
But gotta admit, the floaty part as you faaaaallllllllll is fun. I’m still waiting to go splat at the end but suspect I’ve a ways to go yet, since my house isn’t remodelled to hold all the wheels and looms and fibre….YET.
Can’t wat to see the docunuttery…!