This is finer thread, the strip cut at 1/4". It's surprisingly resilient to work with, as long as it doesn't get a) too wet or b) too dry. I spun a couple of coffee filtersworth.
And did the Coptic binding for one of the Woolly Books. The pages for both are coffee filter paper.
The work was accompanied by audiobook of Destination Unknown, an Agatha Christie I wasn't familiar with.
One bonus from the uptick in handwashing and consequent lotioning: my hands are in better condition, not snagging threads. I must have been pretty sloppy before..
Thank you for sharing that. Its amazing the work you do.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pleasure to be able to. It's become part of the art.
DeleteDon't know if I'm glad I no longer have a drop spindle, or just resisting making one from a pencil and a potato.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to spin paper, you just use your fingers. I'm only storing it as I go on the spindle. Or pencil would work, too!
DeleteCoffee filter thread comes a little clearer... How do you think of these things?
ReplyDeleteThat idea came from Sarah Swett, wonderful fiber artist, huge range of talents. You can Google her and see her blog Field Notes on Needlework. She's a treat.
DeleteBookie at work - interesting mental image now. I can 'see' our Boud hunched over the green-felted table dealing out the cards (or in this case, spinning like a mad fiend). I know - I need to get a life!
ReplyDeleteI fancy myself taking bets on the rails. Math not quick enough to be a tictac man. For the benefit of people who have better things to do than go to the track, they are the men hand-signalling the odds for the bookies.
DeleteI've never been to the track and have only been to a casino a couple of times and then only because they have a massive buffet meal. I'm envisioning a smoky back room somewhere hidden from the public eye..times of Al Capone.
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