Green, Green, My Stash is GREEN!

Adding to my "Green Sock Yarn" sub-sub stash, compliments of Marcy (KnittingGolfer at Rav...) ! THANKS, MARCY! This is a handpainted sock yarn from WEBS' "Kangaroo Dyer" and is a gorgeous green! I love it, it has lots of hues of green that I favor, and yet is like no other in my green sub stash!

Green with hints of teal; a gorgeous green!

And this is what I spent the majority of my free time this evening doing...

Finally winding the 3 MAMBO sized WooBu from Blue Moon Fiber Arts for the Giselle pattern!

Actually, it was all my free time and the time I should have spent doing constructive things around the house! (Like, you know...declutter and the like...) But the three skeins are wound, thanks to Ivy (Knit1,Bling2), who lent me her Royal JUMBO ball winder! The catch was that I had to figure out how to assemble it and use it!-lol!

It actually was very straight-forward except for the fact that intially, when attaching the 'wings', they seem to scrape upon the white central disk. Instinctively, I wanted to pull them futher out, but the opposite approach is correct-you make sure they are slid completely down, and upon tightening the screw all the way in, the wing pushes out and you are in business. It sets it just at the correct angle to avoid the scraping. The small screws are quite long and protrude a good 1/2" in past the wing, but when set correctly, there is no problem. You just gotta have faith!

This faith took 1/2 hour or more to gain!

This I tell all of you readers because one day, you really may be setting one of these puppies up yourself and this will all come to you, saving you a good 30-45 minutes of your life!