Spinning and baking

Today, I was able to take that single ply handspun yarn that I posted about yesterday…

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Handspun single merino yarn on my Woolee Winder

and create a mate for it. I reposted the photo from yesterday. It’s a shame, I did not take a picture of that additional single handspun yarn, but I did take a picture of the results of me plying those two yarns together, which I’ve shown below.

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Two-ply handspun merino wool yarn

See? I’m really thrilled with how this two-ply yarn turned out. It’s not the first two-ply handspun yarn that I’ve made… it’s the second; however, it’s the first one that I’m happy with… even with the mistakes. I didn’t get a chance to dye this handspun yarn; however, I did use my two yard Niddy Noddy to wrap it into a skein. This skein is not that big, it’s only 106 yards; however, I will be making something with this yarn. It’s just a matter of… what?I must say this is one of the softest wools I’ve touched. The micron count for this merino is 15.5. I did not get a chance to dye today and I’m unsure if I’ll get that opportunity tomorrow; however, I cannot wait to see what color it becomes.

Today I made chicken fried rice in my hand hammered steel wok. I’ve had that wok for over 20 years.

 

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Raw fruit cookies placed in my 9-tray Excalibur food dehydrator

I also “baked,” see the above photo? I made “raw fruit cookies,” in my food dehydrator. My daughter has been snacking on them and they’re not even finished. I juice several times weekly and used the juicer pulp from juicing and to that I added bananas, freshly ground cashews, freshly ground golden flax seeds, cinnamon and some of the juice I’d made from juicing. It was a tropical juice that contained pineapples, oranges, kiwi, grapes and ginger.

We didn’t receive any snow in our area; however there were other places in our state, that did receive a snow dusting. Although we didn’t receive snow… we did receive sleet! 🙂

4 thoughts to “Spinning and baking”

  1. I love your yarn and I would like to learn to spin but I am prepping for moving so after that I would like to learn. I also love your baking of fruit cookies! Yum!

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    Sandra,
    It’s really enjoyable. I like knitting but enjoy spinning even more, which is very surprising.

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  2. Baking cookies in a dehydrator! I never heard of that. How does it work?

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    Hi Vickie
    I’m making a big batch of cookies in a dehydrator today. I’ll be sure to post pictures. Until then, check out this video. 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROlKkhZ3E1k

    There are a lot of recipes that call for some type of raw nut and while they are great, they are high in fat, good fats, yes… but still a lot of fat. That’s where juicer pulp from my juicing plays a star role. Today, I’m making raw banana cookies. I’m using the juicer pulp from yesterday. You can always puree a variety of different fruits also to create the base. I don’t use any flour and so the base is all produce; fruits and vegetables. I use the 9-tray Excalibur food dehydrator. I’ve had mine for over ten years.

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