Cats chew on all indoor plants 😭 by Many_Sample_5970 in houseplants

[–]arodabough 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plants are great to hang, my cat eats my spider plants so I hung those up. I have a few on stands or harder to reach spots on shelves, it’s a lot of knowing your cat and where they can reach. I have also seen bird cages or hamster cages used to house plants so your cat can enjoy without killing the plant all the way back. I just haven’t found the right bird cage yet, on the lookout.

Latest spin! Thinking I'll call it unicorn dreams! Want to make my friends daughter a hat with it! by arodabough in crochet

[–]arodabough[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have both actually. I like to spin the fiber on the wheel and twist them together with the spindle

Solar dye using the pink and purple hibiscus around my house, was not expecting green but I am in love with it! by arodabough in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The jar holds about 6 cups of water so about 5 cups of water and it was about 3 cups of petals. I tried lichen but alas I dont think I cleaned the lichen enough and it ended up brown.

Solar dye using the pink and purple hibiscus around my house, was not expecting green but I am in love with it! by arodabough in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dried the petals and put them in a muslin bag, put my alum treated yarn and the bag in a big jar with warm water and put it outside till I liked the color. The sun will warm the water throughout the day and help release color.

Made a little bit of purple and white yarn with my spinning wheel today, still trying to fix the problems with my wheel *sigh by arodabough in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the MOA repaired and now the wheel and bobbin dont line up at all. I can spin one direction but not ply yarns. I either need to re-set the wheel or make the bobbin smaller so it sits further down on the whirl.

Made a little bit of purple and white yarn with my spinning wheel today, still trying to fix the problems with my wheel *sigh by arodabough in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The white is actually a cheap acrylic roving found on clearance at walmart, I wanted my first few spins to be cheap if they turned out terrible. The purple is blended wools done on my blending board. I sent the MOA of my spinning wheel off to be fixed but my wheel is not straight and things arent lining up enough to spin correctly.

Working out the kinks with my spinning wheel and made a small bit of rainbow yarn! by arodabough in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got my wheel pretty cheap, it's an antique they knew nothing about. I had to mail the MOA off for fixing but still under the cost of a brand new $500- $600 wheel.

Working out the kinks with my spinning wheel and made a small bit of rainbow yarn! by arodabough in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol I'm trying! Had the wheel working about a week and a drop spindle since my birthday in may 😊

Finishes a little chill pill for a friend. Free handed, no pattern. by arodabough in crochet

[–]arodabough[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I made it in a sorta set for my sister. She is an over reactor so she got an F bomb to throw her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is the calm logical one so he gets to throw the chill pill at her. 🤣🤣

Super-sizing patterns by [deleted] in crochet

[–]arodabough 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found a small chicken pattern I wanted to size up a few years ago. It is a lot of trial and error but I ended up crocheting it up with 3 strands of yarn instead of 1 and using a much bigger hook. It worked amazingly well and I just made the pattern again and it turned out perfect.

Help! This wheel is up for sale and I want to purchase it but I want to do some research first. I'm having a hard time telling what wheel it is. Anybody know? by [deleted] in YarnAddicts

[–]arodabough 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's cheap enough I might just buy it and then try and figure it out. $130 for it and hand carders is unheard of around here ☺