Spare Head 2
Look what arrived today, my very own head-form courtesy of a seller on ebay :-)
A very reasonable fiver plus P&P, money well spent as I can now show hats off much more effectively. Hopefully without the flash washout though, it is bucketing down outside at the moment.
Spare Head 2* is modelling the first Odessa I made. I cast on another last night, in RYC Cashsoft DK, both are for Caps for a Cure. I'll finish that one this week with any luck then I can post them off.
I also looked at dress forms on eBay, from what I could see they tend to go for around half of what one costs brand new (the adjustable type, quite a few sellers have non-adjustable ones). I'm not quite sure where one would "live" if I got one though!
One thing I'm almost certainly going to invest in is a manual yarn winder, so I can wind skeins directly off the swift and make nice even centre-pull balls. Apart from second-hand ones on eBay, which I'm none too sure about (could be wonky/worn etc.), the one place I've found them online so far is P&M Woolcraft (22 pounds something). Given the price second hand versions go for on eBay, plus the cost of P&P, this seems very reasonable.
Cherry, so sorry about your poor jumper! Glad I could help out with the replacement :-D There is definitely a green "bug" doing the rounds though!
* "Spare Head 2" is a reference to "Red Dwarf", the android Kryten has various spare body parts including spare heads one and two :-)
Labels: knitting
posted by dreamcatcher @ 5:54 pm
8 Comments:
Hehe, we love Kryten.
That's a jolly good head and your hat does look splendid on it (her? She should have a name?)
I have a winder, but no swift. My winder was a vintage type one from ebay, very cheap and works fine. Maybe we got lucky though and it would be best to get a new one.
Oh how I laughed at Red Dwarf! I meant to get a "head" after I saw Frankie's. As you saw on my latest post, I could do with one, as it scares me every time my face pops up, looking plain miserable. Love your Odessa and guess what, I've got some lime-green yarn sitting here on the table, for mine! And I've just ordered the beads. Let us know what you think of the winder when you get one. I think of it every time I wind for ages. Thanks for the interchangeables suggestion. Will get them one day!
The Odessa looks fab in that colour. Great idea to get the head to show it off.
You could put a dressform in your bedroom and have it near scare you half to death if you wake up in the night.
Nanatoo - you're probably right, I'd likely get a decent winder on ebay, but after they add the postage it isn't that much more to buy new.
The head should probably have a proper name, I do like the RD reference though. I'm very bad at naming things, suggestions please!
Alice - I refuse to put my "boatrace" on this blog, if you think you just look miserable, I would end up looking like an extra from Night of the Living Dead :-D I'm terrible at taking photos of myself too. Good luck with your Odessa, it's a nice hat to knit (mine are without beads so far) but by coincidence I have some pale lime Cashsoft to do one for myself :-D
Rain - nice idea re putting a dress-form in the bedroom, but yes it would definitely scare me! As it is I wake up sometimes thinking there are spiders (there aren't). Only trouble is we have no room in there for ir, we'd fall over one. The 2 main bedrooms are only about 12 foot square (curse this bonkers 1960s house!)
Oooh, that's cool, and a good price too. I love your Odessa, it's a very delicate and pretty knit.
Wow, cool head, and the Odessa its wearing looks so amazing, such a lovely color too!
Ah yes, a yarn winder - I'd desperately need such a thing as well, I guess it'd come in so handy and you're going to love it when you've got it!
Heheheheheh. Considering your maiden name, your spare head Hryten reference seems appropriate, if slightly more mute!
Latifa look yummy - like gelati with sprinkles on top!
My ball winder cost $56 new from the spinning guild. That is about 20 quid in your money.
(I've not been about much = nathan keeps stealing my monitor and it is hard to use a computer without a monitor)
Holly on RD was just a head wasn't he/she? Howzat?
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