The main purpose for this battery pack is to use it with my Hansen miniSpinner so I don't have to worry about plugging it in to an outlet. This will be great if I want to take it out in public or to my LYS to spin (places where finding an outlet can be problematic or cause a tripping hazard). An added bonus is that several things can be charged at once, so I can also juice up my phone or my iPad if I need to.
The other fun things that arrived about a week and a half ago are two new Akerworks bobbins for my Lendrum. These flat-pack bobbins have ends that are 3-D printed; you get to choose from several patterns and quite a few colors. I went for Honeycomb in magenta and Sunflower in powder blue.
These bobbins are great because they pack flat (obviously) and are really lightweight, so it's easy to throw a couple in a bag with some fiber and take them out. They're a bit more expensive than a standard bobbin, but only by a few dollars. They're custom made for you, too, which means you get exactly what you want. I haven't tried these out yet, but I'll be giving them a spin for my next spinning project on the Lendrum.
Meanwhile, I'm still spinning the current project the old-fashioned way, though I'm getting very close to being done with the singles.
This is the second bobbin of Southern Cross Fibre South African super fine/silk singles; I'd estimate I have maybe two to three hours of spinning left to do to finish it. I didn't set out to spin the yarn this finely, but with 50% silk in the fiber, it just wanted to be thin, so I'm going with it. I may use the miniSpinner to ply it, in the interest of getting it done quickly, so perhaps I'll have a finished skein to show you by next weekend.
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