cool name
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Forgot to mention⌠Today
Reattaching the swanneck section of rainwater downpipe to the gutter. By dangling out of the upper story window with a stick balancing on the cill while hanging on to the wall with my other hand.
Shopping usual cat food, toilet paper etc etc.
Drinking rum with dandilion & burdock
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George Smiley = British spy, the books are set in the 1960 / 70âs.
As for the diy, I removed a 1930âs metal window frame that sat within another wooden frame and now Iâm having to clean up and shape the wooden frame to accept a new woodwork.
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Those look great man! Especially digging the teal/black, orange/black and the blue/white!
Have you tested them out yet?
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Not yet, although Iâve got a formula that works great for me! The blue white, and orange black are fades! Iâll post a picture in a minute
Edit: thanks btw!
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Those look great!I have some nylon thread on the way to do some strings myself haha
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Itâs a pretty addicting facet of our hobby! What nylon do you use?
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Iâve never tried nylon!I purchased some 100D/2(standard thickness) wooly nylon thread to try some. Iâm kind of interested on how people debscribe it, but nylon string are usually expensive, so I wanna see if I can get some good result doing them myself haha.
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I just tried nylon for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Itâs a poly/nylon blend that One Drop makes and damn I love the stuff!
Iâm really interested in trying a pure nylon blend out at some point soonâish.
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I am, too. I use kitty fat, but I want to try something more slick and better for whips. Already got lots of poly threads so Iâll be trying some blend and pure nylon when it arrives in a few weeks haha.
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That looks so clean. Congrats!!!
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Oh wow! Those are honestly some of the coolest looking strings Iâve seen! Iâve never seen fades like that on a string before!
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What brand wooly is it? Just curious, Iâve tried gutterman, maxilock, and YLI. I personally have had a hard time with the YLI, but have loved the other 2. I just like how soft they feel honestly! Sooo smooth and silky! Plus my wrist appreciates the little bit of bounce they give the string.
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Thank yâall! The fades are definitely awesome, but kind of a pita to make 
probably why we donât see many of them.
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Wooly is a kind of nylon thread, not a brand. I ordered it from AliExpress since I canât find them on local shops haha.
When I did poly I used an unknown brand and Gutterman. I got good results, but it was so much time compsuming and I got something similar to kitty, so it is not profitable at all. Since nylon strings are expensive, Iâll try to make them so I can save some bucks haha.
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Oh wow, I havenât seen many home spinners attempt fades. I havenât even seen very many professional string makers attempt fades, come to think of it.
I bet it was a tedious, yet rewarding process. Itâs neat that you broke out of the standard style, they look cool man.
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Right, but there are several different brands of âwoolyâ thread. YLI labels theirs and wooly nylon. Gutterman labels theirs as âbulky nylonâ and âMaxilock stretchâ is their equivalent. Iâll have to look into the Ali express stuff just to see!
@smileypants707 has this great write up discussing the differences between the brands.
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I just know I buyed standard thread(torsion) of 100D/2 thickness haha. They were susprisingly cheap so I wanted to try some
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