courtesy of the fiber boards on craftster, some miscellaneous internet reading and "Start Spinning" by Maggie Casey (and my DH (well, almost... 8 days!), who made the spindles for us), pauraniente and i learned to spin!
we bought our roving from our local yarn store, Home Ec.; just some plain, undyed wool. i think the tage said corriedale, but i don't remember for sure and now i can't find the tag!
so here's my spindles (made from materials found at hobby lobby, and seriously cheap to boot)
and my first skein! seriously, this must be the tiniest skein in existence... it can't be over 2 yards! it's just a single, spun on the heavier top whorl spindle, and washed and soaked and weighted to dry.
my second skein was also spun right after the first one, on the lighter bottom whorl spindle, and i really really wanted to ply it last night, when i spun it, but i was told i had to wait.
but i plied it today!
it's a bit thick-thin, but not so much that it's unusable... i plied it with silver thread, and i want to spin more so i can do it again! here's in skein form, with a quarter for reference.... that strand is about the average size of the yarn i spun.
i actually plan on using it in a creamy baby alpaca hat i plan on making... i can't wait to use my own homespun in one of my own projects. it's so fulfilling.
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