I made some more yarn last night on my drop spindle, almost 90 yards. It’s kind of scratchy wool, so I think I’m going to use it to make a critter or something practical, not something to wear.
Here it is on the spindle:
I’m way too slow to actually use it properly, so I did the “park-and-draft” method. But yarn’s yarn, so up yours. No, not really up yours, because I would like to learn to do it properly, but I definitely need more supervision. The class I took barely touched on spindles. And this was actually a bottom-whorl spindle. I shoved an eyelet into the opposite end to make a top-whorl spindle, since that’s the small experience I had. The spindle came with the purple roving, some dyed locks that I put aside for later, and a video tape that I found completely useless. I don’t know whether it was the video or me, but I finally just had to turn it off and flip the spindle over & rig up the other end & try to remember what I’d learned in class because I was getting nowhere.
Here’s the yarn in a hank:
As you can see, I don’t know what I’m doing. But it’s awfully fun. And this is certainly yarn!
So pretty!
Dude, that’s totally yarn and you should totally be parking and drafting for a bit.
Wash that in hot water and hang it up and see if it doesn’t look great.
it looks very yummy.
but does spinning your own not count as breaking the yarn diet?
Nope. My yarn diet is because I was seriously compulsive about buying yarn, like bordering on something that would require an intervention, which was a problem both for my peace of mind & my pocketbook. I can see spinning totally becoming a replacement addiction, but I’m so incredibly slow that that’s not a factor yet. Plus, I already had a kit I bought months ago and never tried and I used a store credit for the additional roving, so no spiritual guilt or technical guilt. I am going to buy a wheel or two pretty soon, which will be expensive, but I’m hosting a Fleece-to-Finished Object Workshop in October, so it’s actually mandatory, yay!
well if it’s mandatory :)
its georgous by the way, it reminds me of red cabbage, but in a good way
Totally yarn! It’s purplicious and will make a great critter. Park and draft is the only way to go when you’re just starting. My very first time with a drop spindle was at a spinning circle and this horrible woman berated me for park and drafting. Crazy lady. You’ll totally develop confidence as you keep going and need to “park” less and less.
Nikol, that is beautiful! I love the color, and it looks like you’re spinnng up beautiful yarn!