Last night……. I did this:
What is that, you ignorant good people ask?
It’s yarn! You dumb dumb.
Not just any yarn. It’s yarn spun by ME. ME ME ME and ME! Myself! Me!!!
I finally dragged out the spinning wheel we bought from eBay aeons ago. The only thing that was spinning on it was cobwebs. *Blush*.
It’s not easy, spinning yarn for the first time. Yours hands have different jobs. My left hand pinches the twist and my right hand drafts the fibre. Then your foot has to pedal. 3 limbs doing 3 different movements. Only one brain. That’s why spinning is best done by women.
The one you see in the 1st picture above is called ‘singles’. I divided the fibre into two and spun two bobbins of singles. Then I plyed them with an opposite twist to get the yarn showed above.
I think it’s pretty good for a beginner. Don’t you think? Very little slubs although some parts are overspun.
I hope to get better with practice!
Oh, I tore off the beginner parts:
Lots of slubs and overspun bits.
I’d rather have yarn that I can actually knit with than be stuck with slubby, unknitable yarn which I know I can’t bear to throw out since it’s my first handspun. And then it’ll be stuck in my stash and I will hate myself for it.
I’m thinking of knitting mittens for either Sunshine or Chubbs for when we visit the East Coast this July. I think there is only enough yardage for a pair of kiddie mittens.
Hmm, yet another hobby added to my list. I guess I have to sacrifice and ignore my kids, ignore housework, ignore husband, knit less……
Well… Veni, Vidi, Spinni.
(I came, I saw, I spun.)
