April 6, 2008
· Filed under Clubs, Spinning, Yarn · Tagged handspindle, handspinning, handspun, merino, spindle, Spinning, wool, Yarn
I’m still spinning and still loving it! I’ve spun up a bunch of mini-skeins since I started but never got around to posting them here. They’re solid, natural colored and just…meh. But here’s my first “real” skein I started yesterday and finished up just now.
It’s merino from the Spunky Eclectic fiber club. Yes, I joined another club. This one is awesome…you pay by the month, not all at once, and just cancel when you want the fiber to stop coming. And Amy is so great to work with. There was a problem with my shipment and she got right on it and I had my fiber in no time.
The yarn is bulky/superbulky, about 75 yards. I thought merino was supposed to be a non-beginner-friendly fiber but I didn’t have any more trouble with it than usual, and it didn’t come out any more uneven than usual! I enjoyed the spongy-ness. Now…what to do with it…
March 13, 2008
· Filed under Clubs, Spinning, Yarn · Tagged roving, sock, sock club, Spinning, wool, Yarn
Yippee!
First, I got the second installment of the Neighborhood Fiber Co. sock club. This month’s yarn was inspired by the photography of Mika Ninagawa, featuring flowers in rich, saturated colors. Karida named this colorway “Hypercolor!” which made me picture something neon. I was very pleasantly surprised to find this:
Whew! I love it. She also included a lace sock pattern and some chocolates, which are not pictured. Because they were promptly eaten. Oink.
Next, I got some soft and fluffy white BFL from Spunky Eclectic. This stuff is heaven compared to the fiber I’ve worked with so far. You may never see Corriedale on this blog again! Remember that metric crap-ton of Corrie roving that came with my learn to spin kit? Behold: TWO metric crap-tons.
I fully expect to be a spinning expert by the time I get through all this.
